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The Mainichi
30-05-2025
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Baseball: BayStars end scoreless streak, beat Tigers
NISHINOMIYA, Japan (Kyodo) -- The DeNA BayStars ended their scoreless streak at 36 innings and went on to beat the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers 5-1 on Thursday. DeNA captain Shugo Maki's eighth home run of the season tied the game at 1 in the fourth inning. Toshiro Miyazaki's tiebreaking bases-loaded walk was followed by Taiki Ishikami's two-run single in the seventh, making it 4-1 at Koshien Stadium. Andre Jackson (5-1) pitched seven innings of one-run ball. Jon Duplantier (1-2) took the loss. In the day's other games, former Oakland Athletics left-hander Kyle Muller (1-3) picked up his first win in Japan after working seven innings as the Chunichi Dragons blanked the Yakult Swallows 6-0. The Rakuten Eagles defeated the Seibu Lions 6-3.
The Mainichi
08-05-2025
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Baseball: Seiji Uebayashi home run gives Dragons 2-1 win against BayStars
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Seiji Uebayashi broke out of a mini-slump with a two-run blast to give the Chunichi Dragons a 2-1 win against the DeNA BayStars in Central League baseball on Wednesday. The 29-year-old outfielder opened the scoring with one on and one out in the bottom of the first at Vantelin Dome Nagoya, launching a 1-1 splitter from Shinichi Onuki (0-2) deep over right field. The decisive home run snapped a streak of nine at-bats without a hit for Chunichi RBI leader Uebayashi, who has been settling into his role at No. 3 in the lineup. "I haven't been in good form recently, so I'm glad we were able to score first," said Uebayashi. "The role of the third batter is to bring home runners." The Dragons ended their four-game losing streak on the back of six shutout innings from starter Yudai Ono (1-1), who notched his first win after limiting the Japan Series champions BayStars to two hits and a walk. Chunichi closer Shinya Matsuyama surrendered one run with two out in the ninth before getting his 12th save.
The Mainichi
06-05-2025
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Baseball: Cubs' Imanaga placed on injured list with hamstring strain
CHICAGO (Kyodo) -- The Chicago Cubs said Monday they have placed Japanese left-hander Shota Imanaga on the 15-day injured list due to a left hamstring strain. Imanaga injured his leg while running to cover first base in the sixth inning of Sunday's 4-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. This is his first trip to the IL since the start of his major league career in 2024. The 31-year-old former DeNA BayStars ace pitched on Opening Day in Tokyo and has gone 3-2 with a 2.82 ERA in eight starts this season for the National League Central-leading Cubs. Imanaga had an impressive 15-3 record with a 2.91 ERA in 29 starts last year.
The Mainichi
05-05-2025
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Baseball: Yamamoto, Kay lead BayStars to win over Dragons
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Catcher Yudai Yamamoto hit a two-RBI single and Anthony Kay pitched eight innings of one-run ball to give the DeNA BayStars a 2-1 win against the Chunichi Dragons in Central League baseball on Monday. The Dragons were first on the board at Vantelin Dome Nagoya thanks to Takuya Kinoshita's leadoff home run off American left-hander Kay (3-1) in the bottom of the third. The Japan Series champion BayStars loaded up with one out in the fourth before Yamamoto hit a line drive to left field off highly touted 22-year-old rookie Yumeto Kanemaru, who struck out eight in an impressive Nippon Professional Baseball debut. Kay struck out five and limited the Dragons to three hits and three walks, with their only run coming on Kinoshita's second bomb of the season. "I threw a bad pitch and he it out," Kay said. "Thankfully the offense was able to pick me up and score a couple of runs." Kanemaru (0-1) was removed after six innings in which he surrendered five hits and two walks.
The Mainichi
03-05-2025
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Baseball: DeNA's Bauer throws complete-game shutout vs. Yomiuri
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Former major league pitcher Trevor Bauer threw the first complete-game shutout of his career in Japan as the DeNA BayStars edged the Yomiuri Giants 1-0 on Saturday. Bauer (2-3), the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner with the Cincinnati Reds, struck out seven and scattered six hits, all singles, with two walks in a 122-pitch outing at Yokohama Stadium. The 34-year-old right-hander's batterymate Shion Matsuo broke a scoreless deadlock with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly after Keita Sano's one-out single put runners at the corners. Yomiuri reliever Yuhei Takanashi (0-1), who relieved Yuji Akahoshi to start the eighth, took the loss. The Central League-leading Giants saw their winning streak snapped at four games. Among Saturday's other games, the Seibu Lions beat the Nippon Ham Fighters 4-3 to extend their season-high winning streak to six games, while the Pacific League-leading Orix Buffaloes routed the Rakuten Eagles 7-0 for their third straight victory.
