An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
May 12th, 2013 Hanshin Tigers 4 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 4 Last 5: WLLLL (Botchan Stadium - Matsuyama) Tokyo got an early lead and held onto it for most of the game thanks to Yagi’s solid start, but Hanshin won the game on a three-run effort in the top of the eighth. And guess [...]
May 11th, 2013 Hanshin Tigers 11 Tokyo Swallows 7 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Botchan Stadium - Matsuyama) Rookie Yasuhiro Ogawa took to the mound to try to avenge his drubbing from last week. Unfortunately despite an OK start, Ogawa and the Swallows’ pitching served up enough meatballs that the Swallows’ offense was never [...]
May 10th, 2013 Hanshin Tigers 5 Tokyo Swallows 0 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WWWLL (Botchan Stadium - Matsuyama) Tonight, Messenger rocked the Birds on the mound and at the dish. If it wasn’t for the crazy 5th inning, the Birds may have gotten a win tonight. However, the 5th inning did happen and the Birds bats [...]
May 5th, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 7 Hanshin Tigers 5 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Koshien) Holy crap, this has been a streaky last couple of weeks. And with all the injuries we’re dealing with right now, the fun ain’t gonna stop. After losing four on the trot, Tokyo finally got its act back together. [...]
May 4th, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 6 Hanshin Tigers 7 Streak: Lost 4 Last 5: WLLLL (Koshien) Another first inning meltdown contributed to a a Swallows loss. Ogawa was tagged with the first loss of his young pro career. The Swallows tried to crawl back and made the game interesting, but ultimately they came away with [...]
May 3rd, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 3 Hanshin Tigers 14 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Koshien) After losing the last couple of games by one run, this one was over after just two innings. Tokyo would take the early lead in this one but that lead didn’t last. Folks, baseball is a funny game. [...]
April 21st, 2013 Tokyo Swallows 0 Hanshin Tigers 5 Streak: Lost 5 Last 5: LLLLL (Koshien) And it’s five losses in a row after another rough day at the plate for your Tokyo Swallows. Yup, just three hits. All three hits were doubles (one each for Morioka, Milledge, and Tanaka). Hanshin rookie, Fujinami, only [...]
March 31st, 2013 Hanshin Tigers 0 Tokyo Swallows 2 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LWW (Jingu Stadium) Your Tokyo Swallows rode another strong pitching performance to a shutout win at Hanshin’s expense. And with Hanshin’s Fujinami putting together a strong performance in his first pro start, there was little room for error given the [...]
March 29th, 2013 Hanshin Tigers 9 Tokyo Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: L (Jingu Stadium) The real season is here in Japan! Enough of the Spring Training games and enough of the WBC (that really fizzled when Japan and the US squads were eliminated on the same weekend). On with the games that [...]
October 5th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 2 Hanshin Tigers 0 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WWLWW (Koshien) Ishikawa made his case for a Climax Series starting spot in Nagoya with eight good innings as Tokyo won their final game of the year with Hanshin. Outside of the 2nd inning when he allowed two singles to lead [...]
