September 3rd, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yokohama BayStars 2 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLWDW (Yokohama) This game got a little wild at the end, but it ended on the right note for the visiting Tokyo Swallows. Tonite’s lineup: 1. Aoki CF 2. Tanaka 2B 3. Iihara RF 4. Whitesell 1B 5. Hatakeyama [...]
September 1st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yomiuri Giants 3 Streak: Drew 1 Last 5: WLLWD (Tomiyama) After finishing out a very respectable August with an 18-8 record, by far the best W-L tally in the Central League, the birds began September with a draw. Lineup: 1. Aoki CF 2. Tanaka 2B 3. Iihara [...]
August 10th, 2010 Yomiuri Giants 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 7 Last 5: WWWWW (Jingu Stadium) The birds put their six-game winning streak on the line against Yomiuri in the latest version of the Tokyo derby. And even though they did a few things wrong, they did just enough things right to [...]
August 5th, 2010 Chunichi Dragons 0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: LLWWW (Jingu Stadium) Well, the Tokyo Swallows swept the Chunichi Dragons at Jingu. With Yoshinori on the mound. How about that! Tonite’s lineup: 1. Aoki CF 2. Fukuchi LF 3. Tanaka 2B 4. Whitesell 1B 5. Hatakeyama 3B 6. [...]
August 4th, 2010 Chunichi Dragons 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WLLWW (Jingu Stadium) Lord, we stranded a lot of runners in this game. But so did the Dragons. I guess I should just be happy that we have runners to worry about at all. And the fact that we [...]
August 3rd, 2010 Chunichi Dragons 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWLLW (Jingu Stadium) Aside from a little offense in the first, the birds were dominated at the plate from start to finish, but they still managed to pull out an important win against the third-place Dragons. Tonite’s lineup: 1. [...]
August 1st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Yokohama BayStars 3 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WWWLL (Home away from home game in Iwaki) The two unearned runs surrendered in the eighth were the difference in this game as the birds dropped their second in a row to sixth-place Yokohama. Tokyo’s lineup: 1. Aoki CF [...]
July 27th, 2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3 Tokyo Swallows 7 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LLLWW (Jingu Stadium) Muranaka and the Tokyo Swallows started the second half of the 2010 campaign with a bang as they tallied four homers en route to a rather easy win against fifth-place Hiroshima. The way Muranaka pitched, however, [...]
July 20th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yomiuri Giants 4 Streak: Lost 4 Last 5: WLLLL (Tokyo Dome) After allowing double-digit runs in their last two games, the Swallows were able to keep things a little more under control this evening. But the birds lost this one in extra innings nonetheless. Tonight’s lineup: 1. [...]
July 19th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 Yomiuri Giants 14 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Tokyo Dome) The Swallows dropped another one, and suffered their second big inning in as many days, as cross-town rivals, Yomiuri, returned to winning ways after being beaten in dramatic fashion by Yokohama last night. Tonight’s lineup: 1. [...]
