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SHUN YAMAGUCHI

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2019
Shun Yamaguchi guides Giants past BayStars
Shun Yamaguchi struck out 12 batters over eight innings, doubled and scored the winning run for the Yomiuri Giants in their 8-4 victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2019
Giants whip Hawks, stay in contention for interleague crown
It'll essentially be winner-take-all for this season's interleague title.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 23, 2019
Giants' Shun Yamaguchi silences Swallows in eight scoreless innings
Shun Yamaguchi tossed eight innings of one-hit ball on Tuesday night as the Yomiuri Giants pounded the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9-0 in a battle for the Central League's top spot.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 9, 2019
Giants newcomer Christian Villanueva slugs two homers to propel club past Dragons
Christian Villanueva hit his first two home runs in Japan, and Shun Yamaguchi worked seven innings to lead the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-1 victory over the Chunichi Dragons on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2018
Yoshio Itoi smacks go-ahead blast in eighth as Tigers down Giants
Yoshio Itoi capped a solid evening with an eighth-inning, tiebreaking home run that lifted the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 27, 2018
Giants hurler Shun Yamaguchi notches no-hitter against Dragons
Shun Yamaguchi grabbed the brim of his cap and looked downward as if caught up in the moment and trying to fight back tears on the hero interview stage. Then, just as the crowd began to react, the jig was up. He ripped off his cap and exclaimed "I'm not crying!"
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 29, 2018
Pinch hitter Masanobu Fukuda slaps game-winning single in ninth against Giants
Masanobu Fukuda's pinch-hit single capped a three-run, ninth-inning rally, lifting the Chunichi Dragons to a 4-3 triumph over the Yomiuri Giants on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 23, 2018
Shun Yamaguchi goes distance for Giants in win over Swallows
Shun Yamaguchi struck out eight over the distance to pitch the Yomiuri Giants to a 7-1 Central League win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 8, 2018
Tigers starter Takumi Akiyama tosses first shutout since 2010
Takumi Akiyama homered, drove in two runs and threw a five-hit shutout as the Hanshin Tigers beat the Yomiuri Giants 9-0 on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 18, 2017
Giants' Shun Yamaguchi suspended for rest of season for alleged violence at hospital
Yomiuri Giants right-hander Shun Yamaguchi was suspended for the remainder of the season on Friday after charges against the 30-year-old were referred to prosecutors over an incident last month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 19, 2017
Yomiuri pitcher Yamaguchi benched after violent birthday scuffle
Yomiuri Giants' Shun Yamaguchi was abruptly withdrawn from a game against the Chunichi Dragons on Tuesday over of a violent incident last week in which the pitcher is suspected to have been involved, according to the Central League ball club.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 14, 2017
Yamaguchi leads combined no-hitter in Giants debut
It took until June, but Shun Yamaguchi's debut as a Yomiuri Giant made the wait seem almost worth it, as the right-hander threw six no-hit innings in Wednesday's 3-0 interleague win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 2, 2017
Giants not getting full value from new faces
The Yomiuri Giants, stung perhaps by pennant-less seasons in 2015 and 2016 or their inability to stay within 17½ games of the Hiroshima Carp last year, spent much of the offseason wheeling and dealing. Now one month into the 2017 season, their fans might be wondering what it was all for.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Mar 11, 2017
BayStars look to replicate Carp's 2016 success
Can the Yokohama BayStars become this year's Hiroshima Carp?
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Dec 5, 2016
Giants stay busy during offseason
The Yomiuri Giants haven't won the Central League pennant since 2014, which might as well be 1914 in Yomiuri Land, and apparently are not going to sit idly by and watch another team take the flag in 2017.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 2, 2016
Otani eyes new goals following award-winning season for Fighters
Asking what can Shohei Otani do better in 2017 is akin to the question of what do you get the person who already has everything.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 1, 2016
Hurler Yamaguchi set to join Giants
Right-hander Shun Yamaguchi, who declared himself a free agent from the Yokohama BayStars last month, is joining the Giants, Yomiuri general manager Tatsuyoshi Tsutsumi said Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 10, 2016
Itoi, Yoh, Morifuku, Yamaguchi confirmed as free agents
Nippon Professional Baseball released the list of 2016 free agents on Thursday afternoon, with outfielder Yoshio Itoi highlighting a group of six players.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 8, 2016
BayStars hurler Yamaguchi stymies Carp
Shun Yamaguchi held the Hiroshima Carp to a run on seven hits as the right-hander went the distance in the struggling Yokohama BayStars' 7-1 win on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 4, 2016
New BayStars skipper Ramirez gives Yamaguchi opportunity to start opener
Alex Ramirez showed his flair for the unconventional on Monday, when the new Yokohama BayStars manager named right-hander Shun Yamaguchi as his Opening Day starter.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.

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