5/03/09 – Hiroshima (Away)

May 3rd, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 Streak: Won 1    Last 5: WWWLW (Mazda Stadium)   An 8th inning Aoki tie-breaking solo home run and a decent outing from surprise starter Takaichi lead Yakult to a tight victory on Sunday afternoon. Takada continued his experiments with the starting rotation as he brought [...]

3/08/09 — Hanshin (away)

March 8th, 2009 Tokyo Swallows 0 Hanshin Tigers 5 Streak: Lost 2 Last 5: WLWLL (Kurashiki) Tokyo managed only two hits in this affair, two of which were courtesy of the underrated Noguchi’s bat.

2/28/09 – Chunichi (Away)

February 28th, 2009 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6 Chunichi Dragons 3 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: W (Chatan) The NPB pre-season games kicked off today, and not a moment too soon for many of us! Tokyo’s first game of the pre-season schedule, which stretches until March 29th, was against the Chunichi Dragons. As is often the [...]

10/12/08 – Yokohama (Home)

October 12th, 2008 Yokohama BayStars 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: WWLLW (Jingu Stadium) The special thing about tonight was that several of our veterans were being treated to their sayonara game. Manaka (OF), Ono (C), Kawabata (P) and Watarai (IF) are all former Tokyo players as of next year.