August 1st, 2009 Chunichi Dragons 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WLLWW (Jingu Stadium) Well, Tokyo pulled off the unpredictable today by taking the series versus Chunichi with its second win in as many days.
7/18/09 — Hiroshima (Away)
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July 18th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 8 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLWWL (Mazda Stadium) OK. The good news first: D’Antona is on fire right now. The bad news: this one really fell apart at the end.
7/17/09 — Hiroshima (Away)
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July 17th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LLLWW (Mazda Stadium) The still inconsistent Swallows pitching staff made the trip south to Hiroshima to take on the slumping Carp in a best of three series that kicks off the long weekend. Jamie D’Antona made the trip [...]
7/15/09 — Yomiuri (Home)
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July 15th, 2009 Yomiuri Giants 7 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 13 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Jingu Stadium) On the first pitch of the game, Sakamoto, that little pre-pubescent twerp, smacked a double off the wall in center. But Tokyo starter, Tateyama, weathered the storm and got out of the inning relatively unscathed. The [...]
7/10/09 — Yokohama (Home)
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July 10th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: LLWWW (Jingu Stadium) Another fun game to watch if you’re of the penguin persuasion as Tokyo won its third game in a row and only its second of the season versus the last-placed BayStars.
7/05/09 – Hanshin (Away)
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July ?th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Hanshin Tigers 4 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Koshien) Ishikawa was not able to get back to winning ways in this contest, and the birds lost the series against the Tigers two games to one.
7/01/09 – Yokohama (Away)
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July 1st, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Yokohama BayStars 9 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: LWLLL (Kofu) This is becoming somewhat of a bad joke. Yakult twice held a lead, but both today’s starter and bullpen were found rather lacking as they let the BayStars get back in the game way too easily, to allow [...]
6/20/09 – Saitama (Home)
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June 20th, 2009 Saitama Seibu Lions 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 6 Last 5: WWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tonight was a good-ole’, extra-innings game, and you need to know only two words in order to understand all the fun that it entailed: Jamie D’Antona.
6/10/09 – Fukuoka SoftBank (Away)
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