Former Yomiuri pitcher Miles Mikolas signs with MLB's Cardinals
Free-agent starter Miles Mikolas has signed a two-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, the club announced Tuesday, setting up the 29-year-old righty's return to the majors after three standout seasons with the Yomiuri Giants. Financial terms were not officially disclosed, but the deal is ...
Carp youngster Nakamura silences Giants with seven shutout innings
Yuta Nakamura pitched three-hit ball over seven innings as the Hiroshima Carp shut out the Yomiuri Giants 5-0 in the day's only game Friday. Xavier Batista had two RBI singles and Takayoshi Noma got his first RBI this season in his 77th plate appearance to ...
Miles Mikolas struck out eight while pitching a two-hitter over seven innings as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6-1 on Sunday, keeping their Central League playoff hopes alive. The Giants scored first on Hisayoshi Chono's groundout in the second and added a ...
Lions' Yamakawa named Pacific League MVP for August
What a month it was for Hotaka Yamakawa. On Aug. 11, the burly Seibu Lions slugger filed marriage papers with his girlfriend of seven years. He also experienced one of the best stretches of his career on the field during that month. A run of ...
Carp stay perfect against Giants at Tokyo Dome this season
The Hiroshima Carp squared off against a pitcher who hadn't lost in a month, was on his home turf, and threw one of his better games of the year. Fortunately for the Carp, their guy was pretty good, too. Yusuke Nomura held the Yomiuri Giants to ...
Miles Mikolas tossed seven shutout innings and Shingo Ishikawa was 2-for-3 with three RBIs as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Hanshin Tigers 6-1 on Tuesday night. Mikolas (10-5) held the Tigers to four hits and struck out four during his 119-pitch outing at Tokyo Dome, ...
The streak is over. Giants starter Miles Mikolas allowed a run in eight innings, Shingo Ishikawa singled in a run against Hokkaido Nippon Ham, the team that traded him in the offseason, and Hayato Sakamoto broke a 1-1 tie with a fifth-inning RBI double in ...
Carp hurler Okada gets big support from offense, holds Giants in check
The Hiroshima Carp have pretty much dominated the Yomiuri Giants this season. They met for the ninth time this year on Friday night, and the reigning Central League champion Carp didn't have any trouble maintaining the status quo. Akitake Okada held down the Giants for seven ...
Giants usher in new season with victory over rival Dragons
There's a stuffed Giabbit doll headed Lillianne Mikolas' way. If things go her father's way, there'll be whole lot more coming. Miles Mikolas threw seven solid innings, Shinnosuke Abe and Hayato Sakamoto hit two-run home runs, and the Yomiuri Giants made a winning start to ...
BayStars rally for Game 1 victory over Giants
Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez said he wanted to keep things as close to normal as he could in the team's Climax Series debut. Yoshitomo Tsutsugo hitting a big home run is pretty much as normal as it gets for the BayStars this year. Tsutsugo erased ...
CL teams keep starting pitchers a secret until last minute during Climax Series
Alex Ramirez has a season's worth of information at his disposal as he prepares to lead his Yokohama BayStars against the Yomiuri Giants in the first stage of the Central League Climax Series. The one thing the manager won't have when he hands in his ...
Johnson, Mikolas looking for more success in second seasons in Japan
Kris Johnson and Miles Mikolas passed their first tests in Japan with flying colors. The two pitchers, Johnson, a southpaw who deals for the Hiroshima Carp, and Mikolas, a Yomiuri Giants right-hander, couldn't have made better first impressions during their first seasons in NPB. Their ...
