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Rei Takahashi, HRs give Hawks 2-0 lead on Giants in Japan Series

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Oct 21, 2019

Rei Takahashi, HRs give Hawks 2-0 lead on Giants in Japan Series

by Jason Coskrey

Nobuhiro Matsuda raised his fist in triumph in front of the dugout as he and over 30,000 fans shook Yafuoku Dome with a spirited yell of "atsuo," the custom in Fukuoka whenever Matsuda goes deep. Matsuda spun around while hopping on one leg as six ...

Mercedes drives Giants past Tigers, to 3-0 lead

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Oct 10, 2019

Mercedes drives Giants past Tigers, to 3-0 lead

by Jason Coskrey

C.C. Mercedes, on more than one occasion, skipped off the mound at the end of a scoreless inning and pointed upward with his index finger. It wasn't meant to be a "No. 1" gesture, but that certainly fits. One more win in the books. One more ...

Giants quash late rally, beat reeling BayStars

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Apr 27, 2019

Giants quash late rally, beat reeling BayStars

by Jason Coskrey

The Yokohama BayStars got the performances they needed at the plate and on the mound to beat the Yomiuri Giants. They just didn't get them early enough. Yomiuri's C.C. Mercedes pitched into the seventh, Yasuhiro Yamamoto drove in a pair of runs and Yomiuri stamped out ...

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