September 1st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yomiuri Giants 3 Streak: Drew 1 Last 5: WLLWD (Tomiyama) After finishing out a very respectable August with an 18-8 record, by far the best W-L tally in the Central League, the birds began September with a draw. Lineup: 1. Aoki CF 2. Tanaka 2B 3. Iihara [...]
August 25th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 7 Yokohama BayStars 6 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: WLWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Despite a late wobble, the Swallows continued their journey into positive territory with another win over the Baystars. Tokyo are now just the third team in history to recover from being 19 games or more [...]
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, [...]
August 15th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Hanshin Tigers 9 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WWWLL (Osaka Kyocera Dome) In a game that saw multiple shifts of momentum, the Swallows take the loss after Matsuoka finally breaks down from overuse. Aoki CF Tanaka 2B Iihara RF Whitesell 1B Hatakeyama LF Aikawa C MIyamoto 3B [...]
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 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 3rd, 2010 Chunichi Dragons 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWLLW (Jingu Stadium) Aside from a little offense in the first, the birds were dominated at the plate from start to finish, but they still managed to pull out an important win against the third-place Dragons. Tonite’s lineup: 1. [...]
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 21st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Yomiuri Giants 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Tokyo Dome) The Swallows ended the first half of their season with a win in Tokyo Dome that halted their losing streak at four. At the helm was starter Masanori Ishikawa who despite lasting just five innings, gave [...]
