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Yoshio Itoi smacks go-ahead blast in eighth as Tigers down Giants
Yoshio Itoi capped a solid evening with an eighth-inning, tiebreaking home run that lifted the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday. Itoi had twice singled with a runner in scoring position, but some solid defense by the Giants ...
Veteran pitcher Jason Standridge confirms retirement after 10 seasons in NPB
Former major league right-hander Jason Standridge, who had a 10-year playing career in Japan, on Wednesday announced his retirement from professional baseball. "Yes, I'm officially retired. My 10 years in Japan were so special to me and my family," Standridge told Kyodo News. "I realize ...
Fighters ship outfielder Hiromi Oka to Marines for lefty pitcher Takahiro Fujioka
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters have traded outfielder Hiromi Oka to the Chiba Lotte Marines in exchange for left-handed pitcher Takahiro Fujioka, the teams announced Thursday. In another trade announced the same day, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks sent left-handed pitcher Yuya Iida to the Hanshin ...
Tigers' Fumiya Hojo provides big offensive spark in victory over Carp
Fumiya Hojo had three hits and drove in two runs to pace the Hanshin Tigers to a 6-3 win over the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp on Wednesday. Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the third, Hojo's one-out single off right-hander Allen Kuri (4-3) tied the ...
Tigers should consider trading pitcher Shintaro Fujinami
The Hanshin Tigers should trade pitcher Shintaro Fujinami. Yes, that Shintaro Fujinami. The fire-balling right-hander who dominated at Koshien Stadium during Osaka Toin's run to the Summer Koshien title in 2012. The tall, lean rising star who for the next three years, while playing his ...
The Orix Buffaloes have acquired former Hanshin Tigers pitcher Akira Iwamoto and former Chicago White Sox minor leaguer Donn Roach, the Pacific League club announced Saturday. Iwamoto, a 25-year-old right-hander, was the Tigers' fourth pick in the 2010 draft but pitched in just 21 games ...
Hanshin capitalizes on Yokohama's miscues, wraps up three-game sweep
Minoru Iwata and three relievers combined on a five-hitter as the Hanshin Tigers beat the error-prone Yokohama BayStars 3-2 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep. A packed house of 28,195 watched a well-pitched game that was eventually decided by mistakes. With no outs and ...
Twelve innings wasn't enough to decide a winner on Thursday night as the Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes closed out interleague play with the 3-3 tie. It was the only tie in interleague play. Stefen Romero put Orix on the board in the top of the ...
A scout for the Hanshin Tigers has been arrested for allegedly taking illicit photographs up a woman's skirt, it was learned Wednesday. Koji Yamawaki, a 55-year-old former player who now serves as an advance scout for the Tigers, was in Sendai to observe this week's ...
Daiki Enokida got his first chance to face his former club and helped pitch the Seibu Lions to a 10-5 interleague win over the Hanshin Tigers on Sunday. Enokida (5-1) struck out five and allowed three runs over seven innings at MetLife Dome, while right-hander ...
Tigers' Yoshio Itoi slugs solo homer in fifth inning for game's only run
Yoshio Itoi made Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano pay for his biggest mistake, homering in the fifth inning to power the Hanshin Tigers to a 1-0 win over Yomiuri on Friday. Sugano (5-3), who had won his last five decisions, had not allowed a runner through ...
Daisuke Matsuzaka baffles Tigers to pick up second win of season
Former flame-thrower Daisuke Matsuzaka showed Sunday that execution and location can be a winning combination as he pitched the Chunichi Dragons to a 6-1 victory over the Hanshin Tigers. The 37-year-old former major leaguer located his fastball and cutter well and mixed in some nasty ...
