The Baystars were coming into this weekend having won three straight series against their opponents. When they took the first of this series, it looked as though they might make it four. But Masashi Itoh’s gem on Saturday evened things up, and then it would be up to Joe Gunkel to defend his undefeated record…
Masashi Itoh played high school baseball at Yokohama Stadium, so his first pro mound in the ballpark probably was not as intimidating as it would be for some freshmen. He was celebrating his 25th birthday as well, though he says he did not really think about that very much as he went about his business….
This was a long, hard game to watch. Particularly the bottom halves of innings 4, 6, 7, 8. I’ll let the scorecard do the talking. Let’s just say our pitchers got devoured and our bats did reasonably well, but could have also put up double-digit runs had they capitalized on more chances. For what it’s…
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Well, it was bound to happen eventually. Already at this point, the Pacific League had played 15 tie games, and the Central had 10. The Tigers were part of none of them. This was hardly the ideal scenario in which to break that streak – the two-run lead did not hold, and the bats were…
The Tigers put men on base in the first three innings, only to snuff out chances with double plays each time. It was beginning to look like the Swallows would win their first day game of the season, while the Tigers lost theirs, as starter Yuki Nishi sputtered in the middle innings. However, a clutch…
As seen in Daily Sports / デイリースポーツのコラム（トレバーの虎場）から Teruaki Sato. The young man who plays like he’s already in his prime. Does interviews like he’s been there, done that a thousand times before. Brings excitement to the stands (empty though they may be) and the nation like no one has in ages, if ever. Gives dreams…
Manager Akihiro Yano decides to give cleanup hitter Yusuke Ohyama the day off. Rookie Teruaki Sato gets his first start at third base, where he played his whole college career but where has yet to play a regular-season inning as a pro. And let’s give him the responsibility of batting fourth, too. Looks like a…
Takumi Akiyama had much to atone for after his last outing, a disastrous one against the Giants. For the game’s first seven innings, he did just that. And the bats sprayed a bunch of singles and watched a lot of bad pitches by Aren Kuri, which enabled them to piece together a bunch of early…
Coming into this game, it had been a full 27 innings (three games) since the Tigers had recorded an RBI hit. Wednesday’s loss saw them score their lone run on a sacrifice fly, and the game before, it was Teruaki Sato’s home run. On Sunday, their seven runs came on: a two-run homer, a wild…