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YOMIURI GIANTS

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 19, 2015
Dragons' Hirata slugs three-run shot in 10th to sink Giants
The Chunichi Dragons rallied in the top of the eighth and ninth innings. The Yomiuri Giants pushed back in the bottom half of the ninth.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 6, 2015
Watertight defense gives Hawks win over Giants
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks' bats took a rare night off in a Central League park. Luckily the pitching staff was present and accounted for, and so was the defense.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 5, 2015
Hawks showcase strength of batting lineup in 16-hit attack
The Fukuoka Softbank Hawks just kept hitting, and hitting and hitting. All the Yomiuri Giants could do was ride out the storm until the game was over.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 2, 2015
Buffaloes can't end slide in new skipper Fukura's debut
Hard luck continued for the Orix Buffaloes despite a change in managers as they lost 2-1 to the Yomiuri Giants for their fourth straight defeat on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 28, 2015
Giants' Mikolas fans 10 in triumph over Lions
Miles Mikolas turned in a very good start for the Yomiuri Giants for the second consecutive week. This time, he even got something to show for it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 16, 2015
Giants' Sugiuchi helps own cause at plate
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.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 12, 2015
Triumphant Giants stage seventh-inning comeback against Carp
The Yomiuri Giants beat Kenta Maeda in a close game again, and this time he helped them do it.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
May 4, 2015
Giants still looking for more power from cleanup hitters
Hall of Famer Shigeo Nagashima was the 25th player in the history of the Yomiuri Giants to hit fourth in the Kyojin's starting lineup, according to the team's records. Sadaharu Oh was the 28th, and Hideki Matsui the 62nd. Taishi Ota, in the cleanup role for the past four games, is the 81st.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 30, 2015
Murata stays hot at plate as Giants defeat Dragons
The Yomiuri Giants may have a new power-hitting third baseman on the way, but Shuichi Murata wants to show everyone the old model is still working just fine.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2015
Taguchi passes debut test with flying colors as Giants down Swallows
If the pressure of making his NPB debut at Tokyo Dome in front of 42,870 fans got to Yomiuri Giants left-hander Kazuto Taguchi, the 19-year-old didn't let it show — on the mound or at the plate.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 10, 2015
Hatakeyama's 11th-inning homer carries Swallows past Giants
There were funky uniforms on both sides, and a slew of great plays in the outfield. In the end, it was Kazuhiro Hatakeyama and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows who put their stamp on the first round of a colorful battle for Tokyo supremacy.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 6, 2015
Abe serves as security blanket after Giants' slow start
It seemed, on the surface at least, to be with a palpable sense of early-season panic that Shinnosuke Abe was back behind the plate for the Yomiuri Giants during their series against the Hanshin Tigers over the weekend.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Apr 4, 2015
Trio of homers lauched Hanshin to title
As part of the celebration commemorating the 80 years of the Hanshin Tigers franchise, the ballclub will later this month remember the 30th anniversary of one of the most exciting moments in Japanese baseball home run history.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 3, 2015
Tigers battery provides spark against struggling Giants
Ryutaro Umeno did most of the damage early, Randy Messenger did the heavy lifting late, and the Hanshin Tigers batterymates helped make sure their team's fans were the ones still cheering after the final out.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2015
Giants edge BayStars in 2015 season opener
Yomiuri manager Tatsunori Hara assured the media everything was all right during spring training as the Giants sputtered to six straight losses at the end of the exhibition season. The games began to count on Friday and for one night, opening night, at least, everything really was OK in Yomiuri Land....
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2015 JAPANESE BASEBALL PREVIEW
Mar 25, 2015
Carp hoping Kuroda can be final piece in title puzzle
Part of the Carp's slogan for 2015 is 'Red Rising,' and that's exactly what the club has been doing the past few years. Hiroshima has increased its win total in each of the past four seasons.
BASEBALL / SPORTS SCOPE
Mar 24, 2015
Why did Matsui pick Yankees over Giants?
Former Yomiuri Giants star Hideki Matsui made news earlier this month with his decision to take a job with the New York Yankees. The move was seen as a curious one here for several reasons.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Mar 23, 2015
Cepeda hoping hard work pays off in second year in Japan
While much of the media horde tasked with covering the Yomiuri Giants has spent the spring either breathlessly reporting on every nuance of Shinnosuke Abe's transition from catcher to first base or peppering manager Tatsunori Hara about what's wrong with the club, Frederich Cepeda has been off to the...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 17, 2015
Abe leaves big shoes to fill at catcher's spot in lineup
A few seasons ago, in 2012, the Yomiuri Giants won the Japan Series just a few days after the San Francisco Giants clinched the World Series title. While the two teams already shared a nickname and color scheme, it was the first time they'd reached the pinnacle of their respective leagues in the same...
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 26, 2014
Kaneko, Sugano claim MVP awards
Chihiro Kaneko put up big numbers last season, but was largely out of the spotlight when it was time to give out awards. This time around, the Orix Buffaloes ace was one of the main attractions.

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