Taylor Jungmann threw eight innings and closer Ryan Cook completed the shutout as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Hanshin Tigers 2-0 on Saturday. Jungmann (2-0) pitched out of a couple of jams after allowing three hits and four walks, and was backed by a two-run ...
PL ends scoreless tie in fifth, wraps up two-game NPB All-Star Series sweep
The Pacific League completed a two-game sweep of the NPB All-Star Series with a 5-1 win over the Central League on Saturday night. While both teams scored early in the PL's 7-6 win Friday at Kyocera Dome, the 13,760 spectators at Kumamoto Fujisakidai Stadium did ...
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 defeat Giants, secure second spot in CL Climax Series
The No. 2 seed in the Central League was right there for the taking, and that's exactly what the Hanshin Tigers did. Shunsuke Fujikawa homered and drove in two runs and Hanshin nailed down the No. 2 spot in the CL with a 5-1 victory ...
Miles Mikolas tossed seven shutout innings and Shingo Ishikawa was 2-for-3 with three RBIs as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Hanshin Tigers 6-1 on Tuesday night. Mikolas (10-5) held the Tigers to four hits and struck out four during his 119-pitch outing at Tokyo Dome, ...
Yusuke Nomura allowed two runs over six innings on Tuesday as the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp held off the second-place Hanshin Tigers 4-3. Nomura (7-4) got a three-run first inning lead as he cruised through the early innings before 31,269 at Mazda Stadium. "The Tigers beat ...
Jose Lopez's late-season surge and 5-0 finishes for pitchers Yuta Iwasada and Hirotoshi Masui were recognized Friday, as each was named a monthly MVP in their respective league for the first time. The three were joined on the honor roll by Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks captain ...
Iwasada tosses seven scoreless innings as Tigers finish season with seven straight wins
Yuta Iwasada reached double figures in wins for the first time as the Hanshin Tigers defeated the Yomiuri Giants 6-0 for their seventh straight victory on Saturday in the Central League. Iwasada (10-9), who won once in each of his first two seasons, won his ...
Tigers southpaw Iwasada outduels Giants' Sugano, tosses first career shutout
Yuta Iwasada held Yomiuri to three hits for his first career shutout, and Tomoyuki Sugano suffered his first loss as the Hanshin Tigers beat the Yomiuri Giants 1-0 in the Central League on Friday. Iwasada (4-2), who had only three 1-2-3 innings, worked around three ...
Hiroki Kuroda threw seven scoreless innings and the Hiroshima Carp bullpen barely held on in a 3-2 Central League win on Saturday over the Hanshin Tigers. Before 31,748 at Mazda Stadium, Kuroda (3-1) allowed four hits but no walks over seven innings, while striking out ...
Tigers' Iwasada fans 12 in stellar outing against punchless BayStars
Lefty Yuta Iwasada struck out 12, doubling his previous career high, in a gutsy seven-inning effort for the Hanshin Tigers in a 5-0 win over the Yokohama BayStars in the Central League on Saturday. The 24-year-old Iwasada, the Tigers' top draft pick in 2013, allowed ...
