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The Mainichi
13-08-2025
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- The Mainichi
Baseball: Tigers' Ishii ties NPB record 39 straight scoreless innings
HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Daichi Ishii tied a Nippon Professional Baseball record of pitching 39 consecutive shutout innings as the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers beat the Hiroshima Carp 2-0 on Wednesday. The right-hander reached the landmark set in 2021 by the Seibu Lions' Kaima Taira, tossing a scoreless ninth inning at Mazda Stadium to earn his sixth save in his 42nd outing of the year as he got three strikeouts while allowing a single with two outs. The 28-year-old tied former Tiger and his current skipper Kyuji Fujikawa's CL record on Saturday and has now gone an inning better for a new milestone. "It really sank in when I had the honor of having a photo taken with him," Ishii said of Fujikawa, his idol who pitched for the Chicago Cubs and the Texas Rangers in Major League Baseball. "I genuinely want to rejoice (over the achievement)." The run started on April 5, and Ishii boasts a 0.21 ERA this season. The Akita Prefecture native was their eighth draft pick ahead of the 2021 season and helped them win the CL and the Japan Series two years later. On Wednesday, Haruto Takahashi (2-0) threw seven shutout innings on four hits to earn the win. The Tigers scored two runs in the third when runners reached second and third on errors, a sacrifice scored the first run and a Daichi Osera (5-7) wild pitch plated the second. In other action, the Pacific League-leading SoftBank Hawks beat the Seibu Lions 5-3 for their sixth straight win.
The Mainichi
10-07-2025
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- The Mainichi
Baseball: Teruaki Sato hits 22nd homer as Tigers extend win streak to 10
HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Teruaki Sato homered and drove in two runs as the Hanshin Tigers beat the Hiroshima Carp 3-1 on Wednesday to extend their season-high winning streak to 10 games. Sato hit his Japanese baseball-leading 22nd home run of the season in the second inning and broke a 1-1 tie in the third with an RBI grounder at Mazda Stadium. Hanshin left-hander Kotaro Otake (5-1) allowed one run in 5-2/3 innings for the win. Daichi Osera (3-5) took the loss. Shota Morishita tripled in an insurance run in the seventh. Among the day's other games, Franmil Reyes hit a grand slam in the Nippon Ham Fighters' 13-1 rout of the Lotte Marines. The SoftBank Hawks edged the Orix Buffaloes 1-0 after a pitching duel between Tomohisa Ozeki and Hiroya Miyagi.
The Mainichi
14-06-2025
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- The Mainichi
Baseball: Reyes hits 14th homer as Nippon Ham beats Hiroshima
KITAHIROSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Franmil Reyes hit one of Nippon Ham's three home runs to help pitcher Haruki Hosono pick up his first career win as the Fighters beat the Hiroshima Carp 5-0 on Saturday. Reyes' two-run homer, his Pacific League-leading 14th of the season, pushed Nippon Ham's lead to 3-0 in the third inning of the interleague game at Es Con Field Hokkaido, just outside Sapporo. Yuki Nomura also drove in two runs for the team managed by former New York Mets and San Francisco Giants outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo, with a homer in the second and a triple in the seventh. Hosono (1-1) struck out eight and allowed only two hits over six innings. Hiroki Tokoda (6-5) took the loss. Among the day's other games, the Seibu Lions edged the Chunichi Dragons 2-1, while the Yakult Swallows blanked the Lotte Marines 5-0.
The Mainichi
29-05-2025
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- The Mainichi
Baseball: Cubs' Suzuki continues to come through in clutch
CHICAGO (Kyodo) -- Chicago Cubs designated hitter Seiya Suzuki opened the scoring with a first-inning double in a 2-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday, their fourth straight victory. Suzuki picked up his major league-leading 51st RBI of the season before teammate Pete Crow-Armstrong homered to make it 2-0 in the fourth at Wrigley Field, driving in his 50th run. The former Hiroshima Carp star has extended his hitting streak to nine games. He now has 26 RBIs in May. Among other Japanese players, Los Angeles Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (1-5) allowed one run in five innings of work in a 1-0 loss to the New York Yankees. Shohei Ohtani went hitless in three at-bats with a walk and a strikeout in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 7-4 loss to the Cleveland Guardians.
The Mainichi
28-05-2025
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- The Mainichi
Baseball: Masuda, Yamasaki lead Giants past Carp
KANAZAWA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Riku Masuda drove in two runs with a homer and a double to back a solid outing by Iori Yamasaki as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp 4-1 on Wednesday. Solo home runs by Masuda and Trey Cabbage turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 Yomiuri lead in the bottom of the first inning. Masuda also made it 3-1 with an RBI double in a two-run seventh at Ishikawa Prefectural Stadium. Yamasaki (6-1) held the Carp to one run in 6-1/3 innings, striking out seven. Raidel Martinez picked up his 19th save. Daichi Osera (2-3) took the loss. Among Wednesday's other games, Ukyo Shuto hit a walk-off double to give the SoftBank Hawks a 2-1 win over the Pacific League-leading Nippon Ham Fighters. The Seibu Lions blanked the Rakuten Eagles 6-0.
