Takeru Imamura

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Sep 16, 2017

Swallows delay Carp's pennant celebration for at least one more day

The Hiroshima Carp will have to wait another day to clinch their second straight Central League pennant after blowing a three-run lead in a 5-4 loss to the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Saturday afternoon. The Carp, the NPB's best pinch-hitting team this season, got a ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 29, 2017

Carp stay perfect against Giants at Tokyo Dome this season

by Jason Coskrey

The Hiroshima Carp squared off against a pitcher who hadn't lost in a month, was on his home turf, and threw one of his better games of the year. Fortunately for the Carp, their guy was pretty good, too. Yusuke Nomura held the Yomiuri Giants to ...