June 14th, 2009

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 14

Orix Buffaloes 10

Streak: Won 3   Last 5: WLWWW
(Kyocera Dome)
After its low-scoring win over Orix yesterday, Tokyo looked to complete the sweep Sunday afternoon.
Ishikawa (6-3) took the mound for Tokyo, and Hirano (2-2) got the start for the Buffs. Orix has won only one of the nine games it has [...]

June 13th, 2009

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3

Orix Buffaloes 1

Streak: Won 2   Last 5: LWLWW
(Kyocera Dome)
After finally getting a win against one of NPB’s surprise stories of the year, the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, Tokyo made it halfway home before having to stop off in Osaka to finish up their four-game, mid-season flirtation with the Pacific league’s [...]

May 28th, 2009

Orix Buffaloes  0

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4

Streak: Won 2   Last 5: LLLWW
(Jingu Stadium)
Seven battling innings from Shohei Tateyama combined with some timely hitting carried Tokyo to victory in rainswept conditions on Thurday evening.
It rained continuously throughout the game, with conditions becoming more and more difficult as the evening progressed. Tateyama let a lot [...]

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 did well enough save for a [...]

Trans-Pacific Radio has just posted a short podcast previewing a few of the ins and outs, at least where personnel changes are concerned, of the off-season for the six teams in the Pacific League.
You can listen to the podcast on your computer by going here.

March 22nd, 2009

Orix Buffaloes  2

Tokyo Swallows 5

Streak: Won 2   Last 5: WWLWW
(Jingu Stadium)
Ryo Kawashima pitched six decent innings of six hit, two run baseball to earn the win in this wind-blown spring training game. Both runs were surrendered in the fourth off of a blast by our good friend, Tuffy Rhodes. He’s done that [...]

March 21st, 2009

Orix Buffaloes  6

Tokyo Swallows 13

Streak: Won 1   Last 5: WWWLW
(Jingu Stadium)
Tokyo scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning to get on the board first, but this game would quickly turn into a bit of a see-saw contest, and a high scoring one at that.
Down by two runs, the Buffs [...]

March 7th, 2009

Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4
Orix Buffaloes  6

Streak: Lost 1   Last 5: WWLWL
(Kyocera Dome)
Tokyo played catch-up the entire game today.
With Tateyama on the mound for the birds, Orix plated two runs in the bottom of the second. Tateyama pitched four innings with just the two runs surrendered (four hits, five K’s, one beaning).

Trans-Pacific Radio just published a
podcast which reviews the 2008 baseball
season all the way through the Japan Series which was eventually won by the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Click here to listen to the podcast.

October 12th, 2008

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 7
Orix Buffaloes 2

(Kyocera Dome)
Third-place Hokkaido advanced to the second stage of the Pacific League Climax Series with a big, series-clinching win over second place Orix. They will now face Pacific League champions, the Saitama Seibu Lions, in a five six game, best-of-”seven” series (Saitama starts with a one-game advantage) that [...]