Japhet Amador

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Sep 21, 2018

NPB hands Eagles' Japhet Amador a six-month doping ban after investigation

NPB announced Friday it has finalized Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles infielder Japhet Amador's six month doping suspension after investigating the issue following his appeal. Amador, who denied knowingly taking any banned substances, offered his explanation on Sept. 4. But NPB decided to go forward with ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 9, 2018

Eagles' Japhet Amador banned six months for doping

by Jason Coskrey

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles infielder Japhet Amador has been suspended for six months after testing positive for banned substances, Nippon Professional Baseball announced Thursday afternoon. Amador's suspension began the same day and will last until Feb. 8, 2019. According to NPB, Amador was tested following a ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Sep 1, 2017

Hawks capitalize on sole scoring opportunity against Kishi to defeat Eagles

Fukuoka SoftBank had one scoring opportunity against Takayuki Kishi, but that was enough as Akira Nakamura singled in a run, Nobuhiro Matsuda homered and the Hawks beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2-0 on Friday night. Kishi (8-7) allowed four hits and issued an intentional ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB NOTEBOOK Jul 24, 2017

Amador, Lopez, Mathieson catch fire in NPB

by Jason Coskrey

Over the past weekend in Japan, the only thing hotter than the weather, was the play of a trio of foreign NPB stars. None may have been hotter than Japhet Amador. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles slugger caught fire for the Pacific League leaders over ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jul 23, 2017

Eagles slugger Amador hits sayonara shot to sink Buffaloes

Japhet Amador followed up a three-homer game with his first walk-off blast in Japan to give the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles a come-from-behind 3-2 win against the Orix Buffaloes on Sunday. The Eagles tied the game at two in the eighth thanks to Hiroaki Shimauchi's ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball May 10, 2017

Norimoto, Amador lift Eagles to win over Marines

Takahiro Norimoto threw a five-hit shutout and Japhet Amador hit a first-inning grand slam as the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-0 on Wednesday. Norimoto (4-1) earned his third straight win after striking out 12, reaching double-digits for a ...