After a crushing loss on Thursday night to the Buffaloes, the team needed to come out of the gates strong against the team they have had a hard time being, historically. And they did. Actually, things looked good until there were three innings left in the second game of the series. After that, the bats…
Interleague has taught us an important lesson. Our relievers are good, but they aren’t invincible. For the third time in 10 days, Atsuki Yuasa came into the game with a lead, and left the field with the loss (or tie). On the whole, it was a good series (pitchers’ duel on Tuesday, big production from…
Who would have thought that the outcome of first series at Es Con Field Hokkaido would (in part) be determined by two bit-players who got traded for each other this past offseason? Taiga Egoshi showed up his old mates by robbing them of several base hits in center, throwing out a runner at third, hitting…
In some ways, this series was doomed from the start. Under normal circumstances, the previous series against the Marines would have ended on Sunday late afternoon and the team would have had nearly 48 hours between the end of that series and the start of this one. Instead, because of a Friday night rainout, there…
After two straight losses in Saitama, the boys needed something to change their momentum. Friday’s rainout might have done the trick, as they took Saturday night’s game in walk-off fashion, defeated Roki “The Beast of Reiwa” Sasaki on Sunday, and fought a long, hard battle on Monday night to a draw. Sleep on the flight…
Interleague play started smoothly enough for our guys, as they stretched their winning streak to 9 thanks in large part to another stellar performance from Shoki Murakami (8 IP 4 H). However, even in that game, the bats did not even do a whole lot after the first inning. The second and third games were…
Games 44-46 vs Giants: Sweep, Win Streak Reaches 8! #Hanshin #Tigers #阪神タイガース #HTEN #虎穴虎子
Not only did the Hanshin Tigers bats pulverize the Swallows pitchers to the tune of 19 runs at Jingu Stadium, but they did so late in games to: The winning streak is now at five, and the team has won 12 of its last 13 games. Look at that record, folks… let’s push for another…
Coming off a three-game sweep of the Dragons on the road, the Tigers returned to Koshien Stadium for the weekend. They were greeted by a hungry Carp team that feasted on struggling (and now farmed) pitcher Koyo Aoyagi. Though the team brought that game to a tie at the mid-way point, the bullpen pitchers had…
The end of the pandemic (for all intents and purposes) means not only cheering at baseball games, but also the return of countryside-hosted games! The Tigers headed to Toyohashi on Tuesday, where the Dragons hosted them and allowed 9 runs. Seems like the Tigers would fare much better there than at hollow, cavernous Vantelin Dome….