August 19th, 2008 Yomiuri Giants 7 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5:WWWLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo gave up 15 hits and 5 home runs as they got thumped by Yomiuri at a wet Jingu on Tuesday evening. Home runs from Ramirez, Takahashi, Ogasawara, Sakamoto and Kamei did the bulk of the damage as the [...]
8/17/08 – Chunichi (Away)
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August 17th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Chunichi Dragons 5 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5:LWWWL (Nagoya Dome) Tokyo failed to sweep the Dragons and take a share of 3rd place as they fell to Chunichi on Sunday evening. Dicky Gonzalez made his first start since 2006 for Yakult, and was tagged with the loss for his troubles. [...]
8/16/08 – Chunichi (Away)
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August 16th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Chunichi Dragons 0 Streak: Won 3 Last 5:WLWWW (Nagoya Dome) For the second night in a row Yakult shut out the Chunichi Dragons in Nagoya, as new-boy Sean Douglass made a promising start to his Tokyo career. Ex-Carp and mid-season aquisition Douglass went 5 shutout innings, giving up [...]
8/15/08 – Chunichi (Away)
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8/14/08 – Yokohama (Away)
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August 14th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Yokohama BayStars 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5:DLWLW (Yokohama Stadium) For the second night in a row Tokyo put up a 5 on the board in the 9th inning, but unlike Wednesday’s game, this time the 5 broke a 1-1 tie instead of being a conciliation, and was enough to take the series with the [...]
Yokohama BayStars – The song
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08/13/08 – Yokohama (Away)
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August 13th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 Yokohama BayStars 12 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5:LDLWL (Yokohama Stadium) Tuesday’s win against Yokohama proved to be a one-off as Yakult’s woes against the Central League’s cellar-dwellers continued tonight in Yokohama. Tonight’s pitching lines for the Swallows were as follows: (Innings/Hits/Runs/Home Runs) Muranaka: 4/ 6/ 4/ 0 => Yoshikawa: 2/4/5/2 [...]
8/12/08 – Yokohama (Away)
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August 12th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yokohama BayStars 2 Streak: Won 1 Last 5:WLDLW (Sagamihara) Yakult improved their season series tally against the lowly Baystars to 8 wins and 7 losses as a run scored on a 10th inning wild pitch from Yokohama reliever Terahara was enough to win the game for Tokyo. The [...]
8/07/08 – Chunichi ("Home" at Matsuyama)
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August 7th, 2008 Chunichi Dragons 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1. Last 5:LWLDL (Matsuyama) Yakult and Chunichi played out another tight game tonight in Matsuyama, but a 7th inning solo homer from Dragons infielder Delarossa was enough to win it for the Nagoya team. Tokyo’s starter was Tateyama and he pitched well, going 7 innings, giving up [...]
8/06/08 – Chunichi ("Home" at Matsuyama)
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August 6th, 2008 Chunichi Dragons 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Drawn 1. Last 5:WLWLD (Matsuyama) Tokyo couldn’t quite do enough to beat Chunichi in 12 innings despite a fine performance from starter Ishikawa, as Oshimoto blew his second lead in successive games. Ishikawa pitched 7 innings of 4 hit baseball, striking out 5, with his one run coming off a [...]
