August 19th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LLLWW (Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium Hiroshima) Know what’s awesome? The name of the Carp’s home park. I mean awesome in size, not in the sense of it being anything other than a stupid name for a stadium. Know [...]
August 18th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 14 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 5 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Mazda Stadium) Tokyo got back on track as their bats feasted on Hiroshima pitching in a 21 hit mauling of the Carp. That combined with Ishikawa managing to give the bullpen a much needed night off by [...]
August 17th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Mazda Stadium) Tokyo travelled to Hiroshima looking to get back on the winning trail after losing a tight series in Osaka this last weekend. But on the losing path they would remain after losing another tight game, [...]
July 29th, 2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3 Tokyo Swallows 9 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tonight started off with a scare, but wound up with Yoshinori earning a complete game win, the good guys notching a fourth consecutive win, taking the series, and remaining undefeated since the All-Star Break. (OK, that’s [...]
July 28th, 2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Tokyo Swallows 12 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: LLWWW (Jingu Stadium) Extra base-hits were the order of the day as Tokyo banged out nine of them in their destruction of struggling Hiroshima. Aoki (CF) Tanaka (2B) Ihara (RF) Whitesell (1B) Hatakeyama (LF) Aikawa (C) Miyamoto (3B) Kawabata [...]
July 27th, 2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3 Tokyo Swallows 7 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LLLWW (Jingu Stadium) Muranaka and the Tokyo Swallows started the second half of the 2010 campaign with a bang as they tallied four homers en route to a rather easy win against fifth-place Hiroshima. The way Muranaka pitched, however, [...]
July 11th, 2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Tokyo Swallows 3 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: LLWWW (Jingu Stadium) The Swallows manage to protect a slim lead at Jingu this afternoon. Today’s lineup saw the return of both Aikawa and Miyamoto: Aoki CF Tanaka 2B Iihara RF Whitesell LF Hatakeyama 1B Aikawa C Miyamoto 3B [...]
July 10th, 2010 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Tokyo Swallows 5 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LLLWW (Jingu Stadium) Ishikawa finally managed to get his third win of the season on a sun-drenched afternoon in downtown Tokyo. That ties him with Barnette for fifth on the team in terms of wins. Today’s lineup: 1. Aoki [...]
July 9th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – Hiroshima Toyo Carp – Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Jingu Stadium) This game was called at 5:45 PM on account of rain. Game two of this series is tomorrow afternoon at 2 PM at Jingu Stadium. The current weather forecast, as of 9:30 PM on Friday, [...]
June 20th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWLLW (Mazda Stadium) Tokyo rallied late against the Hiroshima bullpen as they came from behind to win against the Carp. Aoki (CF) Tanaka (2B) Takeuchi (RF) D’Antona (1B) Ihara (LF) Aikawa (C) Miyamoto (3B) Fujimoto (SS) Yoshinori (P) [...]
