Tigers defeat Dragons in 11th in manager Tomoaki Kanemoto's final game in charge to close out season
Masahiro Nakatani's 11th-inning RBI single lifted the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-2, come-from-behind win over the Chunichi Dragons on Saturday as NPB completed its regular season. With both teams playing their final games under managers who will not be back for 2019, the Tigers came ...
Masahiro Nakatani, Kosuke Fukudome and Takashi Toritani all hit solo homers to pace the Hanshin Tigers to a 4-1 victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Friday. Hanshin starter Randy Messenger (5-0), held the BayStars to one run on nine hits and a walk and struck ...
Fukudome's hot bat sends Tigers past Swallows again
There were fireworks the last time the Hanshin Tigers' Shintaro Fujinami pitched against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. Emotions weren't running quite as high on Thursday afternoon, but the Tigers' batters did their best to run up the score. Masahiro Nakatani and Kosuke Fukudome homered during a ...
