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TIGERS

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 14, 2014
Tigers take down first-place Carp
Mauro Gomez's ninth-inning RBI double proved decisive as the Hanshin Tigers moved back within three games of the first-place Hiroshima Carp with a 4-3 victory in the Central League on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 11, 2014
Messenger tosses four-hit shutout
Randy Messenger threw his second shutout of the season in a duel against Tomoyuki Sugano, leading the way as the Hanshin Tigers snapped a four-game losing streak in a 1-0 win over the Yomiuri Giants on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 5, 2014
Swallows pound out 17 hits, hammer Tigers
Lefty Ryosuke Yagi allowed a run in seven innings and got plenty of run support as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows crushed the Hanshin Tigers 13-1 on Monday evening.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 5, 2014
O'Malley all smiles about return to NPB with Tigers
A wry smile played across Tom O'Malley's lips as he nodded in the direction of a group of Hanshin Tigers players stretching on the ground outside of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows' indoor facility on Sunday as the Swallows wrapped up practice inside.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 3, 2014
Iihara ignites Swallows in comeback victory over Tigers
Yasushi Iihara had a tiebreaking pinch-hit double in a four-run uprising in the eighth inning as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows ran away late to beat the Hanshin Tigers 5-2 on Saturday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 1, 2014
Carp rookie Osera goes distance in win over Tigers
Rookie Daichi Osera (3-1) came within three outs of his first shutout but settled for his first complete game as the Hiroshima Carp avoided a three-game sweep on Thursday night by beating the Hanshin Tigers 6-1.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 28, 2014
Quick learner Gomez earning stripes with Tigers
Hanshin Tigers first baseman Mauro Gomez was excited to get a chance to play ball in Japan, and his hot start has almost made a mockery of the challenges faced by new foreign players.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 17, 2014
Bullington silences Tigers; Maru scores three runs in rout
Bryan Bullington won his second consecutive start with a quality outing, allowing just one run over eight sharp innings in the Hiroshima Carp's 8-2 rout of the Hanshin Tigers on Thursday night.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 15, 2014
Fujinami holds Carp to two runs, helps own cause with homer
Shintaro Fujinami (1-2) allowed two runs in seven innings, homered and earned the win as the Hanshin Tigers dispatched the Hiroshima Carp 8-2 on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 12, 2014
Tigers maul Giants for second straight day
Lefty Atsushi Nomi pitched his first shutout of the season, Matt Murton hit his second three-run homer in as many days and the Hanshin Tigers blew out the rival Yomiuri Giants 9-0 on Saturday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 28, 2014
Giants trounce Tigers in opener as storied franchise celebrates 80th anniversary
More than 300 former Yomiuri Giants players, including Hideki Matsui and Shigeo "Mr. Giants" Nagashima, were at Tokyo Dome on Opening Night to participate in a ceremony celebrating the franchise's 80th anniversary.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2014
Giants, Hawks look like class of NPB as season begins
2014 NPB Preview
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 8, 2014
Otani outshines pitching peer Fujinami
Hokkaido Nippon Ham right-hander Shohei Otani outpitched fellow second-year man Shintaro Fujinami as the Fighters defeated the Hanshin Tigers 6-5 in a preseason game on Saturday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 7, 2014
Naruse holds Tigers scoreless for four innings
Chiba Lotte Marines ace Yoshihisa Naruse threw four scoreless innings in his preseason debut on Friday in a 6-2 win over the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2013
White tiger undergoes knee surgery in Kanagawa
In an apparent first, a rare white tiger had surgery Tuesday on its right back knee at an animal hospital in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, with veterinarians declaring the five-hour operation a success.
BASEBALL
Dec 4, 2013
Korean reliever Oh joins Tigers
Oh Seung-hwan, the all-time saves leader in South Korean pro baseball with 277, completed his move to the Hanshin Tigers at a signing ceremony on Wednesday.
BASEBALL
Nov 22, 2013
Hanshin Tigers finalize deal with Korean closer Oh
The Hanshin Tigers said Friday they have reached an agreement to acquire Samsung Lions pitcher Oh Seung-hwan for next season.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 2, 2013
Prolific hitter Murton no lock for NPB return
Will Matt Murton return for a fifth season with the Hanshin Tigers?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2013
Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka's affable authoritarian?
Down in the deep south of Sri Lanka, where life usually moves at a leisurely pace, there is one small town that is less tranquil. Hambantota — population 20,000 — is expanding fast. There is a vast new deepwater port, built with $360 million of borrowed Chinese cash; a new 35,000-seat cricket stadium; a huge convention center; and a $200 million international airport. A broad-gauge railway is under construction. Powerful people have ambitions for Hambantota. None is more powerful or more ambitious than President Mahinda Rajapaksa, born nearby in 1945.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2013
Tigers' Murton heads back to U.S., unsure about return
Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton, who wrapped up a two-year contract with the Central League team this season, said he is uncertain whether he will be back next year before departing for the United States on Tuesday.
Three men rearrested over brokering of overseas prostitution
A woman speaks of her experience of being sent to Macau by an overseas prostitution broker during an interview in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 8.
Money stolen via online transfers up fivefold in Tokyo
Special fraud cases in Tokyo in which stolen money was sent via online banking services grew some fivefold from the previous year in 2023.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
In first month of operations, ride-hailing services used more than taxis in Tokyo
As of last Sunday, ride-hailing services, which use personal vehicles to offer paid rides, had been used a total of 12,628 times in five areas.
Tech giants start to treat Southeast Asia like the next big thing
Attendees arrive for Microsoft's event on AI technologies in Jakarta on April 30.
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.

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