A baseball season may be a marathon, but there's something to be said for getting off to a fast start. That's what Hanshin Tigers pitcher Randy Messenger has done, and on Tuesday he received some of the early fruits of his labor. Japanese baseball unveiled the ...
Ace Chihiro Kaneko overcame a tough second inning to go the distance in the Orix Buffaloes' 4-3 Pacific League win over the Seibu Lions on Wednesday. Kaneko (4-0) pitched out of a second-inning jam to keep the game scoreless and the Buffaloes got to Seibu ...
Yuki Miyazaki homered twice and ace Chihiro Kaneko overcame an early run to lead the Orix Buffaloes to an 8-4 Pacific League win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Thursday. The Buffaloes, who won their fourth straight, took the lead on Miyazaki's first homer ...
Orix ace Chihiro Kaneko threw a two-hit shutout on Friday as the surprising Buffaloes opened their weekend series with a 9-0 victory over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Kaneko (2-0) struck out five without issuing a walk. The right-hander didn't allow a hit until the Buffaloes ...
Yoshio Itoi hit three home runs to power the Orix Buffaloes to a 5-1 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Thursday. Itoi led off with a solo homer into the right stands at Sapporo Dome in the first inning and blasted a two-run ...
The Orix Buffaloes completed a three-game sweep of the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday, claiming a 4-3 comeback victory to earn their first four-game win streak of the season. Chihiro Kaneko (6-6), the 2014 PL MVP, allowed two runs on five hits and ...
Five innings from ace Chihiro Kaneko and Takahiro Okada's first grand slam in six years lifted the last-place Orix Buffaloes to a 6-0 win over the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Monday afternoon. "It's been a while since I hit one on the screws," ...
Orix Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko has been deactivated due to shoulder pain on Friday, the Pacific League club revealed. According to the team's public relations section, Kaneko had been pitching with slight pain in the joint. However, his condition worsened during Thursday's interleague game against ...
Orix Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko will be deactivated after discomfort in his right shoulder caused him to leave Tuesday's game against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in the fourth inning. "Up until that point, I'd felt something but I'd been able to throw," said Kaneko, ...
Chihiro Kaneko had his best effort of the season on Monday afternoon as the Orix Buffaloes returned from the All-Star break with a 2-0 win over the Seibu Lions. Before 26,073 at Kyocera Dome, Kaneko (4-4) got a lot of mileage out of his breaking ...
Chihiro Kaneko was one out away from a complete game and won for the first time in a month as the Orix Buffaloes beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-3 on Monday. Last season's Pacific League MVP allowed two earned runs on six hits without a ...
It may be back to the drawing board for Orix Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko after the right-hander allowed six runs in three innings on Saturday in a 6-5 loss to the Chiba Lotte Marines. Kaneko (0-1), who swept the postseason awards last season, was pitching ...
