Tigers beginning to roar amid six-game win streak
The Tigers are riding a six-game winning streak and finally giving their famously fervent supporters something to cheer about this season.
Three-team race for Central League pennant could go down to wire
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.
Veteran Yoshio Itoi broke a 1-1 fifth inning tie with his second home run of the season, leading the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Sunday. Trailing 1-0 after 11 of the first 12 batters made ...
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 ...
Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano and six others named to All-Star teams via player voting
Yomiuri Giants right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano was among seven players added Thursday to the Central and Pacific League All-Star teams through player voting. Sugano was selected to the All-Star roster for the seventh time after receiving 385 votes from his NPB colleagues. The 28-year-old leads the ...
Tigers' Yoshio Itoi slugs solo homer in fifth inning for game's only run
Yoshio Itoi made Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano pay for his biggest mistake, homering in the fifth inning to power the Hanshin Tigers to a 1-0 win over Yomiuri on Friday. Sugano (5-3), who had won his last five decisions, had not allowed a runner through ...
Tigers starter Takumi Akiyama in control in nine-strikeout performance against BayStars
Takumi Akiyama went the distance and Yoshio Itoi opened the scoring in the Hanshin Tigers' 7-1 victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Tuesday. Akiyama (2-3) did not issue a walk and limited the visitors to six hits, while striking out nine in his 107-pitch effort ...
Reliever Daichi Takeyasu records first triumph of season as Tigers edge Dragons
Second-year pitcher Daichi Takeyasu picked up the win after tossing a perfect inning of relief in his first game with the Hanshin Tigers, who edged the Chunichi Dragons 2-1 on Thursday. Chunichi scored first, with Nobumasa Fukuda doubling home a run in the sixth inning, ...
The Yokohama BayStars wasted a golden opportunity to close the gap in the race for the Central League's second postseason seed in Wednesday's 4-4 tie with the Hanshin Tigers. BayStars closer Yasuaki Yamasaki blew a one-run, ninth inning lead when Yoshio Itoi singled in a ...
Tigers pounce on Giants' Tanioka in rookie's first career start
The Hanshin Tigers came to Tokyo expecting to face Tomoyuki Sugano in the second game of their series with the Yomiuri Giants Instead it was rookie Tappei Tanioka on the mound for his first career start, and Hanshin took full advantage. Yoshio Itoi's three-run homer and ...
The Hanshin Tigers said Monday they have reached agreement on a contract with free agent outfielder Yoshio Itoi, who earlier in the day informed the Orix Buffaloes of his intention to join the Central League club. Itoi, 35, who played for Orix for four seasons ...
Itoi, Yoh, Morifuku, Yamaguchi confirmed as free agents
Nippon Professional Baseball released the list of 2016 free agents on Thursday afternoon, with outfielder Yoshio Itoi highlighting a group of six players. Itoi, who spent the last four seasons with the Orix Buffaloes, is one of four domestic free agents, joining outfielder Daikan Yoh ...
