JAPANESE BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
06/03/1949
 
JAPANESE BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
VESUTAN BEES AT OSAKA SAILORS
GAME ID: 8864 - FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD , 1949 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Vesutan Bees (5-8) 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 6 12 0
Osaka Sailors (7-6) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 10 0
Bees Get Past Osaka for 6-5 Win
Osaka center fielder Keishou Fujinami had a terrific game, but it still wasn't enough to get his team a win. Fujinami went 2-4 with a triple and a walk. He drove in 3 runs and scored once, even as Vesutan beat the Sailors, 6-5. Vesutan goes to 5-8.

Shuusaku Tanaka was 1-3 with a walk, while adding 3 RBI for Vesutan. The former first round draft pick had a key at-bat in the top of the ninth. With one out and runners on 1st and 3rd, he broke a 5-5 tie with a run-scoring ground out off Hideo Ito. It was his 11th RBI of the season.

"We'll sip on a cold one and savor this win," said Tanaka.
VESUTAN BATTING LINESCORE OSAKA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
H. Kawamura CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .213 0 2
T. Tanaka 1B 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .315 0 3
H. Kimura 2B 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 .302 0 7
Y. Smith 3B 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 .314 0 5
S. Taguchi LF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .348 0 3
   a-S. Yamashita LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 0 0
S. Tanaka C 3 0 1 3 1 1 4 .333 0 11
K. Sakai SS 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .339 0 12
S. Nakashima RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .154 0 1
G. Sawamura P 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .385 0 1
Totals 36 6 12 6 4 5 19      
a - S. Yamashita substituted for S. Taguchi in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: Y. Smith (2, 4th Inning off S. Matsuda, 1 on, 0 outs) , S. Taguchi (1, 7th Inning off S. Matsuda, 0 on, 2 outs)
Triples: T. Tanaka (3, 5th Inning off S. Matsuda, 1 on, 1 out) , H. Kawamura (2, 5th Inning off S. Matsuda, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. Kawamura 4 , T. Tanaka 3 , H. Kimura , Y. Smith 4 , S. Taguchi 4 , S. Tanaka , S. Nakashima
2-out RBI: S. Tanaka
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Tanaka , S. Tanaka , K. Sakai
GIDP: Y. Smith
Sac Fly: H. Kimura , S. Tanaka
Hit by Pitch: S. Taguchi
Team LOB: 10
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Minami SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 .157 0 3
   c-S. Shibuya PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0
T. Miura 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .245 0 3
   d-M. Inoue PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
K. Fujinami CF 4 1 2 3 1 1 0 .385 0 8
I. Kaneda RF 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 .527 1 14
N. Takahashi LF 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .250 0 6
I. Rustoff C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .340 1 14
M. Hamasaki 1B 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 .419 0 10
Y. Maehara 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .340 1 8
S. Matsuda P 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0
   a-R. Nakahara PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .400 0 5
   T. Obata P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-M. Tago PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 0 2
   H. Ito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5 5 6 23      
a - R. Nakahara pinch hit for S. Matsuda in the 7th
b - M. Tago pinch hit for T. Obata in the 8th
c - S. Shibuya pinch hit for B. Minami in the 9th
d - M. Inoue pinch ran for T. Miura in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: I. Kaneda (6, 2nd Inning off G. Sawamura, 0 on, 0 outs)
Triples: T. Miura (3, 3rd Inning off G. Sawamura, 0 on, 2 outs) , K. Fujinami (3, 3rd Inning off G. Sawamura, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: T. Miura 3 , K. Fujinami 4 , I. Kaneda 3 , M. Hamasaki 3 , Y. Maehara 2
2-out RBI: , K. Fujinami 2 , I. Kaneda , M. Hamasaki
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Minami , I. Kaneda , N. Takahashi
Sac Bunt: B. Minami
Team LOB: 9

BASERUNNING
SB: K. Fujinami (1)
CS: M. Hamasaki (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Miura-Maehara-Hamasaki)
VESUTAN PITCHING LINESCORE OSAKA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
G. Sawamura W (2-1) 9.0 10 5 5 5 6 0 154 4.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: G. Sawamura 48
Batters Faced: G. Sawamura 41
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Sawamura 7-13
Pitches - Strikes: G. Sawamura 154-95
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Matsuda 7.0 9 5 5 4 4 0 120 2.12   
T. Obata 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00   
H. Ito L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 17 8.59   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Matsuda 39
Batters Faced: S. Matsuda 34, T. Obata 4, H. Ito 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Matsuda 10-6, T. Obata 2-1, H. Ito 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: S. Matsuda 120-73, T. Obata 9-7, H. Ito 17-13
Hit Batsmen: S. Matsuda
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Keishou Fujinami
Ballpark: Kotei Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (72 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 7 mph
Start Time: 12:59 PM JST
Time: 2:53
Attendance: 29491
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