Baseball / Japanese Baseball | The week in NPB
Eagles soar to front of line in Pacific League after strong week
by Jason Coskrey
The top teams and the Central and Pacific Leagues had very good weeks.
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks southpaw Tsuyoshi Wada held the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters hitless through the sixth inning in an 8-3 Pacific League victory on Saturday. The 39-year-old's mixed up his low-velocity ...
Japanese Baseball
Ginjiro Sumitani's two-run fourth-inning double broke up a scoreless tie, and right-hander Toshiki Sakurai (1-0) allowed a run over eight innings for the Yomiuri Giants in a 5-3 Central League ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jul 2, 2020
Lotte reliever Jay Jackson inspired by demonstrations for racial equality around globe
by Jason Coskrey
As is the case for many Black Americans, the push for equality is both familiar and personal for Jackson, a 32-year-old South Carolina native.
Japanese Baseball Jun 30, 2020
A pitching coach for the Yomiuri Giants helped save the life of an injured man inside a subway station in Tokyo on Sunday, the team said Tuesday. The Giants' third-team pitching coach Yushi Aida performed CPR on a man who became unconscious after falling from ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 29, 2020
Red-hot Marines riding high after six-game sweep
by Jason Coskrey
There was a lot of action on display in the first full week of NPB games.
Japanese Baseball Jun 28, 2020
Laird hit his fifth home run of the year to help the hosts sweep the six-game series.
Japanese Baseball Jun 28, 2020
Tetsuto Yamada goes deep with grand slam as Swallows club Giants
Tetsuto Yamada drove in five runs, including four with a game-breaking sixth-inning grand slam as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Yomiuri Giants 9-6 in the Central League on Saturday. The loss was the second of the season for the CL champion Giants. The Swallows opened ...
Japanese Baseball Jun 26, 2020
Rick van den Hurk took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and Wladimir Balentien homered twice to lead the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 4-2 win over the defending Pacific League champion Saitama Seibu Lions on Thursday. Balentien, who joined the Hawks this season after ...
Japanese Baseball Jun 23, 2020
Hanshin admits fans to test virus measures ahead of July start
The Hanshin Tigers admitted fans to a farm team game on Tuesday to test countermeasures against the novel coronavirus before Japanese pro baseball starts welcoming spectators in July. Three hundred members of the Tigers' fan club, including local children, were selected to watch the Hanshin ...
Japanese Baseball Jun 21, 2020
Kazuma Okamoto, Gerardo Parra lead Giants to series sweep of Tigers
Kazuma Okamoto and Gerardo Parra both recorded home runs at Tokyo Dome as the Kyojin ended their season-opening series unbeaten.
Japanese Baseball Jun 21, 2020
Tetsuto Yamada's bid for history off to good start in short season
Tetsuto Yamada hit a two-run home run and stole his first base to lead the Yakult Swallows to a 6-2 Central League win over the Chunichi Dragons on Saturday afternoon. Playing behind closed doors in a season that was delayed three months due to the ...