Not much to say about this one. The Yokohama DeNA BayStars beat us soundly, putting up single runs in five of their nine innings. Our bats failed to do anything until the ninth inning, when the game was already out of hand. And a double play squelched it. Starting Pitchers: Yuta Iwasada (2-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. Katsuki…
There really isn’t much to talk about in this game. The Tigers were desperate to break out of their season-long 4-game losing streak, and had their mighty ace on the mound to try to get it done. He was about as good as ever, and was fairly close to completing the game on his own….
We lost. We walked a ton of guys, many of whom came around to score. We got one home run again from a young, recent call-up. That is all. Starting Pitchers: Taiki Ono (3-0, 3.00 ERA) vs. Daichi Ohsera (4-2, 2.27 ERA) 2 Ono allowed a hit, a walk, and a beaning before giving up…
I turned on my TV at 6:30 and the score was 0-6. I turned it off and ate dinner. Turned it back on (oh, but why?) and the score was 0-9. Turned it off for good. Forget the Hanshin Tigers. Nothing can spoil my great mood today. 1st Period It was a winner-take-all scenario in…
It’s got to be a little bit intimidating to make your professional debut against the winningest, oldest, most popular team in baseball. Especially in their barn. And especially when they happen to be the hottest hitting team in the Central. Our pitchers did a valiant job of keeping the damage to a minimum. But if…
With a huge win on Tuesday and our best pitcher due up on the mound today, it looked like the Tigers might be well on their way to avenging a sweep at Koshien by these same Yomiuri Giants just a few weeks back. But a couple of judgment lapses by the sophomoric third baseman might…
Host T-Ray is joined by co-host Jake to talk about the past two weeks of action. They also name a pitcher and hitter of the month (for April), and then talk about what this team might look like (and what positions it might need to beef up) in 2023. Also, question of the week:…
The origin of his nickname is not known to yours truly, but our starting pitcher today uses Akkyaman as part of his Twitter handle – アッキャマン has the letters for アキヤマ (Akiyama) in it, with a few extras so it sounds a little more “hero-like.” Well on this particular day, the name was 100% befitting…
Let me start by saying that was one of the worst games I have ever attended. At least ones in which the team I was cheering for won. Our starting pitcher worked PAINFULLY slowly. I mean, he put 10 guys on base in his six innings of work, and he always works extra slowly when…
After yesterday’s ugly extra innings loss, these Tigers had something to prove. They used shaky pitching from their opponent and combined it with big bats from the two guys who couldn’t get it done yesterday to trounce the Dragons. Unfortunately, it also cost them a player who was hotter than hot until he slid awkwardly…