August 24th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 13 Yokohama BayStars 5 Streak: Won 2    Last 5: WWLWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After three exceedingly tight games in Nagoya this last weekend, Tokyo unloaded on the omni-shambles that is the Yokohama Baystars as they saw their record finally return to some semblance of respectability. So come one, come all, [...]

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 11th, 2010 Yomiuri Giants 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Streak: Won 8   Last 8: WWWWWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Tokyo displayed their tenacity in spades as they came from behind to win their eighth straight game. This is the first time in seven years the Swallows have put up eight wins on the bounce. Let [...]

August 10th, 2010 Yomiuri Giants 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 7   Last 5: WWWWW (Jingu Stadium) The birds put their six-game winning streak on the line against Yomiuri in the latest version of the Tokyo derby. And even though they did a few things wrong, they did just enough things right to [...]

August 7th, 2010 Tokyo Swallows 10 Yokohama BayStars 7 Streak: Won 5   Last 5: WWWWW (Yokohama Stadium) After last night’s drubbing handed out to the Baystars, tonight’s game was more of a tightly contested affair despite Tokyo outhitting the opposition 17-9. But in the end class told as the Swallows came out on top [...]

August 5th, 2010 Chunichi Dragons 0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 3   Last 5: LLWWW (Jingu Stadium) Well, the Tokyo Swallows swept the Chunichi Dragons at Jingu. With Yoshinori on the mound. How about that! Tonite’s lineup: 1. Aoki CF 2. Fukuchi LF 3. Tanaka 2B 4. Whitesell 1B 5. Hatakeyama 3B 6. [...]

August 4th, 2010 Chunichi Dragons 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 2   Last 5: WLLWW (Jingu Stadium) Lord, we stranded a lot of runners in this game. But so did the Dragons. I guess I should just be happy that we have runners to worry about at all. And the fact that we [...]

August 1st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Yokohama BayStars 3 Streak: Lost 2   Last 5: WWWLL (Home away from home game in Iwaki) The two unearned runs surrendered in the eighth were the difference in this game as the birds dropped their second in a row to sixth-place Yokohama. Tokyo’s lineup: 1. Aoki CF [...]

July 18th, 2010 Hanshin Tigers 11 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Lost 2   Last 5: WWWLL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Yoshinori was his same annoyingly inconsistent self to start things off today. Randy Messenger, on the other hand, looked sharp for Hanshin. He needs to quit that chewing tobacco habit though. Starting lineup: 1. Aoki [...]

July 8th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 10 Hanshin Tigers 6 Streak: Won 1  Last 5: WLLLW (Koshien) With D’Antona on the farm team, and Guiel and Whitesell watching from the bench, the Tokyo Swallows looked to avoid a Koshien sweep at the hands of the Hanshin Tigers with Mikinori Katoh on the mound for the [...]