Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 13, 2022
The Swallows' Keiji Takahashi struck out 10 in his first regular season shutout.
Japanese Baseball Jun 12, 2022
Munetaka Murakami bombs Hawks as Swallows clinch interleague title
The Swallows improved to 13-4 in the annual interleague session, when each team plays six three-game series against the rival league.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 10, 2022
Rea allowed five hits and a walk while striking out six before wrapping up the shutout with his 124th pitch.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 3, 2022
Yomiuri Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano threw eight innings and rookie Taisei Ota finished up a 3-0 interleague win over the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday. Sugano (6-4) allowed five hits and three walks at Tokyo Dome, but faced only one real threat, when ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jun 2, 2022
SoftBank became Japan's second pro franchise to reach 5,500 wins.
Japanese Baseball Jun 1, 2022
The Hawks' fourth straight win moved them to the top of the standings after the CL's Chunichi Dragons beat Masahiro Tanaka and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts May 12, 2022
Nao Higashihama's no-hitter adds to strong performance by NPB pitchers in 2022
by Jason Coskrey
When the NPB hurler watched on TV as Los Angeles Angels’ Reid Detmers throw his first career no-hitter Wednesday morning, little did he know he'd finish the day with one of his own.
Japanese Baseball May 4, 2022
Yuki Yanagita homers for second day in row as Hawks beat Buffaloes
A day after lifting the Hawks to a 7-3 win with his grand slam, Yanagita was once again the hero for the home side at Fukuoka's PayPay Dome.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 31, 2022
Hawks beat Marines to extend season-opening win streak to five
Akira Nakamura went 3-for-4 with an RBI on Wednesday as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks came back to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-3 and register their fifth straight win to open the season. The Pacific League leaders went ahead 2-0 after Lotte outfielder Hiromi Oka ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | Sac Bunts Mar 28, 2022
Tsuyoshi Shinjo makes flashy start as Fighters manager
by Jason Coskrey
Tsuyoshi Shinjo made an entrance on opening day that was more WrestleMania than pro baseball. Whether or not NPB is ready for it, Big Boss has arrived.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | 2022 NPB Preview Mar 24, 2022
Pacific League set for wide-open pennant race in 2022
by Jason Coskrey
The Buffaloes enter the year as the reigning champions, but there are no guarantees in the PL this season.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jan 23, 2022
NPB home run king Wladimir Balentien announces retirement
by Jason Coskrey
The Curacao native rewrote the NPB record book in 2013 with 60 home runs to surpass the previous single-season mark of 55, originally set by Yomiuri Giants legend Sadaharu Oh in 1964.