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Giants riding wave of momentum into final stage showdown against Carp
Tomoyuki Sugano turned, slapped his glove and thrust both arms into air once the ball was safely secure in Daikan Yoh's glove in center field. He wore a broad smile as catcher Seiji Kobayashi enveloped him in a hug near the mound at Jingu ...
Giants seize opportunities in Game 1 triumph over Swallows
Without hesitation, the Swallows sent their Giants killer to the mound for Saturday's postseason series opener, but it did not work out the way they had hoped. Instead, the Giants who came through, scoring key late runs and relying on solid pitching in their 4-1 ...
The race to the Japan Series begins Saturday as the Central and Pacific League Climax Series' first stages get underway in Tokyo and Fukuoka. Each league's second-place team will host their third-place league rival in the three-game first stages. Each first-stage winner will advance to ...
Swallows starter Matt Carasiti, bullpen hold BayStars in check
Matt Carasiti tossed four solid innings on Wednesday and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows' bullpen maintained an early lead for a 2-1 victory over the Yokohama BayStars. Despite outhitting the Swallows, the BayStars were unable to take advantage of several chances at Jingu Stadium and suffered ...
Wladimir Balentien bashes pair of homers in Swallows' victory over BayStars
Wladimir Balentien knocked in a pair of home runs, helping 21-year-old starter Keiji Takahashi pick up his first professional win as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows edged the Yokohama BayStars 3-2 on Tuesday night. The result in front of 28,328 at Jingu Stadium erased Yokohama's half-game ...
Swallows set to release hard-throwing pitcher Yoshinori Sato
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows have decided to release right-hander Yoshinori Sato, once the fastest throwing pitcher in NPB, at the end of the season, club president Tsuyoshi Kinugasa said Tuesday. Kinugasa told reporters Yakult did not have a choice as the 28-year-old, who was drafted ...
Keiji Obiki belts pair of homers as Swallows beat Giants 8-5
Keiji Obiki went 3-for-4, including a pair of home runs, while Yasuhiro Ogawa struck out eight as the Yakult Swallows beat the Yomiuri Giants 8-5 in the Central League on Monday night. The Giants dropped from third to fourth with the loss at Jingu Stadium, ...
Carp rout Swallows to clinch third straight Central League pennant
Aren Kuri threw eight scoreless innings to help the Hiroshima Carp to clinch their third straight Central League pennant in grand fashion with a 10-0 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Wednesday. For two straight days, the Carp had needed one win or one ...
Victories by BayStars, Swallows prevent Carp from clinching pennant
Jose Lopez broke an eighth-inning tie with a two-run homer Tuesday to lead the Yokohama BayStars to a 5-3 victory over the Hiroshima Carp, while the Tokyo Yakult Swallows' win delayed the Central League leaders from clinching their third straight pennant. The Carp, who entered ...
Swallows' Buchanan remains positive during playoff push
David Buchanan's little slice of heaven is in the outfield. He might be a pitcher by trade, but there are few things the 29-year old enjoys more than running, jumping and sliding around the outfield shagging fly balls during batting practice before games. "You ask ...
Juri Hara dodges bullets as Swallows keep Central League pennant race alive
Juri Hara repeatedly pitched out of trouble to work five innings as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Chunichi Dragons 2-0 on Sunday to guarantee the Central League pennant race would go on at least another day. The first-place Hiroshima Carp, who started the day ...
Right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano pitched his sixth shutout of the season as the third-place Yomiuri Giants beat the second-place Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5-0 in the Central League on Saturday. In front of 45,025 at Tokyo Dome, Giants ace Sugano (13-8) struck out nine of the 34 ...
