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Giants' Tomoyuki Sugano tosses two-hitter for fourth shutout of season

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 18, 2018

Giants' Tomoyuki Sugano tosses two-hitter for fourth shutout of season

Right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano went the distance and threw a two-hit shutout on Saturday, earning his 10th win of the season as the Yomiuri Giants handed a 10-0 loss to the Chunichi Dragons. Sugano (10-7) struck out nine and only yielded two walks over the scoreless ...

Giants' Cristopher Mercedes earns complete-game victory over rival BayStars

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 2, 2018

Giants' Cristopher Mercedes earns complete-game victory over rival BayStars

Cristopher Mercedes allowed his first runs but remained unbeaten in four starts for the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday, when he threw a three-hitter in a 3-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars. The 24-year-old lefty struck out four and walked one while pitching a complete game. ...

Giants hurler Shun Yamaguchi notches no-hitter against Dragons

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jul 27, 2018

Giants hurler Shun Yamaguchi notches no-hitter against Dragons

by Jason Coskrey

Shun Yamaguchi grabbed the brim of his cap and looked downward as if caught up in the moment and trying to fight back tears on the hero interview stage. Then, just as the crowd began to react, the jig was up. He ripped off ...

Slugger Guerrero remains in limbo on Yomiuri's farm team

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB NOTEBOOK Jul 23, 2018

Slugger Guerrero remains in limbo on Yomiuri's farm team

by Jason Coskrey

Sometimes the fake grass isn't always greener in the other dome. The Yomiuri Giants' Alex Guerrero can probably attest to that. It's been over a month since the Kyojin sent him to the farm team and just over a week since reports surfaced saying he ...

Giants sluggers provide big spark in series-opening victory over Swallows

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 22, 2018

Giants sluggers provide big spark in series-opening victory over Swallows

by Jason Coskrey

Hisayoshi Chono and Casey McGehee put the Yomiuri Giants in position for a win over their crosstown rivals. Hayato Sakamoto made sure they got the job done. Chono drove in four runs, McGehee had an RBI-single among his four hits and Sakamoto put the game away ...

Sugano shuts out Tigers as Giants keep pace in race for playoffs

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Sep 20, 2017

Sugano shuts out Tigers as Giants keep pace in race for playoffs

Tomoyuki Sugano threw a two-hit shutout on Wednesday as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hanshin Tigers 2-0 and moved within a hair of third place in the Central League. Sugano (16-5) faced just one batter over the minimum in a 110-pitch effort. He struck out ...

Giants' Sugano continues winning ways against BayStars

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 19, 2017

Giants' Sugano continues winning ways against BayStars

by Jason Coskrey

Tomoyuki Sugano hasn't really needed a lot of run support when facing the Yokohama BayStars this season. That doesn't mean his teammates don't like providing it all the same. Sugano held the BayStars in check with another good performance against them, and Casey McGehee took the ...

Lopez's banner performance not enough for BayStars in 3-3 tie with Giants

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jul 21, 2017

Lopez's banner performance not enough for BayStars in 3-3 tie with Giants

Jose Lopez went 5-for-5 to fuel the Yokohama BayStars' three-run comeback in a 3-3 tie with the Yomiuri Giants on Friday. Lopez drove in one run and scored the tying run after some adventurous base running, but both bullpens prevented any more runs from scoring ...

Rookie shortstop Genda capitalizes on opportunity to replace injured Mogi on PL All-Star squad

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB NOTEBOOK Jul 15, 2017

Rookie shortstop Genda capitalizes on opportunity to replace injured Mogi on PL All-Star squad

by Jason Coskrey

Sosuke Genda was an almost last-minute addition for this year's All-Star Series. But that hasn't taken any of the fun out of it for the 24-year old Seibu Lions rookie. Genda got his first taste of the All-Star Series on Friday night at Nagoya Dome. ...

Eagles' Norimoto, seven other players selected by peers as All-Stars

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 29, 2017

Eagles' Norimoto, seven other players selected by peers as All-Stars

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles hurler Takahiro Norimoto was among eight players added Thursday to the Central and Pacific League All-Star teams following votes from NPB players. "I'm really pleased to have been selected by fellow players," said Norimoto, who led the PL with strikeouts ...

Giants' Taguchi silences Marines, gets big run support in blowout victory

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 17, 2017

Giants' Taguchi silences Marines, gets big run support in blowout victory

by Jason Coskrey

After beginning interleague play in the middle of what would become an historic low, the Yomiuri Giants are poised to end the annual midseason competition on a high note. Kazuto Taguchi pitched a four-hit shutout, Casey McGehee drove in two runs and the Giants routed ...

Intuition pays off as Fukudome switches bats, slugs homer in victory over Giants

Baseball / Japanese Baseball May 9, 2017

Intuition pays off as Fukudome switches bats, slugs homer in victory over Giants

by Jason Coskrey

Kosuke Fukudome just had a feeling. The Hanshin Tigers veteran's first trip to the plate ended with a called third strike. So the bat that had remained on his shoulder in the first inning was left in the dugout when Fukudome strode to the plate ...

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