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HIROSHIMA CARP

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 17, 2022
Shota Dobayashi hits grand slam to help Carp complete sweep of Giants
The Carp hit a grand slam in all three games of the series.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 7, 2022
Tigers hold off Carp to move closer to third place
Yuki Nishi allowed two runs over 6⅓ innings and three relievers completed the win as the Hanshin Tigers held off the Hiroshima Carp 3-2 in the Central League on Wednesday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 3, 2022
Ryan McBroom puts Carp on verge of series sweep against Giants
The win pulled the third-place Carp to within a half-game of Yomiuri after a pitchers' duel between Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano and Hiroshima's Masato Morishita left both without a decision.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2022
Swallows sink Carp in 12 innings
Rookie Kazuya Maruyama broke a 12th-inning tie with a two-run double to lift the first-place Swallows to the win.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 30, 2022
Munetaka Murakami powers Swallows to win over Carp
Munetaka Murakami blasted back-to-back two-run homers and went deep for the third straight game.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 27, 2022
Former Reds outfielder Shogo Akiyama to return to NPB with Carp
The Carp are hoping Akiyama will play in the outfield and lead off following the departure of slugger Seiya Suzuki to the Chicago Cubs ahead of this season.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jun 6, 2022
Adam Walker among group of imports getting off to fast start in Japan
The Giants' brass must feel like it hit the jackpot in 2022, given that the last Yomiuri hitter to make a splash in his first season in Japan was Garrett Jones, who hit 24 home runs in 2016.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2022
Giants score three ninth-inning runs in walk-off over Carp
Hiroyuki Nakajima drove in the decisive two runs at Utsunomiya Kiyohara Stadium in Tochigi prefecture after Carp starter Atsushi Endo ran out of gas early in the final frame.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 15, 2022
Swallows and Carp draw Central League battle for first place
The tie after nearly five hours of play at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima leaves the Swallows a half-game ahead of the Carp.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 28, 2022
Swallows blast past Carp
Home runs from Tetsuto Yamada, Munetaka Murakami and Yasutaka Shiomi powered the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to an 8-2 victory over the Hiroshima Carp in the Central League on Wednesday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2022
Gregory Polanco and rookie Taisei Ota clinch Giants win
Polanco, in his first season in Japan after eight years with the Pirates, doubled home Yoshikawa and Sakamoto, capping off Yomiuri's three-run eighth to make it a 4-3 game.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 23, 2022
Central League clubs enter 2022 in race to catch Swallows
Yakult, which went from worst to first in 2021, will now face the pressure of trying to defend its throne from five challengers with ambitions of grandeur.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 17, 2022
Seiya Suzuki agrees to deal with Cubs
Suzuki hit a career-high 38 home runs in 2021 and led the Central League in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and outfield assists.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 1, 2021
Ready to shine in the United States, a star waits in Japan
Seiya Suzuki's posting to MLB may be extended by a potential labor dispute, but the Carp slugger is willing to wait if it means getting his change to show off his talents in the majors.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 23, 2021
Carp slugger Seiya Suzuki's bid for MLB deal begins
The Rangers and Mets are likely to be strong bidders in the market for the athletic right fielder according to MLB.com.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 16, 2021
Carp confirm posting of slugger Seiya Suzuki
Widely recognized as one of the country's top players, the 27-year-old led the CL in batting and on-base percentage this season, his ninth in Nippon Professional Baseball.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 7, 2021
Carp's Seiya Suzuki to be made available to MLB teams
The five-time NPB All Star, a member of Japan's gold-medal-winning Olympic team, is expected to be one of the most coveted outfielders of the offseason.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2021
Carp stay alive in playoff race as CL-leading Swallows pay price for error
A three-run error triggered a seven-run inning for the fourth-place Hiroshima Carp
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 19, 2021
Seiya Suzuki's dominant autumn keeping Carp's postseason hopes alive
Seiya Suzuki is on a different level right now.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2021
Masashi Ito keeps Carp at bay as Tigers retain pennant hopes
Ito struck out five without issuing a walk in a 90-pitch effort at Koshien Stadium as the Tigers edged closer to the CL-leading Yakult Swallows.

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