An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
October 12th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Chunichi Dragons 4 Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: LWLLL (Nagoya Dome) This was an uneventful, low-hitting game for five and a half innings. Masubuchi and Nelson were even pretty evenly matched in pitch count. Then, in the bottom of the sixth, starting at the top of the [...]
June 26th, 2011 Yokohama BayStars 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WLWWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) The visiting BayStars flipped the scoreboard today, handing the Swallows a rather undramatic loss on day when, luckily the second-place Dragons also lost. For the Home-boys: 1. Aoki (CF) 2. Tanaka (2B) 3. Yuichi (LF) 4. [...]
April 24th, 2011 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWWDW (Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium) The Swallows made it out of Hiroshima without losing any of the fixtures in the series, taking their unbeaten streak to eight games, and are, for the moment, in first place. (I [...]
April 17th, 2011 Yokohama BayStars 0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLDW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Swallows win! Swallows win! The Victors: Aoki (CF) Tanaka (2B) Hamanaka (LF) Hatakeyamal (1B) Aikawa (C) Balentien (RF) Miyamoto (3B) Kawabata (SS) Masubuchi (P) The Vanquished: Ishikawa (SS) Watanabe (2B) Sledge (LF) Murata (3B) Harper [...]
June 6th, 2010 Chiba Lotte Marines 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLWLW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) The Swallows displayed more of their newly found fighting spirit as they came from behind to beat the team that had humiliated them just two weeks before. That 20-4 loss proved to be Tokyo’s rock bottom [...]
July 19th, 2008 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 Streak: Won 3. Last 5: WLWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) Same scoreline as last night. Slightly different route in getting there, but it’s safe to say that Tokyo did a little bit more to earn this win. Tokyo starter, Masubuchi, came into this game hoping [...]
