June 3rd, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 0 Chiba Marines 4 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WLLWL (QVC Marine Stadium) The Marines finally managed to defeat the 2013 Swallows at their fourth attempt. How embarrassing for them. Only two innings of this one were of any note. First, in the 4th, Yagi gave up the Marines’ four [...]

June 1st, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 2 Saitama Seibu Lions 3 Streak: Lost 2   Last 5: LLWLL Seibu Dome Streak: LLLLLLLLLL (Seibu Dome) The Swallows have now lost 10 straight games at the Seibu Dome. I was present for every painful minute of all of them. Feel my pain. So given the history, suspecting how [...]

May 28th, 2013 Orix Buffaloes 5 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 2   Last 5: LDWLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) The Swallows lost another game. With the way 2013 has gone thus far, this should surprise no one. Woe is me. Muranaka started off very Muranaka in the top of the 1st, giving up two doubles [...]

May 20th, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 1 Tohoku Golden Eagles 3  Streak: Lost 2  Last 5: LWWLL (Kleenex Stadium Miyagi) Oh so streaky Tokyo once again embarked on a downward swing, losing their second straight game as their bats were found wanting in Sendai. Muranaka got himself a lead in the top of the 1st, as a (back [...]

May 14th, 2013 Saitama Seibu Lions 4 Tokyo Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 5     Last 5: LLLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Brace yourself folks, as for better or for worse, it’s Interleague time. It was during this period last year where the wheels fell off the Swallows season, as they embarked upon a truly dire ten [...]

May 7th, 2013 Chunichi Dragons 0 Tokyo Swallows 6 Streak: Won 3    Last 5: LLWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo continued their positive streak as a solid eight innings from Muranaka and some timely hitting was enough to lift them to a rather straightforward win over the lowly Dragons. The Swallows were facing Chunichi ace Yoshimi, but luckily for [...]

April 30th, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 4 Yokohama BayStars 5 Streak: Lost 1  Last 5: WWWWL (Yokohama Stadium) For over half of this one, it looked like the Swallows would coast to their seventh straight victory, but the BayStars had other ideas as they came back down the stretch to snap Tokyo’s remarkable streak at six. [...]

April 24th, 2013 Hiroshima Carp  Tokyo Swallows  Streak: Won 1    Last 5: LLLLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) This evening’s game was postponed due to the heavy rain and winds forecast for over the Tokyo area. Tonight’s starters were due to be Ogawa vs Ohtake, and while the Hiroshima half of that match-up is due to take the mound for the [...]

April 23rd, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 3 Hiroshima Carp 1 Streak: Won 1    Last 5: LLLLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium)   These things all happened tonight: the Swallows halted their scoreless innings streak at 26, a 65 year old man started a fight with a 49 year old, and, erm, oh yeah, THE SWALLOWS WON THEIR FIRST [...]

April 16th, 2013 Chunichi Dragons 2  Tokyo Swallows 5 Streak: Won 1    Last 5: LLLLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Coco Balentien marked his 2013 Jingu debut with a monster two home run night as he propelled Tokyo to their first come from behind win of the season to halt their winless streak at four. ALL PRAY [...]