Should I continue to just pin the blame on the umpires for the Tigers’ losses during interleague? As long as the umps call balls strikes in crucial situations (like two Jefry Marte walks turned into strikeouts), giving Buffaloes’ starter Taisuke Yamaoka liberty to widen the strike zone all night… I reserve the right to do…
Interleague is upon us, and this game started off on a very poor note. It looked like Yuki Nishi was going to continue his month-long struggle. He didn’t. And our import bats (Jefry Marte & Jerry Sands) produced three runs early in the game, which made the outlook quite promising. However, their import bats also…
Sources: Sponichi / Nikkan Sports There is more to Junya Nishi than meets the eye. Whether you know him as the fireball-throwing, celebration-embellishing second-year high schooler, the first-round draft pick of the Hanshin Tigers in 2019, or the kid who nervously pitched through his first inning as a pro last night, ultimately earning the win,…
One night, you have Yuki Nishi and the bullpen serving up walks (11), hitting batters (2) and giving up extra-base hits (9). The next night, you have his distant relative, Junya Nishi serving up walks (4), but nothing else. The 19-year-old threw five innings of no-hit ball, and the bullpen protected the no-hitter for another…
The scorecard below tells you almost all that you need to know. But what you do not fully see in this, is this: Yuki Nishi = 5 walks + 1 hit batter in 5 innings Taiki Ono = 4 walks + 1 wild pitch in 1 inning Koki Moriya = 1 hit batter in 2…
The first inning of this one was extremely promising. Yuki Nishi needed just nine pitches to mow down the Dragons’ first three batters, while Ogasawara spent more than that on Koji Chikamoto alone, who got a hit out of the battle. Jefry Marte pulled the same stunt, and the Tigers had an early lead. Unfortunately,…
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…
The Tigers hate Nagoya Dome. You can rename it whatever you want (and they have — it is now Vantelin Dome Nagoya), but we simply struggle to score runs under that bubble. Sure, golden rookie Teruaki Sato has enough power to practically hit one through the roof… but what about the rest of the lineup?…
Though the Tigers were riding a 7-game winning streak heading into this one, the Giants were also on a 6-game tear of their own. Without some of their recovering Covid-infected players (Maru, Nakajima, Wheeler, Wakabayashi). Plus, there were rumors that Eric Thames and Justin Smoak could be activated for this series. No worries, though. Our…
Because of persistent rain on Tuesday night, Hanshin Tigers fans had to wait an extra evening to see a rematch between ace pitchers Masato Morishita and Yuki Nishi. Last time, the sophomore in red did just enough to get the win, as the Tigers dropped a 1-0 decision in Hiroshima. This time, things would be…