Kris Johnson allowed two runs in six innings to outduel veteran right-hander Takayuki Kishi in the Hiroshima Carp's 4-2 interleague win over the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles on Sunday. Johnson (6-4) walked four and surrendered three hits, while striking out five at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi. ...
Opening Day starter Takayuki Kishi allowed three runs over six innings to win his first game of the season for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, whose 6-5 victory over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Saturday put them alone at the top of the Pacific ...
Eagles' Takahiro Norimoto leads NPB group chasing Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano
Tomoyuki Sugano is the best pitcher in Japanese baseball. The Yomiuri Giants ace has won the past two Sawamura Awards, hasn't posted an ERA higher 2.14 (or an fielding independent pitching over 2.80) since 2015 and is 32-13 over the past two seasons. There's no real ...
Eagles' Takayuki Kishi goes the distance, scatters five hits in triumph over Hawks
Takayuki Kishi snapped a personal losing streak to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Saturday, going the distance in the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' 7-1 victory. The right-hander dominated a Hawks lineup lacking its best hitter, Yuki Yanagita, by throwing a lively fastball with pinpoint precision. Working ...
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 ...
Takayuki Kishi mastered his former club over seven scoreless innings as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles battered the Seibu Lions for the second straight day, beating the Pacific League leaders 9-1 on Saturday afternoon. The 33-year-old right-hander who was the Lions' ace before leaving for ...
Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano and six others named to All-Star teams via player voting
Yomiuri Giants right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano was among seven players added Thursday to the Central and Pacific League All-Star teams through player voting. Sugano was selected to the All-Star roster for the seventh time after receiving 385 votes from his NPB colleagues. The 28-year-old leads the ...
Carp hurler Daichi Osera, Dragons slugger Zoilo Almonte earn monthly MVP awards for first time
Hiroshima Carp right-hander Daichi Osera and Chunichi Dragons outfielder Zoilo Almonte both won their first monthly MVP awards in the Central League, NPB announced on Thursday. Fifth-year pitcher Osera went the distance in two of four starts he made last month, winning all four games ...
BayStars backup Koki Yamashita provides 10th-inning heroics with walk-off single against Eagles
Seldom-used utility infielder Koki Yamashita lifted the Yokohama BayStars to a 4-3, 10th-inning, walk-off win against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Thursday, singling in the winning run in his first at-bat of the season. Yamashita, a fifth-round pick by the BayStars in 2014, had ...
Eagles' Takayuki Kishi shuts out Fighters in Kotaro Kiyomiya's debut
Takayuki Kishi surrendered marquee rookie Kotaro Kiyomiya's first hit but finished with a three-hitter, leading the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a 1-0 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Wednesday. Before 27,661 at Sapporo Dome, Kishi (2-1) walked two and struck out 10 ...
Takayuki Kishi shines as Eagles beat Lions to force Game 3
It took a home run on the very first pitch of the game, a squeeze play and a lot from Takayuki Kishi, but the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are still alive and kicking. Kishi turned in a great start on the mound against his old ...
Eagles blank Marines in Pacific League regular-season finale
Takayuki Kishi and three relievers, including left-hander Yudai Mori, combined on a four-hit shutout as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles blanked the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-0 on Tuesday to wrap up the Pacific League's regular season. After Kishi set the pace by getting the first ...
