Tigers hurler Yuki Nishi, pitching counterparts practice patience for start of season
Handing the ball to Yuki Nishi to start the season was probably a no-brainer for the Hanshin Tigers. Nishi was a celebrated free-agent acquisition in the winter of 2018, when he switched his Kansai allegiances from the Orix Buffaloes to the Tigers. He was Hanshin's ...
Yuki Nishi worked five innings, and four relievers completed a nine-hit shutout in the Hanshin Tigers' 7-0 victory over the Yokohama BayStars on Saturday. The Tigers have two games remaining and trail the third-place Hiroshima Carp by half a game in the battle for the ...
The Hanshin Tigers announced Friday they have acquired pitcher Yuki Nishi, who had declared free agency after his 10th season with the Orix Buffaloes. The Central League club made the announcement after having their third meeting with the 28-year-old Nishi, who went 10-13 with a ...
Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yuki Nishi, Seibu Lions infielder Hideto Asamura and Hiroshima Carp outfielder Yoshihiro Maru said Wednesday they intend to exercise their domestic free agency rights this offseason. A 10-year veteran in Nippon Professional Baseball, Nishi went 10-13 with a 3.60 ERA in 2018, ...
Oswaldo Arcia belted a three-run homer and Kohei Arihara went the distance as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters defeated the Orix Buffaloes 4-1 on Monday. With both leagues returning to action after this year's All-Star Series, Arcia took Orix starter Yuki Nishi (5-8) deep in ...
Buffaloes' Yuki Nishi tosses eight scoreless innings, earns first win of season
Yuki Nishi threw eight scoreless innings, guiding the Orix Buffaloes to a 3-1victory over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Saturday. Nishi (1-3) struck out six, while allowing a walk, a hit batsman and three singles. Chris Marrero put the Buffaloes in front at Rakuten Seimei ...
Fighters' Kohei Arihara fans nine batters en route to first victory of season
Kohei Arihara worked eight innings Saturday to pick up his first win of the season on return from a right-shoulder injury as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters defeated the Orix Buffaloes 2-1. In front of 17,443 at a rain-soaked Hotto Motto Field Kobe, Arihara allowed ...
NPB stars look to build momentum in spring
While most baseball fans know spring numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, some players make it hard to remember at times. Because however meaningless the actual numbers are during this time of year, the process is still fun to watch. One of ...
Japhet Amador followed up a three-homer game with his first walk-off blast in Japan to give the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles a come-from-behind 3-2 win against the Orix Buffaloes on Sunday. The Eagles tied the game at two in the eighth thanks to Hiroaki Shimauchi's ...
For the second straight night, the lowly Orix Buffaloes made the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks look human, beating the two-time defending Japan Series champions 4-0 on Tuesday. Yuki Nishi (6-8) allowed four hits over the distance, and Bryan Bogusevic broke up a scoreless tie in the ...
Yuki Nishi gutted it out for seven innings and earned the win as the Orix Buffaloes put the brakes on the streaking Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters with a 4-3 win in the Pacific League on Tuesday. The Fighters entered the game having won 15 straight ...
Norimoto, three relievers toss combined no-hitter against MLB All-Stars
Takahiro Norimoto didn't have any problems during his matchup against a lineup of major league hitters. Yuki Nishi didn't have many either, nor did Kazuhisa Makita or even Yuji Nishino. No problems for the Japanese pitchers equaled no hits for the major league batters. Norimoto retired ...
