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Taisuke Yamaoka wasn't able to keep the Seibu Lions in the park, but he did limit them to two runs over six innings as he pitched the Orix Buffaloes to ...
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Baseball / Japanese Baseball
Hotaka Yamakawa and Tomoya Mori each knocked in two runs, with Mori driving home Yamakawa with the game winner as the Seibu Lions rallied from six runs down to beat ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts
Nakamura's vintage run just what Lions need
by Jason Coskrey
For Takeya Nakamura and the Seibu Lions, the past week and half was just like old times, with the Lions' lineup doing damage and the burly slugger's bat roaring the ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 12, 2018
Yuki Matsumoto earned his first win of the season behind a six-home run barrage as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 11-5 on Sunday afternoon. The Hawks, third in the Pacific League, improved their record against the second-place Fighters this season ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 11, 2018
Ryoichi Adachi strokes three-run triple in eighth to lift Buffaloes past Marines
Ryoichi Adachi's three-run, eighth-inning triple powered the Orix Buffaloes to a 6-3 come-from-behind victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines in Pacific League play on Saturday. With his team trailing 3-2, the slumping Adachi came to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded after ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 10, 2018
Dragons' Kazuki Yoshimi tosses three-hitter for first shutout in six years
Kazuki Yoshimi once again looked like the ace of the Chunichi Dragons pitching staff, throwing a three-hit shutout in a 3-0 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Friday. Yoshimi posted 10-plus wins for five straight seasons between 2008 and 2012, when he threw his ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 10, 2018
Five NPB umpires received severe warnings Friday for losing track of the count in an at-bat the day before. With one out and none on in the bottom of the third, home-plate umpire Chikara Tsugawa lost track of the count. He failed to send Hiroshima ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 10, 2018
Buffaloes give pitcher Andrew Albers two-year contract extension
Canadian lefty Andrew Albers has signed a two-year contract extension with the Orix Buffaloes, the Pacific League club announced Friday. The 32-year-old Albers (9-2), in his first NPB season, leads the Buffaloes in wins. His 2.90 ERA is currently fourth in the PL and he ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 9, 2018
Yoshio Itoi smacks go-ahead blast in eighth as Tigers down Giants
Yoshio Itoi capped a solid evening with an eighth-inning, tiebreaking home run that lifted the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday. Itoi had twice singled with a runner in scoring position, but some solid defense by the Giants ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 9, 2018
Eagles' Japhet Amador banned six months for doping
by Jason Coskrey
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles infielder Japhet Amador has been suspended for six months after testing positive for banned substances, Nippon Professional Baseball announced Thursday afternoon. Amador's suspension began the same day and will last until Feb. 8, 2019. According to NPB, Amador was tested following a ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 8, 2018
Kona Takahashi looked rusty in his first start of the season, but the Seibu Lions' hitters kept him in the game in a 7-6 win over the Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday. Takahashi (1-0) allowed four runs on seven hits, three walks and a hit batsman ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 8, 2018
Tokyo Yakult Swallows second baseman Tetsuto Yamada has won his sixth monthly MVP award after leading Japan in batting average, runs scored, stolen bases and on-base percentage in July, Nippon Professional Baseball announced Wednesday. The 26-year-old posted a .425 batting average and set a team ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 7, 2018
Carp jump on Dragons hurler Onelki Garcia in early innings en route to victory
The Hiroshima Carp battered Chunichi Dragons starter Onelki Garcia on their way to a 6-2 win in the Central League on Tuesday night. Hiroshima's red-hot batting lineup sent Garcia (11-6) to an early shower after scoring five runs in the opening three innings, including three ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Aug 6, 2018
Koshien officials need to be mindful of heat
by Jason Coskrey
The temperature in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, got as high as 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) on Sunday, the opening day of this year's edition of Summer Koshien. According to AccuWeather RealFeel, which measures in things such as humidity, cloud cover, intensity of the sun ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 5, 2018
Kenya Wakatsuki unloaded the bases with one swing, powering the Orix Buffaloes to a 6-4 win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Sunday afternoon. With two outs in the top of the fourth inning at Yafuoku Dome after Ryo Nishimura's bases-loaded single tied the game ...