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TOMOYUKI SUGANO

Swallows starter Taichi Yamano threw seven scoreless innings against the Giants to earn his first pro win on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 1, 2023
Taichi Yamano finally lives dream after nightmare debut
Yamano threw seven scoreless innings for his first career win.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 2, 2023
Masashi Ito outduels Tomoyuki Sugano to lead Tigers past Giants
Elsewhere, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows dropped two-time league MVP Munetaka Murakami from the starting lineup.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jun 19, 2023
Giants laid foundation for pennant race with solid interleague campaign
The Yomiuri Giants were in a good position to win NPB’s interleague title for the first time since 2014 before a sixth-inning error and ensuing two-run home run spoiled it all at Tokyo Dome on Sunday afternoon.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 25, 2023
With Tomoyuki Sugano sidelined, Shosei Togo continues to rise as Giants ace
Togo has thrived so far as the main weapon in the Kyojin rotation, pitching under pressure Wednesday to carry the team with little room for error.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 3, 2022
Giants hold off Hawks in interleague action
Yomiuri Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano threw eight innings and rookie Taisei Ota finished up a 3-0 interleague win over the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 25, 2022
Giants get off to winning start with victory over Dragons
The Giants took the lead for good after rallying for three runs in the fifth inning.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 25, 2021
Tigers' Haruto Takahashi wins duel against Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano
Takahashi struck out 13 while allowing five hits and a walk over the distance.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Jun 7, 2021
Tomoyuki Sugano and Seiya Suzuki return to action as Olympics draw near
A few hours after the United States national baseball team qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, two players expected to be key members of Samurai Japan's Olympic effort returned to the field in NPB.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 15, 2021
Tomoyuki Sugano signs record-high contract with Giants
One week after rejecting a big-league contract, ace right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano re-signed with the Yomiuri Giants on a one-year deal reported as the highest in Japanese baseball history.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 11, 2021
Frustrated Tomoyuki Sugano aims high for 2021 after failed bid to land MLB deal
Speaking to reporters online, the 31-year-old Sugano expressed some frustration with the conditions under which he was forced to negotiate.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jan 9, 2021
Bad timing spoils Tomoyuki Sugano's MLB aspirations
Given a market where he apparently didn't get a deal he liked and an offseason changed by the coronavirus, it's not hard to see why Sugano chose another year with the Kyojin.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 8, 2021
Tomoyuki Sugano fails to find MLB team, will return to Giants
The two-time Sawamura Award winner has been offered a four-year contract by Yomiuri that he will have the right to unilaterally terminate.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 17, 2020
Tomoyuki Sugano and Yuki Yanagita win MVP honors in NPB
The Giants ace and Hawks slugger each won the award for the second time.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 8, 2020
Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano made available to MLB teams
The two-time Sawamura Award winner is the fourth Japanese player to be posted this offseason and perhaps the biggest prize, with the Yankees and Red Sox reportedly interested.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 4, 2020
Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano asks club to post him to majors
Once posted, the two-time Sawamura Award winner will have thirty days to find an MLB club willing to offer a contract or he will return to Yomiuri for the 2021 season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Dec 3, 2020
Fighters make Haruki Nishikawa available to MLB clubs through posting system
The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters said Thursday that center fielder Haruki Nishikawa has been made available for major league clubs through the posting system.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 26, 2020
Giants to allow ace Tomoyuki Sugano to move to MLB via posting system
According to the source, the 31-year-old Sugano will sit down and formally discuss the possibility of a move to the United States with Giants officials in the coming days.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 23, 2020
Dragons ace Yudai Ono wins Sawamura Award
Ono is the ninth Dragons pitcher to win the award and first since Kenshin Kawakami in 2004.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 22, 2020
Tomoyuki Sugano's future bright despite loss in Japan Series opener
The Giants ace is expected to be one of the hottest targets of the MLB offseason if rumors of a posting come to fruition.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 21, 2020
Hawks cut Giants down to size in Game 1 of Japan Series
Dating back to 2018 against the Hiroshima Carp, the Hawks have now won nine straight Japan Series games as they attempt to win their fourth straight title.

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