An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
June 4th, 2010 Saitama Seibu Lions 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 12 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After splitting their last two series, Tokyo continued with their improvement under Ogawa as they notched up an extremely impressive victory over the formidable Seibu Lions. The victory was all the more impressive considering [...]
May 30th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Orix Buffaloes 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLDWL (Skymark Stadium) Tokyo ended a 10-game winless skid last night when the bats finally came alive and Ishikawa got his long-awaited first win of the season. But today saw the team revert back to regularly scheduled programming. This [...]
May 29th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 11 Orix Buffaloes 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Kyocera Dome) This was a very good evening for Tokyo indeed. They won their first game of the post-Takada era as their bats exploded into life to end their rotten losing streak. Plus Masanori Ishikawa finally got his [...]
May 23rd, 2010 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Tokyo Yakult Swallows Streak: Lost 8 Last 5: LLLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Game rained out. Shame.
The Birds kicked off Interleague play with a disastrous 0-4 homestand. Starting tomorrow, the team takes their show on the road with two games each against the Seibu Lions and the Lotte Marines. That means for the first time this season, the Swallows will be able to feature a lineup with a designated hitter. The [...]
May 16th, 2010 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Lost 4 Last 5: WLLLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) This was never going to be easy. With Sugiuchi pitching for SoftBank, Tokyo was going to have to earn this one. But even though they lost again, the birds showed a little more fight [...]
May 13th, 2010 Orix Buffaloes 9 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LLWLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Given the paucity of runs generated by the Swallows offence of late, the main way for the birds to stand a chance of winning games is for their pitching to be watertight. Tonight was not [...]
May 12th, 2010 Orix Buffaloes 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Any hopes for a change in Tokyo’s fortunes with a change in opposition took a hit as they lost their first game of this year’s Interleague schedule to Orix. It was a performance pretty typical [...]
May 9th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9 Chunichi Dragons 0 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Nagoya Dome) Do not adjust your screens, that score above really is correct. And that is a “W” up there too. The previously comatose Tokyo bats finally exploded into life as they snapped their losing streak at 6 [...]
