Pretty much every game in the past two weeks has been “must win” for the Tigers, but it is only recently that they have started taking those words literally. Tonight was no different. It took until the eighth inning for the team to put together a good chance, and our clutchest bat of late –…
This was to be my last game at a ballpark this season, and I knew it. The Tigers were riding a 4-game losing streak, and I knew it. Hiroshima is a hard ballpark for our team to steal wins out of, and I knew it. Nevertheless, there was a certain anticipation within me as I…
Not much to say here. The starters did their jobs quite well but the bats did not show up all weekend. Koji Chikamoto hit the team’s only two extra-base hits and drove in two of the three runs that the offense scored. The lead over the Giants for third place is down to two games…
Given the approaching typhoon, the entire series was a question mark on Tuesday. Somehow, they managed to play all three games (rain delay on Tuesday, shortened game on Thursday) and in the end, that’s what matters. The Tigers pitching was once again outstanding, and a spot in the playoffs is looking more and more promising,…
We do not expect a ton of runs when we go to Nagoya. This one saw us really have one strong inning of production (middle game, first inning) and a few runs scraped together here and there in the other games, mostly when the games were already out of hand. At long last, our 28…
The Tigers have now participated in 41 games in which one team or the other has been shut out. Unfortunately, they have been on the wrong end of that 23 times, including six times at Kyocera Dome in just 9 home games there. Nevertheless, they avoided a series sweep with a solid performance from starter…
I was away for a spell visiting family in Canada. I heard we lost eight straight there. Well, I got back as they snapped out of the funk with a big 10-2 win over the Swallows, and have the pleasure of writing about a Tigers sweep of the Giants for my first recap in almost…
Hanshin Tigers fans all over the world are elated that at long last, the team has battled its way out of the hole that it dug for itself in the first 25 games of the season. Remember, once upon a time, this crew was 4-20-1 (.167) and was looking historically bad. All they’ve done since…
After a Tuesday rainout, the Tigers prepared themselves to continue to defy the odds. Dating back to the 2020 season, they have now won 11 straight games that immediately follow rainouts. (The Carp have also lost six straight in such situations.) Well, it looked like a series sweep until a few lucky hits and a…
After a big series win against the Giants early in the week, the Tigers needed to come up big against the Dragons and their outstanding pitchers. Though scoring was at a premium, they did enough to take this series. It was one of those series that highlighted how outstanding our pitching staff is, with Koyo…