Rookie starter Wataru Matsumoto keeps Lions hot on Hawks' heels
Rookie Wataru Matsumoto worked seven innings for the Seibu Lions, who moved into a virtual tie for the Pacific League lead on Friday with a 6-1 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines. Matsumoto (7-3) struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, while walking five and ...
Kota Futaki threw six solid innings, pitching the Chiba Lotte Marines to an 11-6 win over the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Monday. The win earned the third-place Marines a split of their four-game series at Yafuoku Dome after they were no-hit in Friday's ...
Hawks' Kodai Senga tosses no-hitter, fans 12 in triumph over Marines
Kodai Senga threw the 91st regular season no-hitter in NPB history on Friday in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' 2-0 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines. The 26-year-old right-hander struck out 12, while walking three and hitting another to win a pitchers' duel against Lotte's Mike ...
Hayato Nishiura drove in the game-tying run as the Orix Buffaloes came from behind against the Chiba Lotte Marines in a game declared a 2-2 tie after 12 innings on Monday night. The Buffaloes drove in two runs in the top of the second to ...
Marines starter Chihaya Sasaki, reliever Toshiya Nakamura blank reeling Fighters
A trip to visit the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters was just what the doctor ordered for Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Chihaya Sasaki. The Fighters, meanwhile, are still desperately searching for the cure to their own malaise. Sasaki (2-1) threw five shutout frames and got plenty of ...
Yuji Nishino makes successful return as starter in Marines' victory over Eagles
Yuji Nishino got the win in his first start in two years, as the Chiba Lotte Marines overpowered the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 8-1 on Monday. Daichi Suzuki went 2-for-4 to lead a balanced Marines attack that saw seven different batters combine for nine hits. After ...
Atsuki Taneichi allowed two runs over five innings as the Chiba Lotte Marines scored seven first-inning runs in a 9-4 Pacific League win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Sunday. The Fighters' loss was their first since the all-star break and snapped a five-game ...
Hiroshi Urano, three Fighters relievers combine to toss five-hit shutout against Marines
Hiroshi Urano threw six scoreless innings to pace the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to a 4-0 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Saturday. It was the Fighters' fifth consecutive victory. The right-hander struck out seven, while allowing two hits and one walk to improve to ...
Brandon Laird connects on two-run homer in seventh to lift Marines over Lions
Brandon Laird went deep for the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Chiba Lotte Marines came from behind to beat the Seibu Lions 6-5 in the Pacific League on Monday. With the visitors trailing 5-4, Laird sent Kyle Martin's 2-2 slider to the ...
Right-hander Keisuke Honda threw 7-1/3 solid innings Saturday as the Seibu Lions hammered the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-0 in the Pacific League. Honda (4-3) gave up seven hits and hit a batter, while striking out one at Zozo Marine Stadium. The fourth-year hurler did not ...
Daiki Iwashita took a three-hitter into the eighth inning and was backed by four home runs as the Chiba Lotte Marines beat the Hiroshima Carp 6-3 to clinch their interleague series. Iwashita (3-1) struck out five and was tagged with three runs at Mazda Stadium, ...
Chunichi Dragons starter Enny Romero struck out 11 in his seven-inning start to get a 5-4 win against the Chiba Lotte Marines in interleague play on Monday. But the Central League team needed closer Raidel Martinez to pitch out of a ninth-inning jam with the ...
