Toshiya Sugiuchi allowed two runs in 7⅓ innings to help the Yomiuri Giants move a game clear at the top of the Central League standings as they beat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7-4 on Wednesday. Sugiuchi (6-4) gave up six hits, while walking two with ...

The Yomiuri Giants lost a two-run lead on Toshiya Sugiuchi's watch. So it was only natural that the left-hander be the one to put the Kyojin back on top. Sugiuchi singled in the tiebreaking run in the fourth, and he and three relief pitchers made ...

Yomiuri lefty Toshiya Sugiuchi allowed four hits and one run over 5⅔ innings and helped his own cause with an RBI infield single as the Giants beat the Orix Buffaloes 2-1 on Sunday afternoon for their third straight victory. The Giants beat Pacific League-leading Orix ...

There may not have been a better story in Japanese baseball this season than the rise of the Hiroshima Carp. There may not be a better team than the Yomiuri Giants. Captain Shinnosuke Abe drove in a pair of runs and starter Toshiya Sugiuchi sliced through ...

Lefty Toshiya Sugiuchi won a pitching duel against veteran right-hander Daisuke Miura as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Yokohama BayStars 2-0 on Sunday afternoon. Leadoff hitter Daisuke Nakai hit a two-run homer off Miura with two outs in the fourth inning at Tokyo Dome. Hisayoshi Chono ...

Yomiuri Giants lefty Toshiya Sugiuchi and Yokohama BayStars first baseman Tony Blanco were named the monthly MVPs in the Central League for their outstanding performances in March and April on Wednesday. Seibu Lions right-hander Kazuhisa Makita and Lions left-fielder Takumi Kuriyama won the accolades in ...

On the eve of Japan's World Baseball Classic opener against Brazil, Masahiro Tanaka said that one stellar outing would change people's perception. But it didn't work out that way. The impression he gave on Saturday night was not what he wanted. After a couple of inconsistent ...