The Chiba Lotte Marines bludgeoned Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks starter Shota Takeda on their way to a 9-1 win on Friday. By opening their series against the Pacific League leaders with a third straight win, Lotte improved to 16-16 and moved 3½ games back from the ...
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks broke an eighth-inning tie to claim a 9-7 win against the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in the only Pacific League game on Thursday. Fukuoka's Akira Nakamura delivered a run-scoring single in the eighth to put his team ahead 8-7. Hawks starter Shota ...
Misfiring Shota Takeda and Seiichi Uchikawa find form as Hawks sink Eagles
A day after the Pacific League powerhouse Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks sank below .500, two of this year's underachievers stepped up, as Shota Takeda and Seiichi Uchikawa led the way to a 4-0 win over the last-place Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Sunday. Takeda (3-7) continued ...
Hawks' Shota Takeda twirls one-hit shutout against Buffaloes
The day after a bullpen implosion, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks rode Shota Takeda's one-hitter to a 3-0 win over the Orix Buffaloes on Saturday. The 25-year-old breaking-ball specialist combined fastball location with excellent command of his curveballs and sliders to stop the Buffaloes on 121 ...
BayStars closer Yasuaki Yamasaki embraces pressure of must-win games
The BayStars fans at Yokohama Stadium know what to expect when the team enters the bottom of the ninth inning with a small lead. It's Yasuaki time. When Yokohama closer Yasuaki Yamasaki comes out of the bullpen and heads to the mound, it is one of ...
Early scoring, lockdown bullpen carry Hawks to Game 3 triumph over BayStars
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the first two games of the Japan Series with a blowout and a dramatic late-inning comeback. To get the third, they just had to hang on. Run-scoring hits by Seiichi Uchikawa and Hiroaki Takaya gave the Hawks an early lead, and ...
Otani fans nine, struggles with control in first 100-pitch outing of season
Hokkaido Nippon Ham hurler Shohei Otani struck out nine while giving up one run — a solo homer — over six innings in his fourth start this season as the Fighters defeated the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 6-4 on Thursday. Otani (2-2) allowed five hits and ...
Takeda, three Hawks relievers combine for one-hit shutout of Marines
Shota Takeda allowed a hit over six innings, and three relievers completed the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' 2-0, one-hit shutout of the Chiba Lotte Marines on Saturday. Takeda (2-1) struck out eight, walked a batter and hit two to guide the Hawks to their fifth straight ...
Right-handers Kodai Senga and Shota Takeda are poised to return to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' injury-plagued starting rotation, pitching coach Shinji Kurano said Wednesday. The Hawks are looking at a return in time for a three-game series with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Fukuoka ...
Former big league pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada's left elbow issue has been diagnosed as inflammation, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks announced Tuesday. The diagnosis came a day after the 36-year-old was forced to cut short his bullpen session at the Hawks' minor league facility in Chikugo, Fukuoka ...
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks deactivated right-hander Shota Takeda on Friday due to shoulder inflammation, while announcing that Venezuelan setup man Robert Suarez has had Tommy John surgery. Takeda's deactivation comes three days after veteran lefty Tsuyoshi Wada was deactivated with stiffness in his elbow. The ...
Right-hander Shota Takeda was deactivated by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Friday due to concerns over his shoulder. The move comes three days after veteran lefty Tsuyoshi Wada was deactivated with stiffness in his elbow. The 24-year-old Takeda has not worked past the sixth inning ...
