May 27th, 2009 Orix Buffaloes 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLLLW (Jingu Stadium) The Swallows’ North American contingent of D’Antona and Guiel batted in four of the five Tokyo runs as Yakult’s streak of losses was halted at three. Yoshinori took the mound to start for the birds and [...]
5/19/09 – Tohoku Rakuten (Away)
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May 19th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3 Streak: Won 6 Last 5: WWWWW (Kleenex Miyagi Stadium) Today’s opening round of the 2009 Interleague schedule saw all six games held in Pacific League ballparks, with Tokyo making the trip to Sendai to face the Rakuten Eagles. This match-up saw the two [...]
5/17/09 – Hanshin (Home)
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May 17th, 2009 Hanshin Tigers 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Won 5 Last 5: WWWWW (Jingu Stadium) Another long outing from a Tokyo starter, this time Ryo Kawashima, along with a 7th inning timely Hiroyasu Tanaka hit gave Yakult their first five game winning streak of the season, and put them in a [...]
5/14/09 – Chunichi (Away)
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5/13/09 – Chunichi (Away)
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May 13th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Chunichi Dragons 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLWLW (Nagoya Dome) There were standout performances aplenty as Yakult eased to a comprehensive victory over the Dragons in Nagoya Dome. Ishikawa started and had another fine outing, giving up just one run, and that courtesy of a 6th [...]
5/10/09 – Hiroshima ("Home" at Matsuyama)
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May 10th, 2009 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWWLW (Matsuyama Stadium) Another solid Shohei Tateyama outing and a three run two-out sixth inning rally were enough to overcome the Carp on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Shikoku. Tateyama pitched 6 innings of one run baseball, giving [...]
4/4/09 – Hanshin (Away)
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Show me the Money!! 2009 Edition
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With the pre-season schedule now underway, I thought we’d take a look at the results of this year’s salary negotiations and see who’s getting paid what in Tokyo this year (note: all salary figures are given in multiples of a million yen, eg ?40M = ?40,000,000): The Big Boys Norichika Aoki – The [...]
10/3/08 – Hanshin (Home)
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