Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 26, 2020
Hawks sweep Giants again to clinch fourth straight Japan Series title
by Jason Coskrey
SoftBank claimed its seventh title since 2011 and did it with a sweep that was even more dominant than the last one.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 23, 2020
Hawks still in a class of their own
by Jason Coskrey
The team has dominated Japanese baseball — the Climax Series and Japan Series in particular — for almost a decade.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 22, 2020
Hawks score early and often to crush Giants in Japan Series Game 2
by Jason Coskrey
The relentless Hawks put six runs on the board before the end of the third inning and Alfredo Despaigne hit a grand slam in the seventh.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 21, 2020
Hawks cut Giants down to size in Game 1 of Japan Series
by Jason Coskrey
Dating back to 2018 against the Hiroshima Carp, the Hawks have now won nine straight Japan Series games as they attempt to win their fourth straight title.
Japanese Baseball Aug 2, 2020
Ryoya Kurihara belted a three-run first-inning home run and Shuta Ishikawa threw a one-hitter as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions 4-0 on Saturday afternoon. After Ishikawa struck out two of the four batters he faced in the first inning, ...