After losing by the long ball last night, Tigers’ pitchers Masashi Itoh and Robert Suarez kept the Carp off the board and under complete control. Meanwhile, Teruaki Sato picked up his first extra-base hit in forever, scored the team’s first run, and Takumu Nakano provided solid defense and chipped in with a hit and a…
The night belonged to the Hiroshima Carp and their solo home run hitting batters. They got four, including a pair out of Seiya Suzuki (oh please won’t you just go to the majors already?). While Mel Rojas Jr hit a big fly in the bottom of the seventh to bring the Tigers to within one,…
The Yomiuri Giants are in a bit of a slump. That’s putting it nicely, as they have now fallen to .500 on the year, and while it is still mathematically unlikely, they could miss the playoffs still. Their losing streak is 8 (with two ties thrown in the middle) and their star leadoff guy saw…
Yuki Nishi really did not have his best stuff tonight. He did not have his health, either, it seems. After giving up two runs and recording only five outs, he left the game and was replaced by Kosuke Baba. Then Masashi Itoh. Then Raul Alcantara. All the relievers did a good job, allowing just one…
What a close game. The Tigers had a couple of great chances that went for naught, but put up a two-spot early and got solid pitching from starter Koyo Aoyagi (career-high 12 wins) and closer Robert Suarez (first in NPB to 40 saves this year). They also won the season series against the Yomiuri Giants…
Post-draft reports from 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 For the third straight year, Hanshin manager Akihiro Yano did not divulge the team’s direction as to which player they would enter the sweepstakes for in Round 1 of the draft, which took place on Monday, October 11 in Tokyo. Once again, each club had…
Not much to say. Just look at the scorecard. Chances aplenty, runs were few. Relievers once again porous. And just for good measure, the same ump who screwed over Yoshio Itoi on a bad check-swing call on Friday did the opposite tonight: Murakami did not check his swing nearly as well as Itoi did, but…
Every game is a must-win, and every single play by every single player is important. The Tigers got just enough out of their hitters (five hits and two runs), and despite a couple of defensive miscues, also got some fine defense when needed. Holding onto a 2-1 lead through the top of the seventh, they…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss the latest team news and recap the past 14 games of Tigers baseball. After complimenting manager Akihiro Yano for his postgame comments, they discuss what needs to happen for the Tigers to win the pennant. Also, here’s a talk we did after we recorded the show! What is the outlook…
Be neutral. Be objective. Don’t accuse anyone of having stolen the game from the Tigers. The umps are doing their best. They only blew two crucial calls. It was the Tigers’ bats who only mustered 5 hits all night, and it is pretty hard to win games at that rate. And so, we find ourselves…