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September 30th, 2009 Hanshin Tigers 7 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WWWLL (Jingu Stadium) The birds outhit the Tigers 12-10 but still got annihilated. Yuki pitched six rather solid innings but got roughed up a little in the seventh. Takada factored a bit in this one as well.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged ??, ???????????, Aaron Guiel, Central League, Hanshin Tigers, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Jamie D'Antona, Japanese baseball, Japanese Professional Baseball, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Ryota Igarashi, Takada Count, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tokyo Swallows, yakyu
The current key series with the ever-lovable (cough) Hanshin Tigers is proving to be a costly one, even if Tokyo do manage to take tonight’s game to win the series.
Posted by David Watkins on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 10:07 am
Filed under 2009 Season, The Team · Tagged 2009 Season, ??, ???????????, Central League, chunichi dragons, Hanshin Tigers, Hiroshima Carp, Japanese Professional Baseball, Masanori Ishikawa, NPB, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinya Miyamoto, Shohei Tateyama, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yokohama Baystars, Yomiuri Giants
September 29th, 2009 Hanshin Tigers 8 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WWWWL (Jingu Stadium) Well, no blisters were involved, but that still sucked.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged ??, ???????????, Aaron Guiel, Central League, Hanshin Tigers, Hashimoto, Hye-cheon Lee, Japanese baseball, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kouhei Kawamoto, Kousuke Matsui, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tokyo Swallows, yakyu, Yoshinori
September 28th, 2009 Hanshin Tigers 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Streak: Won 6 Last 5: WWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tokyo starter, Takagi, had another solid outing as Tokyo won a very important contest versus the Hanshin Tigers.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Monday, September 28, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, ??, ???????????, Aoki Norichika, Central League, Hanshin Tigers, Hiromitsu Takagi, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Hye-cheon Lee, Igarashi Ryouta, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kazuki Fukuchi, NPB, Ryo Yoshimoto, Takehiko Oshimoto, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yuichi Matsumoto, Yuji Onizaki
September 27th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Won 5 Last 5: WWWWW The Tokyo Swallows maintained their slim half-game lead over the Hanshin Tigers with another complete game victory by the team’s starter, Masanori Ishikawa. The Tigers absolutely embarrassed Chunichi’s Yamamoto on their way to winning that series two to one. [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged ??, ???????????, Central League, Japanese Professional Baseball, Masanori Ishikawa, Norichika Ishikawa, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Tokyo Swallows, Yokohama Baystars, Yuichi
September 26th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Jingu Stadium) A crazy thing happened today. The Tokyo Swallows reclaimed third place in the Central League.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged ??, ???????????, Aaron Guiel, Central League, Chang-yong Lim, Hatakeyama, Japanese Professional Baseball, Kyouhei Muranaka, Norichika Aoki, Tokyo Swallows, Yokohama Baystars
September 25th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: LLWWW (Jingu Stadium) For the third time in as many games a Tokyo starter lasted all nine innings, and the birds were able to continue their mini-revival (third win in a row) versus the 6th-place BayStars.
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged ??, ???????????, Aaron Guiel, Central League, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Japanese Professional Baseball, Norichika Aoki, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Ryouji Aikawa, Shouhei Tateyama, Tateyama, Tokyo Swallows, Yokohama Baystars
So here we are: half a game out of third place (one game ahead of fifth), and 15 games remaining in the 2009 regular season. The tears-inducing freefall of the last eight weeks notwithstanding, the birds are still in the playoff picture due to the blanket of mediocrity covering every team in the Central League, [...]
Pitchers Kyouhei Muranaka (no. 15) and Mikinori Katoh (no. 16), the alleged future of the pitching staff, were brought up to the top team on the 18th of September. Muranaka, a fourth year lefty from Kanagawa, has been one of 2009′s bigger letdowns as far as the rotation is concerned. He resurfaces on the parent [...]
Posted by Christopher Pellegrini on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Filed under The Team · Tagged ??, ???????????, Atsushi Kinugawa, farm team, first team, Hidehiro Okamoto, Keizo Kawashima, Kenichi Matsuoka, Kyouhei Muranaka, Mikinori Katoh, Satoshi Nishizaki, Tokyo roster update, Tokyo Swallows, Yoshinori, Yuji Onizaki
September 23rd, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1 Streak: Won 2 Last : LLLWW (Mazda Stadium) The day after Takagi threw a complete game shutout, Yuki went the distance himself as Tokyo won only their second series in the last month and a half. The same two pitchers were at [...]
Posted by David Watkins on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Filed under 2009 Season, Results Archive · Tagged 2009 Season, ??, ???????????, Aaron Guiel, Hiroshima Carp, Japanese Professional Baseball, NPB, Pro Yakyu, Ryouji Aikawa, Shinichi Takeuchi, Shinya Miyamoto, Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yuji Onizaki, Yuki Tanaka
