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LIONS 2

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 18, 2022
Hawks score early and hold on late in win over first-place Lions
The Hawks' win at Saitama Prefecture's Belluna Dome outside Tokyo trimmed the Lions' lead over SoftBank to 1u00bd-games.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 12, 2022
Yushi Shimizu connects on game-winner in 10th as Fighters edge Lions
'To get this hit in this important situation, makes it seem like all the effort I made in the hot sun in Kamagaya was worth it.'
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 31, 2022
Lions solidify PL lead as Kaito Yoza shuts out Hawks
The 26-year-old delivered his career-first shutout in Seibu's second straight win at Fukuoka's PayPay Dome.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 22, 2022
Marines rally past Lions in ninth
Akito Takabe's RBI single capped a three-run ninth-inning rally that lifted the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 5-4 win over the Seibu Lions on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 18, 2022
Lions beat Fighters to stay in hunt for first place
Aito Takeda scored a run and drove in another Monday as the Seibu Lions kept up their pursuit of the Pacific League pennant with a 5-1 comeback win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 17, 2022
Naoyuki Uwasawa pitches Fighters to seventh straight win
Uwasawa allowed five hits and three walks over 7u2153 innings to outduel Kona Takahashi and hold off the Lions, who fell a half-game out of first place in the Pacific League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 15, 2022
Lions beat Marines to move closer to first place
Tatsuya Imai worked six innings, as he and four relievers walked a tightrope in the Seibu Lions' 2-1 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Thursday, pulling them into a virtual tie with the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 18, 2022
Olympic ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws season's fourth no-hitter
It is the first time four no-hitters have been thrown in a single Japanese season since 1943.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jun 16, 2022
Shogo Akiyama to leave Padres' Triple-A affiliate
The former Seibu Lions standout is looking for a new team and will consider joining a Nippon Professional Baseball club, according to a source.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jun 13, 2022
Lions' Brian O'Grady makes good on vow to fans
The Seibu Lions outfielder was struggling just over a week ago when he went on social media to assure fans things would get better.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 5, 2022
Munetaka Murakami blasts CL-leading Swallows past Lions
Before a crowd of 29,538 at historic Jingu Stadium, Murakami capped Yakult's comeback with his 16th home run as the Swallows overcame a two-run deficit.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 12, 2022
Nao Higashihama's no-hitter adds to strong performance by NPB pitchers in 2022
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.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2022
Hawks right-hander Nao Higashihama throws no-hitter against Lions
The 31-year-old from Okinawa struck out six and issued a pair of walks on 97 pitches at Fukuoka's PayPay Dome
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 9, 2022
Red-hot Hotaka Yamakawa back in swing of things for Lions
Hotaka Yamakawa has gotten off to a hot start for Seibu after two difficult seasons at the plate.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 6, 2022
Takeya Nakamura and Hotaka Yamakawa power Lions in rout of Marines
Floundering at the plate since the start of the season, Nakamura finally cleared the Belluna Dome fence for his first blast of the year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 1, 2022
Masataka Yoshida blasts Buffaloes past Lions
Considered by some MLB scouts to be Japanese baseball's best pure hitter, Yoshida went 3-for-4 with a first-inning single and tie-breaking homers in the sixth and eighth innings.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 29, 2022
Kaito Yoza delivers in clutch during Lions' win over Hawks
Kaito Yoza provided some clutch relief, helping the Seibu Lions to a 4-2 Pacific League win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2022
Masahiro Tanaka earns win as virus-hit Rakuten returns to action
Masahiro Tanaka pitched the coronavirus-hit Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 7-3 Pacific League win against the Saitama Seibu Lions on Tuesday, allowing two runs over seven innings as his team returned to action.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2022 NPB Preview
Mar 24, 2022
Pacific League set for wide-open pennant race in 2022
The Buffaloes enter the year as the reigning champions, but there are no guarantees in the PL this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jan 17, 2022
Foreign players facing another lonely NPB season
The signs of baseball spring are popping up all across Japan this month. Veteran players are emerging from winter vacations and ramping up their individual workouts for the upcoming season. Rookies are stirring too, with some with their teams taking part in voluntary individual training that is actually neither voluntary nor individual. The flow of foreign players returning to Japan has also gotten underway.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.

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