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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
