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Giants' Yoshiyuki Kamei delivers sayonara sacrifice fly in 10th to down Swallows

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 9, 2019

Giants' Yoshiyuki Kamei delivers sayonara sacrifice fly in 10th to down Swallows

by Jason Coskrey

The Yomiuri Giants got knocked down. The Tokyo Yakult Swallows, however, didn't quite knock the Kyojin out. Kazuma Okamoto hit a game-tying three run homer in the eighth and Yoshiyuki Kamei won it with a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the 10th inning as Yomiuri surged late ...

Giants seize opportunities in Game 1 triumph over Swallows

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Oct 13, 2018

Giants seize opportunities in Game 1 triumph over Swallows

by Kaz Nagatsuka

Without hesitation, the Swallows sent their Giants killer to the mound for Saturday's postseason series opener, but it did not work out the way they had hoped. Instead, the Giants who came through, scoring key late runs and relying on solid pitching in their 4-1 ...

Giants' Cristopher Mercedes earns complete-game victory over rival BayStars

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 2, 2018

Giants' Cristopher Mercedes earns complete-game victory over rival BayStars

Cristopher Mercedes allowed his first runs but remained unbeaten in four starts for the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday, when he threw a three-hitter in a 3-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars. The 24-year-old lefty struck out four and walked one while pitching a complete game. ...

Early runs, dominant Sugano guide Giants past BayStars

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jul 29, 2017

Early runs, dominant Sugano guide Giants past BayStars

by Jason Coskrey

When you've got a pitcher as good as Tomoyuki Sugano on the mound, the game plan is usually pretty simple. Give him a lead, and get out of the way. Shuichi Murata, Yoshiyuki Kamei and Hisayoshi Chono combined to drive in four runs in the first ...

Giants prevail over Swallows, prevent idle Carp from clinching pennant

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Sep 9, 2016

Giants prevail over Swallows, prevent idle Carp from clinching pennant

The Yomiuri Giants hit three homers for all their runs to defeat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5-2 on Friday, making the Hiroshima Carp wait at least another day to claim the Central League title. With the magic number at one, a Yomiuri defeat at Jingu ...

Kamei breathes new life into Giants

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | HIT AND RUN Jun 30, 2014

Kamei breathes new life into Giants

by Jason Coskrey

Yoshiyuki Kamei was added to the Yomiuri Giants' roster on May 31 and he started his season with a bang. His first hit of the year came that night, and it was a tiebreaking home run in the 12th inning of a game in ...

Kamei belts two home runs as Giants hammer BayStars

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Jul 5, 2013

Kamei belts two home runs as Giants hammer BayStars

by David Hueston and Dave Hueston

Yoshiyuki Kamei homered twice, Shuichi Murata hit a grand slam and the Yomiuri Giants used a prolific long-ball attack to wallop the Yokohama BayStars in a 12-7 rout on Friday night. Kamei's first blast in the third, a solo dinger, broke a 1-1 tie and ...

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