An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
Welcome to the Monday Review, in which we’ll look back at the week that was and look ahead to the week that will be. We hope a recurring weekly review column will help readers identify some trends that can’t be covered in a single game report. We’re still trying to work out the format, so [...]
Welcome to the Monday Review, in which we’ll look back at the week that was and look ahead to the week that will be. We hope a recurring weekly review column will help readers identify some trends that can’t be covered in a single game report. We’re still trying to work out the format, so [...]
October 8th, 2009 Hanshin Tigers 0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 3 Last 5: WLWWW (Jingu Stadium) The birds rode a complete game shutout by starter Tateyama to their third win in a row and reclaimed third place in the Central League in the process.
October 7th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5 Streak: Won 2 Last 5: LWLWW (Jingu Stadium) Aaron Guiel. Aaron Guiel. Aaron Guiel!!
September 27th, 2009 Yokohama BayStars 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Streak: Won 5 Last 5: WWWWW The Tokyo Swallows maintained their slim half-game lead over the Hanshin Tigers with another complete game victory by the team’s starter, Masanori Ishikawa. The Tigers absolutely embarrassed Chunichi’s Yamamoto on their way to winning that series two to one. [...]
Outfielder Yuichi Matsumoto (no. 31), the 29-year-old veteran who originally hails from Brazil, was recalled to the first team after being dropped a little over three weeks ago. Prior to being dropped he hit .233 in 33 appearances for the top club. On the farm this season, Yuichi has hit .333 in 17 games with [...]
June 15th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 1 Streak: Won 1 Last 5: LWWLW (Away Game: Sapporo Dome) Swallows veteran shortstop Shinya Miyamoto got his 1500th career hit and starter Kyouhei Muranaka got his first win since May 9th as Yakult downed Nippon Ham in Sapporo. Muranaka pitched a shutout seven innings with 9 strikeouts [...]
June 14th, 2008 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2 Streak: Lost 1 (Away Game: Sapporo Dome) A bases loaded passed ball in the 10th inning won a tight game for the fighters at Sapporo Dome on Saturday night. Yakult starter Ryo Kawashima looked more like his old self going 6 innings of one run pitching off 4 hits for a [...]
