Angel Sanchez tossed seven shutout innings and Hiroyuki Nakajima drove in the decisive run as the Yomiuri Giants subdued the Hiroshima Carp 4-0 in the Central League on Wednesday. Right-hander Sanchez (2-2) gave up six hits but no walks as he largely kept the Carp ...
Eric Thames' injury mars debut of Giants' high-profile foreign stars
After everything it took for Thames to get to Japan, he’s now heading back to the U.S. for surgery after less than three full innings in NPB.
Zelous Wheeler bringing flair and fun to normally reserved Giants
The former Yankee is a breath of fresh air in an organization with an image of being more than a little stuffy.
Dragons' batters come up big against Giants
The Chunichi Dragons beat the Yomiuri Giants with a great performance on the mound on Friday. On Saturday afternoon, they got their bats going. Dayan Viciedo hit a two-run homer to help the Dragons build a big lead and Yohei Oshima drove in a pair of ...
NPB prepares to go back behind closed doors
Last week began with a crowd of 17,712 at Tokyo Dome for a showdown between the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants, the top two teams in the Central League. There were 15,345 fans present at the Big Egg on Sunday, when the Kyojin faced the ...
Kazuma Okamoto hit a pair of solo home runs to help lift the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers, whose winning streak was snapped at eight games on Wednesday. Trailing 2-0 in the second, Okamoto, last year's CL ...
Seishu Hatake nearly tosses shutout to lead Giants past Dragons
Seishu Hatake lamented the fact he couldn't pitch until the end of the Yomiuri Giants' game against the Chunichi Dragons. While he didn't the shutout he was looking for, a win isn't a bad consolation prize. Hatake held the Dragons scoreless into the ninth and got ...
Tigers hit ground running as Teruaki Sato continues to excite
Let’s all stand back for a minute and marvel at Teruaki Sato. The Hanshin Tigers rookie is just 15 games into his career and already among the players generating the most buzz in NPB. Sato produced one of the early highlights of the season on Friday ...
Rookie relievers Haruki Omichi and Ryoji Kuribayashi each worked a scoreless inning on Saturday to preserve the Hiroshima Carp's 4-2 Central League win over the Yomiuri Giants. Starting pitcher Aren Kuri (3-0) allowed two runs, one earned, over seven innings, while leadoff man Ryosuke Kikuchi ...
NPB strikes out with move to eliminate extra innings
Just before the Yomiuri Giants and Yokohama BayStars went into the bottom of the ninth tied 7-7 on March 26, the first night of the season, there was an announcement over the PA system at Tokyo Dome. It was a reminder there would not be ...
NPB returns with flourish as reminders of virus linger
Following an offseason that was shorter than usual, pro baseball returned to Japan over the weekend. There were home runs, super plays in the field, highly anticipated debuts and even fans in the stands. There were also, however, reminders things aren’t quite back to normal ...
Yoshiyuki Kamei still Giants' ace in hole
Yoshiyuki Kamei doesn’t actually hit a walk-off, or otherwise huge, home run every time he steps up to the plate — it just feels that way sometimes.
