 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON SAPPORO BEARS AT KINBOSHI KITES 10/07/1961 |  | | | | |
 | | BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON | | SAPPORO BEARS AT KINBOSHI KITES | | GAME ID: 8457 - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH , 1961 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Sapporo Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | Kinboshi Kites | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 11 | 0 | | |  | |
| Bears Hammered by Shimabukuro, Fall Further Behind in NCS | Behind the big bat of left fielder Taketoshi Shimabukuro, the Kinboshi Kites have opened up a healthy early lead in the BAN Championship Series. The Kites topped the Sapporo Bears, 5-0, at Konohana Stadium in Game 2, and now hold a 2-0 edge in the best-of-7 series. Shimabukuro went 2-3 with a home run, a double, and a walk. He scored 3 runs and drove in 3 to power Kinboshi to victory.
Shimabukuro came through for Kinboshi with a 2-run home run in the bottom of the first. He hit a 1-2 splitter to right field, staking his team to a 2-0 lead.
"We're happy," Shimabukuro told reporters after the win. "When you're in the playoffs, you've got to treat every game like it could be your last."
Game 3 is scheduled for Monday at Sapporo Stadium in Sapporo.
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| SAPPORO BATTING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI BATTING LINESCORE | |
a - T. Tanaka pinch hit for K. Takayama in the 8th
b - T. Ishii pinch hit for M. de los Santos in the 8th
c - U. Kikuchi pinch hit for W. Shibata in the 9th
BATTING
Total Bases: H. Yoshida , T. Tanaka
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: U. Ota , U. Kikuchi
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING
CS: T. Nakamura (1)
FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Ishikawa-Yamamoto)
OF assists: 1 (Ota(Shimabukuro at home)) | | | a - S. Nakada pinch ran for M. Takeno in the 3rd
b - S. Hashizume substituted for S. Nakada in the 4th
BATTING
Doubles: T. Shimabukuro (2, 3rd Inning off M. de los Santos, 2 on, 1 out) , H. Orido (1, 5th Inning off M. de los Santos, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: T. Shimabukuro (1, 1st Inning off M. de los Santos, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: A. Yamamoto 2 , S. Shimabukuro 2 , H. Orido 2 , T. Shimabukuro 6 , M. Takeno , Y. Kobayashi 2 , K. Masuda
2-out RBI: T. Shimabukuro , M. Takeno , K. Masuda
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: Y. Kobayashi , K. Masuda , R. Maeda
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING
SB: T. Shimabukuro (1)
CS: S. Shimabukuro (1) | | |
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| SAPPORO PITCHING LINESCORE | | KINBOSHI PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| | | | Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | R. Maeda W (1-0) | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 95 | 0.00 | | G. Walker SV (1) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.00 | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Taketoshi Shimabukuro
Ballpark: Konohana Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (69 degrees), wind blowing right to left at 9 mph
Start Time: 1:35 PM JST
Time: 2:47
Attendance: 41336
Special Notes: RF Mitsuyasu Takeno was injured while running the bases. Tsuguto Nakamura sets the EL playoff game record for bases on balls with 4. |
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