An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
August 10th, 2011 Tokyo Swallows 3 Hiroshima Carp 4 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Mazda Stadium) The Swallows were not able to ride the momentum from last night’s victory, as they fell 4-3 to the Carp in Hiroshima. The lineup was tweaked slightly by getting Keizo Kawashima’s hot bat into the lineup and giving [...]
May 21st, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Kleenex Stadium Miyagi) The Swallows looked to bounce back after two close losses to two of Japan’s premiere pitchers by sending their lefty ace Ishikawa, fresh off his 100th career win, onto the mound. Rakuten [...]
April 13th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Yomiuri Giants 3 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LL (Kita-Kyushu) Tokyo failed to heat up any more than the breeze blowing through Kits-Kyushu as they dropped another game to their cross-town rivals, matching them for hits, but bringing no one home in a fairly quick, but uneventful [...]
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 [...]
July 3rd, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Yomiuri Giants 6 Streak: Lost 2. Last 5: LWWLL (Tokyo Dome) Ex-Swallow Seth Greisinger pitched a gem of a game as Tokyo got thumped by Yomiuri Thursday night at Tokyo Dome. Greisinger dominated proceedings, pitching eight shutout innings, giving up six hits, striking out nine, walking none and [...]
