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Left-hander Katsuki Azuma pitched eight strong innings and Jose Lopez hit two home runs in the Yokohama BayStars' 6-1 win on Wednesday over the Yomiuri Giants. In front of 44,544 at Tokyo Dome, Azuma (11-5) pitched seven perfect innings before surrendering a solo home run ...
Former Yomiuri great Warren Cromartie wants to see more passion from NPB clubs
Warren Cromartie was one of the greats of his day during his time with the Yomiuri Giants from 1984-1990. He was one of the Central League's best players and a popular figure on Japan's most popular team. Even now, Cromartie appears in the occasional Japanese ...
Veteran Yomiuri Giants pitcher Toshiya Sugiuchi to retire: source
Veteran pitcher Toshiya Sugiuchi will retire at the end of the season, his seventh with the Yomiuri Giants, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The 37-year-old lefty, who has not pitched for the top team in three seasons, was making his way back from ...
Clutch performances by Wladimir Balentien and Yasuhiro Ogawa give Tokyo Yakult Swallows a big win
Wladimir Balentien was more than ready to turn the page on one of his worst weeks of the season. Being able to do it in an important game against the rival Yomiuri Giants was just icing on the cake. Balentien drove in a pair of ...
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 ...
Steady starter Kris Johnson improves to 10-2 as Carp pound Giants
Hiroshima Carp pitcher Kris Johnson gave himself a passing grade, just barely, for his performance against the Yomiuri Giants on Tuesday night. As for his teammates, well, they all passed with flying colors. Johnson allowed one run over seven innings, the Carp hitters put on a ...
Former New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui attended a ceremony at Yankee Stadium on Monday, celebrating becoming the youngest player inducted to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame earlier this year. Before a game against the Chicago White Sox, Matsui walked onto the field to ...
Giants reliever Scott Mathieson to have season-ending surgery
Veteran right-hander Scott Mathieson left Japan on Monday to have surgery on his left knee that will end his season, the Yomiuri Giants announced. "I feel awful that I'm missing the rest of the season," the 34-year-old right-hander said in a post on his Twitter ...
BayStars rookie pitcher Katsuki Azuma delivers banner performance against Giants
Rookie Katsuki Azuma allowed four hits over seven innings and two relievers completed the five-hitter as the Yokohama BayStars downed the Yomiuri Giants 6-0 on Thursday, shutting them out for the second straight night. Azuma (8-5) earned his first win since July 20 and improved ...
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 ...
Yoshio Itoi smacks go-ahead blast in eighth as Tigers down Giants
Yoshio Itoi capped a solid evening with an eighth-inning, tiebreaking home run that lifted the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday. Itoi had twice singled with a runner in scoring position, but some solid defense by the Giants ...
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 ...
