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SEIBU LIONS

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 9, 2022
Red-hot Hotaka Yamakawa back in swing of things for Lions
Hotaka Yamakawa has gotten off to a hot start for Seibu after two difficult seasons at the plate.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 6, 2022
Takeya Nakamura and Hotaka Yamakawa power Lions in rout of Marines
Floundering at the plate since the start of the season, Nakamura finally cleared the Belluna Dome fence for his first blast of the year.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 1, 2022
Masataka Yoshida blasts Buffaloes past Lions
Considered by some MLB scouts to be Japanese baseball's best pure hitter, Yoshida went 3-for-4 with a first-inning single and tie-breaking homers in the sixth and eighth innings.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 29, 2022
Kaito Yoza delivers in clutch during Lions' win over Hawks
Kaito Yoza provided some clutch relief, helping the Seibu Lions to a 4-2 Pacific League win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 6, 2022
Masahiro Tanaka earns win as virus-hit Rakuten returns to action
Masahiro Tanaka pitched the coronavirus-hit Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 7-3 Pacific League win against the Saitama Seibu Lions on Tuesday, allowing two runs over seven innings as his team returned to action.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2022 NPB Preview
Mar 24, 2022
Pacific League set for wide-open pennant race in 2022
The Buffaloes enter the year as the reigning champions, but there are no guarantees in the PL this season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jan 17, 2022
Foreign players facing another lonely NPB season
The signs of baseball spring are popping up all across Japan this month. Veteran players are emerging from winter vacations and ramping up their individual workouts for the upcoming season. Rookies are stirring too, with some with their teams taking part in voluntary individual training that is actually neither voluntary nor individual. The flow of foreign players returning to Japan has also gotten underway.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 5, 2021
Ichiro Suzuki surprises at Daisuke Matsuzaka's retirement ceremony
The pair squared off in Japan for two seasons, and then again in the majors after Matsuzaka joined the Boston Red Sox in 2007.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Oct 24, 2021
Retiring greats get deserved curtain calls as NPB season wraps up
The tradition of giving Japanese veterans hanging up their gloves one last chance to stand in front of a cheering crowd is one that should be cherished.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 20, 2021
Daisuke Matsuzaka walks away from baseball with love for game
In his final appearance before retiring, 'Dice-K' took to the mound wearing No. 18, the 'ace number' he wore in 1999 when he turned pro straight out of Yokohama High School.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2021
Lions rookie Yutaro Watanabe outduels Eagles' Masahiro Tanaka
The 21-year-old Watanabe fanned five, allowing four hits and four walks.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 12, 2021
Lions win draft rights for top pitching prospect Chihiro Sumida
An ecstatic Seibu general manager Hisanobu Watanabe said Sumida can make an 'immediate impact' for the club.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jul 7, 2021
Lions veteran Daisuke Matsuzaka to retire following injury struggles
The 40-year-old right-hander, whose name is synonymous with an entire generation of Japanese players, has 114 career wins in NPB and another 56 in the major leagues.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 5, 2021
Punishment does not always fit crime with NPB's dangerous pitch rule
There is intent and there is common sense.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 29, 2021
Wataru Matsumoto earns win, Kaima Taira ties NPB record for Lions
The Seibu reliever pitched his 38th game without giving up a run during Monday's outing against the Hawks.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jun 21, 2021
Justin Smoak's departure puts family issues in spotlight in NPB
Family was the dominant theme in NPB last week.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2021
Carp stop Lions to put Central League on top in interleague
The result ensured that the CL would beat the rival Pacific League in the annual interleague standings for the first time since 2009.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2021
Lions overpower Swallows in three-homer ninth inning
Takeya Nakamura, Hotaka Yamakawa and Wu Nien-ting went deep in the ninth inning to help the PL side to an interleague victory.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
May 23, 2021
Dominant Lions ace Kona Takahashi has no plans to visit barber
The 24-year-old, unbeaten in nine starts this season, has said he won't cut his hair until he suffers his first defeat on the mound.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 21, 2021
Lions' Zach Neal holds off Hawks
Zach Neal delivered a vintage performance, allowing one run over six innings.

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