September 16th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Yokohama BayStars 2 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Yokohama Stadium) Huh. Imagine that.
Tokyo Roster Update — 9/16/09
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Pitcher Chang-yong Lim (no. 12) made his return to the top team after a brief rest due to fatigue/back stiffness. He was on the first team roster yesterday, but he didn’t make an appearance in the Swallows’ most recent collapse. Lim’s record before being deactivated from the first team earlier this month was five wins [...]
9/15/09 — Yokohama (Away)
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September 15th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Yokohama BayStars 6 Streak: Lost 9 Last 5: LLLLL (Yokohama Stadium) The last time the Swallows played the Baystars, the Stars whupped them 13-2. Carrying an eight game losing streak, the beleaguered fourth-place Swallows headed to Yokohama to play a team that has had their number all season [...]
Tokyo Roster Update — 8/31/09
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Relief pitcher Masahiro Yoshikawa (no. 62) was called up to the first team prior to yesterday’s rained out game. Yoshikawa is a 31-year-old right-handed pitcher that was one of Tokyo’s main middle relievers back in 2005 when he had 61 appearances. His ERA that year was 3.72, and he pitched in another 43 games in [...]
8/29/09 — Chunichi (Home)
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August 29th, 2009 Chunichi Dragons 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 4 Last 5: WLLLL (Jingu Stadium) Yoshinori lasted eight innings, and the game went an extra frame before it was decided, but in the end it was another game for the ‘Loss’ column.
8/21/09 — Yomiuri (Home)
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August 21st, 2009 Yomiuri Giants 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 9 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WLWLW (Jingu Stadium) Can anyone remember the last time Tokyo won a three-game series? Neither can I. The birds went into this game hoping to catch the visiting Giants napping as they desperately seek a win or two to [...]
8/19/09 — Hanshin (Home)
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August 19th, 2009 Hanshin Tigers 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLWLW (Jingu Stadium) After regaining his spot in the first team rotation, Tateyama pitched a decent seven innings and helped Tokyo take a game from the visiting Hanshin Tigers.
8/16/09 — Chunichi (Away)
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August 16th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Chunichi Dragons 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LLLLW (Nagoya Dome) Takada is largely avoiding the bunt these days, but that’s partly because the team hasn’t been hitting and giving him many chances. Ironically, now that there’s a green light to swing, two of our best hitters [...]
8/15/09 — Chunichi (Away)
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August 15th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Chunichi Dragons 2 Streak: Lost 4 Last 5: WLLLL (Nagoya Dome) The birds have been outscored 25-3 in their last two games. The good news is that we didn’t get spanked again this time.
8/12/09 — Yokohama (Home)
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August 12th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Lost 1 Last 5: LLLWL (Jingu Stadium) Much like last week’s series, the birds opened this one with a win last night. Would they be able to make it two in a row? Just to make things interesting, Ichiba was in for his second [...]
