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Shogo Akiyama, Hideto Asamura ignite Lions in triumph over Fighters
Shogo Akiyama scored three runs on three hits, including a first-inning solo home run, while Hideto Asamura added a homer and three RBIs as the Seibu Lions topped the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 7-4 on Tuesday night. Coming into the game with a .325 batting ...
PL-leading Lions ride Takumi Kuriyama's grand slam to sweep of second-place Hawks
Takumi Kuriyama hit a grand slam and helped the Seibu Lions widen their lead in the Pacific League with an 8-1 win against the second-place Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Monday. With the victory, the Lions saw gained a magic number of 11 toward clinching the ...
Tatsuya Imai came out on top in a rookie pitching duel Sunday as the Seibu Lions' lineup slugged early against the SoftBank Hawks for an 8-5 win in the Pacific League. Imai (5-4) fanned four and yielded three runs at MetLife Dome. The right-hander, who ...
Buffaloes' Daiki Tomei tames Lions to earn first win since 2016
Right-hander Daiki Tomei pitched five scoreless innings and picked up his first win in two years in the Orix Buffaloes' 7-0 victory over the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions on Wednesday night. In front of 15,491 at Hotto Motto Field Kobe, Tomei (1-2) allowed three runs ...
Hideto Asamura's seventh-inning RBI single snapped a 4-4 tie before the Seibu Lions batted around in the eighth to bury the Chiba Lotte Marines 10-4 on Friday. The win moved the Pacific League-leading Lions five games ahead of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks after the defending ...
Takeya Nakamura drove in three runs on three hits, including his 24th homer of the season, as the Seibu Lions beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 7-3 in the Pacific League on Tuesday night. The PL-leading Lions forced the Fighters to go deep into their ...
Buffaloes' Hiroyuki Nakajima slugs sayonara homer in triumph over Lions
Two home runs from Stefen Romero and a ninth-inning walk-off blast from Hiroyuki Nakajima lifted the Orix Buffaloes to a 10-8 come-from-behind win over the Seibu Lions on Saturday. Lions closer Deunte Heath (3-1), who had not allowed a run since July 18, surrendered a ...
Yurisbel Gracial grand slam moves Hawks closer to PL-leading Lions
Yurisbel Gracial hit the second grand slam of the game in the 12th inning Sunday to help the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks earn a 12-8 walk-off win against the Seibu Lions and a series sweep to move within five games of the Pacific League leaders. Prior ...
Ariel Miranda loses no-hit bid in ninth, improves to 2-0 with Hawks
Former Seattle Mariners lefty Ariel Miranda did not allow a hit until the ninth inning, and Nobuhiro Matsuda homered twice to lead the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 5-1 victory over the Seibu Lions on Saturday. Miranda (2-0), pitching in his second game for the ...
Kodai Senga outdueled Yusei Kikuchi, pitching the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 3-2 series-opening win over the Seibu Lions on Friday. The win at Yafuoku Dome moved the second-place Hawks to within seven games of the Pacific League leaders. Senga (10-4) struck out 12 and scattered ...
Fighters' Sho Nakata, Brandon Laird ignite winning rally against Lions
A pair of big at-bats by Sho Nakata and Brandon Laird against tiring lefty Yusei Kikuchi lifted the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to a 5-3 win against the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions on Friday. Amid speculation this week of his being posted to the major ...
Lions GM Haruhiko Suzuki denies pitcher Yusei Kikuchi poised for posting
The Seibu Lions general manager denied Thursday that the club is poised to part with hard-throwing lefty Yusei Kikuchi this autumn. Haruhiko Suzuki responded brusquely to speculation on MLB.com that Kikuchi may be made available to major league teams through the posting system after this ...
