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Carp pitcher Daichi Osera in good position in race for Sawamura Award
The Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp only have one more game remaining against the last-place Chunichi Dragons, inexplicably the only CL team with a winning record against Hiroshima, this season. Which means the two-time defending champions can get back to the task of finishing off their ...
Giants' Tomoyuki Sugano tosses two-hitter for fourth shutout of season
Right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano went the distance and threw a two-hit shutout on Saturday, earning his 10th win of the season as the Yomiuri Giants handed a 10-0 loss to the Chunichi Dragons. Sugano (10-7) struck out nine and only yielded two walks over the scoreless ...
Second-year pro Shun Ikeda pitched two innings in relief and picked up his first win Saturday as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Chunichi Dragons 6-4. Ikeda (1-1) gave up two hits and a walk in his 24-pitch outing at Nagoya Dome after taking the mound ...
Giants' Tomoyuki Sugano makes complete turnaround against Carp
Tomoyuki Sugano had a week to stew over his poor performance in his last game against the Hiroshima Carp. When he got another shot at them, the Yomiuri Giants ace showed the best team in the Central League why he's the best pitcher in Japan. Sugano ...
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 ...
MLB scouts eye Yusei Kikuchi, Tomoyuki Sugano
On Friday night at Tokyo Dome, the Seibu Lions and Yomiuri Giants each sent their ace to the mound, creating a marquee matchup of the Lions' Yusei Kikuchi vs. the Kyojin's Tomoyuki Sugano. Unsurprisingly, it drew some "major" attention. Sitting among the 45,533 fans were scouts ...
Lions ace Yusei Kikuchi outduels Giants star Tomoyuki Sugano
The pitching matchup between aces Yusei Kikuchi and Tomoyuki Sugano fizzled out early on Friday night. As for the Seibu Lions' lineup, well, they were as good as advertised. Shogo Akiyama led off the game with a home run to set the tone at the plate ...
Tigers' Yoshio Itoi slugs solo homer in fifth inning for game's only run
Yoshio Itoi made Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano pay for his biggest mistake, homering in the fifth inning to power the Hanshin Tigers to a 1-0 win over Yomiuri on Friday. Sugano (5-3), who had won his last five decisions, had not allowed a runner through ...
Tomoyuki Sugano still has sights set on majors
Tomoyuki Sugano may be the best pitcher in the world who isn't in the major leagues, but the 28-year-old Yomiuri Giants star intends to rectify that situation. Last season's winner of the Eiji Sawamura Award as Japan's most impressive starting pitcher, the soft-spoken right-hander has ...
Tomoyuki Sugano clubs solo homer to help his cause, lift Giants over BayStars
Tomoyuki Sugano surrendered the lead on a slider. So it was only fitting the Yomiuri Giants ace used one to get it back. Sugano allowed a game-tying home run in the top of the fifth inning, then took matters into his own hands with a ...
Giants star Tomoyuki Sugano records second shutout of season
Tomoyuki Sugano threw his second shutout of the season as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Chunichi Dragons 6-0 on Friday. Sugano (4-2) allowed five hits, while striking out 13 and walking one. The right-hander, who won last season's Sawamura Award, has not allowed a run ...
Tigers hurler Randy Messenger silences Giants in season-opening triumph
Whoever wins the Sawamura Award this year might want to do whatever it takes to avoid Randy Messenger and the Hanshin Tigers on Opening Day next season. Things didn't really work out so well for the last two recipients when they went up against the ...
