Japanese Baseball May 18, 2022
Hiroyuki Nakajima drove in the decisive two runs at Utsunomiya Kiyohara Stadium in Tochigi prefecture after Carp starter Atsushi Endo ran out of gas early in the final frame.
Japanese Baseball Apr 21, 2022
Polanco, in his first season in Japan after eight years with the Pirates, doubled home Yoshikawa and Sakamoto, capping off Yomiuri's three-run eighth to make it a 4-3 game.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Apr 2, 2022
Surging Giants add to Tigers' woes with fifth straight victory
by Jason Coskrey
The Tigers matched the longest losing streak to start a season by a Central League team.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 25, 2022
Giants get off to winning start with victory over Dragons
by Jason Coskrey
The Giants took the lead for good after rallying for three runs in the fifth inning.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 23, 2022
Central League clubs enter 2022 in race to catch Swallows
by Jason Coskrey
Yakult, which went from worst to first in 2021, will now face the pressure of trying to defend its throne from five challengers with ambitions of grandeur.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 12, 2021
Both league champs moved to within a win or a tie of securing Japan Series berths.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Nov 11, 2021
Yasunobu Okugawa and Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitch shutouts to open the second stage of the NPB playoffs.
Japanese Baseball Oct 17, 2021
The win at Tokyo Dome kept the Carp's hopes of seizing a playoff berth alive as they moved to within three games of the Giants with eight games left to play.
Japanese Baseball Oct 6, 2021
The Swallows sent Takahashi to the showers with none out in the bottom of the fourth after Nishiura blasted his fourth home run deep to left and Santana launched No. 14 over right.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB Sep 27, 2021
Three-team race for Central League pennant could go down to wire
by Jason Coskrey
Even though the Climax Series doesn’t start until Nov. 6, the final push for the pennant will make it feel like postseason baseball came early.
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Sep 25, 2021
Tigers' Haruto Takahashi wins duel against Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano
by Jason Coskrey
Takahashi struck out 13 while allowing five hits and a walk over the distance.
Japanese Baseball Aug 22, 2021
Shibata played hero in both the field and at the plate on Saturday as a seventh-inning pitching change led to the Giants' collapse.