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MASANORI ISHIKAWA

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 20, 2022
NPB experiencing surge of no-hitters
With four no-hitters and a couple of near misses already this season, it's possible there is more misery on the horizon for NPB hitters.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2021
How the Swallows' Masanori Ishikawa, 41, turned back the clock to stifle the Buffaloes
As the saying goes, “you're only as old as you feel.” On Wednesday night, the Swallows' long-time starter proved that to be true.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Oct 5, 2020
Dragons trying to blaze path to A-Class finish in Central League
It's been a long time since there were Chunichi Dragons games worth getting excited about this late in a season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 14, 2019
Swallows put on show at plate while Masanori Ishikawa dominates on mound against BayStars
Tetsuto Yamada and Keiji Obiki both bagged three-run homers in the first inning, opening the floodgates as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows blew away the Yokohama BayStars 15-2 in the Central League on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 12, 2018
Swallows' Masanori Ishikawa tames Lions en route to 160th career win
Left-hander Masanori Ishikawa pitched six-plus innings Tuesday to help the Tokyo Yakult Swallows defeat the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions 3-1 and extend their interleague lead.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 4, 2017
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.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 21, 2017
Swallows' Ishikawa keeps Carp in check
Tokyo Yakult Swallows ace Masanori Ishikawa allowed just a run in seven innings on Friday in a 3-1 win over the Hiroshima Carp, who lost their third straight game.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2016
Ishikawa shuts down 'Stars, keeps Swallows in playoff hunt
Ace Masanori Ishikawa allowed three hits over 7⅔ scoreless innings as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows held off the Yokohama BayStars in a 3-2 Central League win on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2016
Cruz, Chono carry Giants past Swallows
Luis Cruz thought he had a home run in his first game in a Yomiuri Giants uniform, but had to settle for a double following a replay review.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Feb 21, 2016
Swallows' veteran pitcher Ishikawa no automatic out in batter's box
Shohei Otani turned heads with his bat during the first portion of the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' spring camp in Peoria, Arizona. While Otani's pitching is what scouts turn up to see, he's pretty good with a bat and is a capable right fielder to boot.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 3, 2015
Ishikawa savors resilient Swallows' rise from cellar to CL champions
Masanori Ishikawa was soaked in beer from head to toe. The white Central League Champions T-shirt clung to the veteran Tokyo Yakult Swallows pitcher as he shuffled onto the makeshift stage in center field after the Swallows' pennant-clinching 11-inning 2-1 victory over the Hanshin Tigers on Friday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Sep 28, 2015
Swallows can see finish line as race for pennant nears end
Before the 2015 NPB season, Nippon Television commentator Suguru Egawa, a former Yomiuri Giants pitcher, named the Tokyo Yakult Swallows as his pick to win the Central League pennant.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2014
Ishikawa perseveres with Swallows
On a somewhat muggy Friday night in Yokohama, Masanori Ishikawa strode to the center of the diamond at Yokohama Stadium, bent down and bounced the rosin bag around in his hand a few times — seemingly every pitch later that night was accompanied by a puff of white — and proceeded to make his 20th start of the season for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 25, 2014
Swallows rout Marines
Left-hander Masanori Ishikawa pitched seven innings of one-run ball, Yuhei Takai homered and drove in five runs, and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows thumped the Chiba Lotte Marines 14-3 as the two clubs wrapped up their final interleague game on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 7, 2014
Ishikawa tosses shutout against first-place Carp
Lefty Masanori Ishikawa held the Hiroshima Carp to five hits over the distance on Wednesday night as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Central League leaders 6-0.

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