WORLD BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
MELBOURNE METEORS AT KARACHI FALCONS
06/27/2154
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WORLD BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
MELBOURNE METEORS AT KARACHI FALCONS
GAME ID: 720 - THURSDAY, JUNE 27TH , 2154 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Melbourne Meteors (35-37) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 2
Karachi Falcons (33-39) 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 X 6 9 0
Meteors Suffer 6-2 Loss to Karachi
Karachi Falcons starter Susumu Okamoto led his team to victory over the Melbourne Meteors, 6-2. The right-hander was locked-in. In 7.2 innings, Okamoto surrendered 5 hits, while striking out 6 and walking 1. He allowed 2 runs. The Falcons, at 33-39, sit in 4th place in the Intercontinental Baseball League Asian Division.

The Falcons got a big at-bat from right fielder Rafael Leeder. For the game, Leeder was 1-4 with a triple. He drove in 2 runs. In the bottom of the first, with runners on 1st and 2nd, he stroked a 2-run triple. His 2nd triple of the season gave Karachi a 2-0 lead.

Karachi manager Slu Baseball commended his team for exhibiting "no shortage of effort."
MELBOURNE BATTING LINESCORE KARACHI BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Riley SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .251 5 25
B. Wheeler 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .237 10 33
S. Lovre 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .301 19 54
I. Abbasi RF 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .231 13 42
M. Rodríguez 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .280 10 41
J. Bence LF 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .271 10 48
D. Rodríguez CF 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .296 14 35
S. Sanghi C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .233 2 10
B. Jevakhov P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   A. bin Wazir P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0
   a-M. Obadele PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 2 6
   M. Schmalzl P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   F. Soto P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
   b-R. Peña PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 1 3
   H. Sahnine P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2 1 8 7      
a - M. Obadele pinch hit for A. bin Wazir in the 6th
b - R. Peña pinch hit for F. Soto in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Rodríguez (17, 7th Inning off S. Okamoto, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: I. Abbasi (13, 7th Inning off S. Okamoto, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Riley 2 , I. Abbasi 4 , M. Rodríguez 2 , J. Bence
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Wheeler , I. Abbasi
GIDP: M. Rodríguez
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Riley 2 (16)

FIELDING
Errors: A. Riley (15) , A. bin Wazir (1)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
N. Yousafzai CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .281 1 17
I. Arfan LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .278 2 23
J. Álvarez C 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .315 5 31
R. Aguilar 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .306 1 8
R. Leeder RF 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 .249 4 25
H. Kwon SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .239 3 19
T. Nakada 3B 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 .311 1 9
J. Rodríguez 2B 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .313 9 37
S. Okamoto P 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .174 0 4
   C. Ocaya P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6 0 10 8      
BATTING
Doubles: J. Rodríguez (16, 4th Inning off B. Jevakhov, 1 on, 2 outs) , S. Okamoto (1, 4th Inning off B. Jevakhov, 1 on, 2 outs) , T. Nakada (7, 6th Inning off M. Schmalzl, 0 on, 1 out)
Triples: R. Leeder (2, 1st Inning off B. Jevakhov, 2 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: J. Álvarez (5, 3rd Inning off B. Jevakhov, 0 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: I. Arfan , J. Álvarez 5 , R. Leeder 3 , T. Nakada 3 , J. Rodríguez 3 , S. Okamoto 2
2-out RBI: J. Álvarez , R. Leeder , J. Rodríguez , S. Okamoto
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , N. Yousafzai 2 , R. Leeder , H. Kwon
Sac Bunt: S. Okamoto
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Kwon-Rodríguez-Aguilar)
MELBOURNE PITCHING LINESCORE KARACHI PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Jevakhov L (3-4) 3.2 7 5 5 0 6 1 64 3.64   
A. bin Wazir 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 4.66   
M. Schmalzl 1.2 2 1 1 0 3 0 26 5.74   
F. Soto 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7.76   
H. Sahnine 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4.91   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Jevakhov 31
Batters Faced: B. Jevakhov 18, A. bin Wazir 5, M. Schmalzl 8, F. Soto 1, H. Sahnine 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Jevakhov 4-1, A. bin Wazir 1-2, M. Schmalzl 2-0, F. Soto 0-1, H. Sahnine 3-0
Pitches - Strikes: B. Jevakhov 64-42, A. bin Wazir 18-14, M. Schmalzl 26-20, F. Soto 5-3, H. Sahnine 14-10
Inherited Runners - Scored: A. bin Wazir 1-0 , F. Soto 1-0
WP: M. Schmalzl
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
S. Okamoto W (5-7) 7.2 5 2 2 1 6 1 120 3.74   
C. Ocaya 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 0.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: S. Okamoto 66
Batters Faced: S. Okamoto 28, C. Ocaya 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Okamoto 12-4, C. Ocaya 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: S. Okamoto 120-77, C. Ocaya 16-11
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Susumu Okamoto
Ballpark: Muhammad Ali Jinnah Stadium
Weather: Roof closed, 83 degrees
Start Time: 7:35 PM
Time: 3:02
Attendance: 15256
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