Jose Lopez launched a two-run bomb in the fourth inning to lead the Yokohama BayStars to a 3-1 victory over the Hiroshima Carp in the Central League on Wednesday. With the BayStars trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the inning, Lopez sent Kris Johnson's 0-2 ...
Carp's losing streak hits 11 with latest loss against Dragons
Two-straight bases-loaded walks extended the Hiroshima Carp's losing streak to 11 games in a 2-1 loss to the Chunichi Dragons on Wednesday. The Carp, CL champions the past three seasons, have now lost 11 games out of their last 12, a stretch that includes a ...
Daisuke Yamai allowed a run over 6⅔ innings Monday in the Chunichi Dragons' 3-2 Central League victory over the struggling Hiroshima Carp. Right-hander Yamai (3-3) allowed two hits and four walks, while striking out two at Nagoya Dome en route to claiming his first win ...
Munetaka Murakami's grand slam fuels Swallows' win over Carp
Tokyo Yakult Swallows rookie Munetaka Murakami crushed a fifth-inning grand slam Wednesday as the Central League cellar dwellers overpowered the Hiroshima Carp 6-2. The blast against Hiroshima starter Casey Lawrence was No. 20 of the season for the 19-year-old Murakami, whose development has been a ...
Jose Lopez, Yoshitomo Tsutsugo slug two homers apiece as BayStars crush Carp
Jose Lopez and Yoshitomo Tsutsugo each homered twice as league play resumed on Friday in the Yokohama BayStars' 13-3 whipping of the Hiroshima Carp. Lopez, a longtime regular for the Seattle Mariners who is in his seventh season in Japan, opened the scoring with a ...
Hiroshima's Aren Kuri twirls first career shutout in season's final interleague game
Aren Kuri allowed three hits and no walks over the distance to throw his first career shutout as the Hiroshima Carp beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2-0 on Tuesday in the season's final interleague game. The win lifted the three-time defending Central League champs ...
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, ...
Kris Johnson allowed two runs in six innings to outduel veteran right-hander Takayuki Kishi in the Hiroshima Carp's 4-2 interleague win over the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles on Sunday. Johnson (6-4) walked four and surrendered three hits, while striking out five at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi. ...
Top draft pick Kosei Yoshida makes winning debut as Fighters edge Carp
Kosei Yoshida, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' first pick in last year's NPB draft, got the win in his professional debut Wednesday as the Fighters beat the Hiroshima Carp 2-1 in interleague play. Taishi Ota blasted a solo homer and Haruki Nishikawa added an RBI ...
Kodai Senga struck out eight over seven scoreless innings as the Pacific League's Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the three-time defending Central League champion Hiroshima Carp 6-3 on Friday in a rematch of last year's Japan Series. "It's been a while since I've pitched at Mazda ...
Carp rookie Sho Yamaguchi shines in first start as Swallows drop 14th straight
Rookie Sho Yamaguchi allowed one hit over seven scoreless innings in his starting debut on Thursday in the Hiroshima Carp's 13-0 victory over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. The Swallows were handed their 14th straight loss. At Jingu Stadium, Yamaguchi located his fastball and slider early on, ...
Carp squander big lead, end Swallows' comeback hopes in ninth inning
Closer Shota Nakazaki steered the Hiroshima Carp through a nail-biting ninth-inning as the Central League leaders held on to beat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8-7 on Tuesday. Tsubasa Aizawa homered twice to lead the offense as the visitors racked up 16 hits at a drizzly ...
