August 21st, 2010 Chunichi Dragons 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWWWL (Nagoya Dome) With a .500 record on the line, Nakazawa and the Swallows aren’t able to take home the win in a tough luck loss to the Dragons. The Swallows started their usual lineup of: Aoki CF Tanaka [...]
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 [...]
July 15th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9 Chunichi Dragons 4 Streak: Won 5 Last 5: WWWWW (Nagoya Dome) The Swallows managed to put the finishing touches on their third five-game winning streak of the season (all of them in the post-Takada era) while taking full advantage of every opportunity given to them. Tonight’s lineup: [...]
July 7th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Hanshin Tigers 3 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: WWLLL (Koshien) Tokyo fell to their third straight loss as they again struggled to get their offence working against Hanshin at Koshien. With Whitesell out of action after taking one on the knee the evening prior, it was a case of “as [...]
June 30th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Yokohama BayStars 2 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Okinawa Cellular Stadium Naha) It wasn’t a romp like last night, but the Tokyo Swallows still got the win and moved into fourth place in the Central League. Tonite’s lineup: 1. Aoki CF 2. Tanaka 2B 3. Iihara [...]
The final results of the fan votes for the 2010 NPB All Start game were released today. Swallows players were not faring well when the first set of results were announced in early June. However, the Swallows’ resurgence has helped put a number of players in respectable positions in the fan vote. Aoki lead all [...]
June 24th 2010 Yomiuri Giants 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Tokyo couldn’t pull off the series win after starter Nakazawa fell victim to the long ball as the Swallows lost to their beloved neighbours. Aoki (CF) Fukuchi (2B) Tanaka (2B) D’Antona (1B) Ihara (RF) Aikawa [...]
June 10th, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LWLWW (Sapporo Dome) They finally did it. For the first time since Tokyo beat the Yokohama Baystars on the 2nd and 3rd of April, the Swallows have won back to back games and thus won a series. That’s all [...]
June 7th, 2010 Chiba Lotte Marines 14 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LWLWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) For six innings it looked as though Tokyo’s two month wait for a series win/two game winning streak would soon be coming to an end. That was before the Marines put up an astounding [...]
June 1st, 2010 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LDWLW (Yahoo Dome) With the dismal and eventful month of May finally behind them, the Tokyo Swallows headed south to Fukuoka for a run-in with the Pacific League’s wins (8) and strikeouts per nine innings (11.84) leader, Sugiuchi. [...]
