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HANSHIN TIGERS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 29, 2015
Egoshi ignites Tigers in pulsating triumph over Dragons
Taiga Egoshi played a starring role as the Hanshin Tigers came from behind to remain tied with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows for first place in the Central League with a 3-2 victory over the Chunichi Dragons on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 22, 2015
Tigers beat rival Giants
Hanshin Tigers starter Atsushi Nomi threw one-run ball over six innings and was gifted three first-inning runs in a 4-2 win over the Yomiuri Giants on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 11, 2015
Giants pounce on Fujinami en route to fifth consecutive triumph
Shintaro Fujinami, aiming to win his fifth straight start, imploded on Saturday, surrendering seven runs in 5-2/3 innings in the Hanshin Tigers' 11-2 whipping at the hands of the Yomiuri Giants.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 11, 2015
Murton advises Lions' Akiyama to forget record
The Hanshin Tigers' Matt Murton, holder of Japan's single-season hit record, had some words of advice on Friday for the Seibu Lions' Shogo Akiyama, who is in hot pursuit of his record.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jul 6, 2015
Fujinami, Messenger doing their part to keep Tigers in hunt
Pitchers Shintaro Fujinami and Randy Messenger have been about the only two things the Hanshin Tigers have really been able to count on over the last several weeks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 1, 2015
Naruse gets helping hand from Swallows hitters in win over Tigers
Yoshihisa Naruse threw his fifth straight quality start and won for the first time in over a month as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows defeated the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers 6-4 on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jun 22, 2015
Central League clubs currently wallowing in mediocrity
There's a decent chance that at some time this week no Central League team will have a winning record.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2015
Iwata, Tsuruoka propel Tigers to rout of Fighters
Minoru Iwata went the distance and Tigers catcher Kazunari Tsuruoka drove in five runs in Hanshin's 11-4 trouncing of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in this season's interleague finale.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 13, 2015
Buffaloes use 16-hit attack to pummel Tigers
The Orix Buffaloes ran riot in interleague action on Saturday with 16 hits to hammer the Hanshin Tigers 15-1 in the second round of their Kansai Derby.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2015
Resurgent Messenger deals Otani first loss
Randy Messenger, making his second start since returning from the minors, worked eight innings and the Hanshin Tigers beat the Pacific League-leading Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 1-0 in interleague play on Saturday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2015
Nishioka sidelined with elbow injury
Infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka was diagnosed with a damaged medial collateral ligament in his right elbow and will be out indefinitely, the Hanshin Tigers said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 19, 2015
Giants' Sugano tosses four-hitter for first career shutout
Tomoyuki Sugano pitched his first career shutout in a four-hitter as the Yomiuri Giants trounced the Hanshin Tigers 8-0 on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 14, 2015
Messenger, agent disappointed with how Hanshin handled demotion
Matt Sosnick, the agent for Hanshin Tigers ace Randy Messenger, says both he and his client are very disappointed in the way the Tigers handled the right-hander's demotion to ni-gun earlier this week.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2015
Tigers deactivate slumping Messenger
Hanshin Tigers slumping right-hander Randy Messenger was removed from the active roster on Monday, Hanshin manager Yutaka Wada confirmed.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2015
Giants, Takagi punish Tigers
Yomiuri Giants rookie Hayato Takagi had his toughest game of the season, but he still managed to improve to 5-0 on Sunday in a 10-3 win over the defensively challenged Hanshin Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 2, 2015
Francisco lifts Giants to victory in NPB debut
Former major league slugger Juan Francisco came up with the much-needed big hit in his first game in Japanese baseball as the Yomiuri Giants held off the rival Hanshin Tigers 1-0 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 28, 2015
Messenger, Egoshi provide heroics for Tigers
Randy Messenger labored but gave his team seven innings of one-run ball as the Hanshin Tigers held off the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 14, 2015
Dragons pinch hitter Nanita delivers game-winning single against Tigers
The Chunichi Dragons' bench stepped up in the ninth inning, when Ricardo Nanita singled home the winning run with a pinch-hit single in a 3-2 victory over the struggling Hanshin Tigers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 12, 2015
Toritani belts two-run homer to propel Tigers past Carp
Takashi Toritani hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Hanshin Tigers past the Hiroshima Carp in a 4-3 victory on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 8, 2015
Murton ties Hanshin mark for games played by foreign-registered player
Matt Murton, who broke Japan's single-season hits record in his debut season in 2010, tied the Hanshin Tigers' team record for games played by a foreign-registered player on Wednesday.

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