June 15th, 2010 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 10 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1   Last 5: WWWWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo’s longest winning streak of the season came to a screeching halt at the hands of the Hokkaido Fighters who refused to be swept. In fact, they were so adamant about not being [...]

March 17th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Yomiuri Giants 6 Streak: Won 1     Last 5: LWLDW (Gifu) Tokyo nearly let this one get away.

March 5th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows  5  Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters  2 Streak: Won 1   Last 4: WWLW (Sapporo Dome) Three Tokyo players had two-hit games, and the pitching staff only gave up a pair of runs in Tokyo’s second half of a two-day stay up in Hokkaido. Impressively, more than 10,000 people turned out for the [...]

With the regular season now entering it’s final month, I’d thought I’d take a look at how the Yakult lineup of the starting eight position players has evolved since opening day. So first, lets take a look at the batting order which started against the Giants on opening day, Friday March 28th 2008: 1 Keizo [...]

September 6th, 2008 Yomiuri Giants 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Streak: Won 1  Last 5: WWWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) This one was a lot of fun to watch!

September 4th, 2008 Chunichi Dragons 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 5 Last 5:WWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Hats off to Sean Douglass who threw eight innings of impressive, rain-drenched baseball in his third start since joining the team! He fully deserved his first win of the season, giving up only one hit and one walk [...]

September 3rd, 2008 Chunichi Dragons 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Streak: Won 4 Last 5:LWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tokyo continued its stretch of decent play with a second consecutive win over the Chunichi Dragons. The Swallows have now won four straight and will attempt the series sweep tomorrow night at Jingu.