May 22nd, 2012 Tokyo Yakult Swallows Chiba Lotte Marines Streak: Lost 3 Last 5: LWLLL (QVC Marine Field) This evening’s game fell victim to a day of rain, and will be rescheduled for Thursday 24th at 6:15pm.
5/8/12 – Chunichi (Away)
May 8, 2012 By 4 Comments
May 8th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 0 Chunichi Dragons 1 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: LWWLL (Toyohashi Stadium) Chunichi leapfrogged Tokyo back up to the top of the CL as they edged an ultra-tight affair in Aichi. Dragons’ starter Yamai was attempting his third start of the season against the Swallows, after racking up two losses and an [...]
5/6/12 – Hiroshima (Home)
May 6, 2012 By 1 Comment
May 6th, 2012 Hiroshima Carp 6 Tokyo Swallows 0 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WLWWL (Meiji Jingu Stadium) This is the same pitching duel that we saw early last week in the rain in Hiroshima, Tokyo’s Shohei Tateyama taking on Hiroshima’s Kenta Maeda. It was Maeda’s first game of 2012 pitching at Jingu Stadium, and [...]
5/1/12 – Yokohama (Away)
May 1, 2012 By 12 Comments
May 1st, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 7 Yokohama BayStars 0 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WWLWW (Yokohama Stadium) The last time the birds played the stars, they lost two on the trot. That ugly set of events transpired April 10th, 11th, and 12th, and it was the first time this season that any club dropped two [...]
Tokyo Swallows Snapshot: May 1st, 2012
May 1, 2012 By 1 Comment
Something to read while looking for inspiration. Website Updates Apologies for the delay, but we finally set up a game schedule up on the front page. We didn’t have one on there last season due to space limitations, but we think that you’ll find this year’s solution to be a workable one. Scroll down to [...]
4/30/12 – Hiroshima (Away)
April 30, 2012 By 2 Comments
April 30th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 7 Hiroshima Carp 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: DWWLW (Mazda Stadium, Hiroshima) Yesterday Tokyo ran headlong into a masterful performance by early rookie-of-the-year candidate, Yusuke Nomura. The 22-year-old drafted out of Meiji University threw his slider wherever he wanted and induced 14 groundouts from the [...]
4/29/12 – Hiroshima (Away)
April 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
April 29th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 0 Hiroshima Carp 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: WDWWL (Mazda Stadium, Hiroshima) After yesterday afternoon’s come-from-behind win, the Swallows looked to make it four wins in a row against the fourth-placed Carp. Roman (1-3, 3.57 ERA) took the mound for the birds against Hiroshima’s Nomura [...]
4/28/12 – Hiroshima (Away)
April 28, 2012 By 2 Comments
April 28th, 2012 Tokyo Swallows 6 Hiroshima Carp 4 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: WWDWW (Mazda Stadium, Hiroshima) Tokyo traveled to Hiroshima yesterday for their first away series at Mazda Stadium. The two teams have played each other twice so far this season (played in Matsuyama) with Tokyo taking both of [...]
04/24/12 – Chunichi (Home)
April 24, 2012 By 9 Comments
April 24th, 2012 Chunichi Dragons 1 Tokyo Swallows 4 Streak: Won 4 Last 5: LWWWW (Meiji Jingu Stadium) After the confidence boosting and oh so pleasurable home sweep this last weekend against Yomiuri, Tokyo kept the momentum rolling with a relatively straightforward victory against the reigning CL chuamps. After Tateyama made light work of the first three [...]
Today in Swallows History: Welcome to Pro Baseball, Mr. Takatsu
April 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
On this day in 1991, Shingo Takatsu made his NPB debut for the Swallows. Selected in the third round of the 1990 draft out of Asia University, he was first used as a starter but only won a few games during his first two seasons on the top team. It wasn’t until the 1993 season [...]
