OK calm down. Take a deep breath. The Tigers have won 4 of their last 5 games. They have a three-game winning streak for the first time this year. They defeated both the pitcher who shut them out earlier this year (Katsuno) and the one who no-hit them three years back (Ohno). But calm down….
After an extremely disappointing series in Yokohama, the team kept fighting and had a decent weekend against the defending (but injured) champs. The starters did an outstanding job and in the two games that the batters showed up, they put up ample runs. For some reason on Saturday, they were unable to cross home even…
Not much to say here. The team blew a four-run lead on Tuesday, could not score to save their lives on Wednesday, and blew two leads on Thursday. They are really having problems getting into the win column…
Not all home runs are created equal, and the Tigers learned that the hard way. Despite Yoshio Itoi opening the score in the bottom of the second with his third home run of the year, Joe Gunkel once again served up a big blast to a big foreign bat, this time a three-run shot, and…
It was a long first 17 games, was it not? Surely the 1-15-1 start wore you out as much as it did me. Heading into the weekend against the first-place Giants, I was worried we might be 1-18-1 come Easter. But the team is rising to life, thanks to another fine pitching performance from a…
Koyo Aoyagi was supposed to pitch on March 25. Because he tested positive for Covid-19 on March 17, the Tigers had to change their plans. I’m not trying to say that the reason for our rough start is all on him… but tonight, he threw his first game of the year, and it was a…
To say that 2022 has not been the year of the Tigers is a gross understatement. Besides the losses piling up, injuries and health have been major issues as well. Take this series, for example. The Dragons had their weekend tilt against the Baystars called due to a Covid outbreak in the Yokohama camp. The…
It just seems like the team is struggling to put together both sides of the game. When the pitchers are on, the hitters are not. When the pitchers are off, the hitters are not able to do enough. The defense, despite only six errors in 14 games, has made countless mistakes that do not find…
This one looked pretty bad through the top of the fourth, as starter Shintaro Fujinami struggled with his command and the Carp bats took full advantage. A Yusuke Ohyama home run started the comeback and the batters got to Carp starter Ohsera in the middle innings. Unfortunately, they were not able to capitalize on their…
I have no words for what happened in tonight’s game. Masashi Itoh pitched a gem through 8 ⅔ innings. He also provided the Tigers’ lone run, while the rest of the batters were unable to capitalize on their ample chances. The top of the twelfth went too long and was too painful to watch (or…