Baseball

There was the game of Hanshin Tigers vs Hiroshima Carp at Mazda Stadium, July 23. Starting pitcher was Suguru Iwasaki of Tigers and Hiroki Kuroda of Carp. In the bottom of the 1st inning, Hector Luna of Carp got 3 run home run from Iwasaki. Carp was the first to score. the score of 3-0. In the 3rd …

There was the game of Chunichi Dragons vs Hiroshima Carp at Mazda Stadium, July 20. Starting pitcher was Jordan Norberto of Dragons and Daichi Osera of Carp. In the top of the 1st inning, the first batter of Dragons was Yohei Oshima. He got a home run from Osera, Dragons was the first to score. Oshima hit a double in …

There was the game of Yomiuri Giants vs Hanshin Tigers at Koshien, July 20. In the 2th inning, Giants took 1 point. in the bottom of the same inning, Tsuyoshi Nishioka got a clutch hit, The score was tied at 1-1. But Nishioka fell at first base and no longer get up. He was carried on a stretcher and was replaced. After all, …

The Japanese Baseball player, Hideki Okajima who played in Boston Redsox and Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, announce the retirement in his blog, July 18. In 2016 season, he signed the minor league contract with Baltimore Orioles and join the spring training. but he was released the contract on March so returned to Japan now. Okajima is 40 years old now, …

There was the All Star Game of Japan proffesional baseball at Fukuoka Dome, July 15. Difference from MLB,  Japan All Star Game held 2 times in year because got financial resources for NPB and pension of players. This game was the first round. Starting pitcher of Central league was Tomoyuki Sugano（Giants) and Pacific league was Tsuyoshi Wada（Hawks）. In …

It became a topic of conversation in Japan that high school baseball player has the unusual batting form. Tatsuto Murohashi, he is the 2nd-year student of Wako high school in Tokyo, showed “reverse” of flamingo‐style batting. Murohashi is left batter, went to the batter’s box. When the pitcher throwed the ball, he raised his foot and made the timely. His batting form …

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles of Japan Professional Baseball consider the contract of Carlos Peguero in July. Peguero is 29-year-old of Dominican Outfielder and play in Minor league of St. Louis Cardinals now. He signed with Seattle Mariners in 2005 and has been playing in the minor leagues. in 2011, he promoted to Major League Baseball and his debut was making replacements for defensive purposes …

There was a game of Hokkaido Nipponham Fighters vs Fukuoka Softbank Hawks at Fukuoka Dome, July 3. Starting pitcher was kenichi Nakata of Hawks and Shohei Otani of Fighters. Otani entered the batting order as 1st hitter. In the 1st inning, the first batter of Fighters was Otani. He got a home run from the first pitch …

There was the game of the Hanshin Tigers vs the Hiroshima Carp at Matsuda Stadium, in June 25. Starting pitcher was Atsushi Noumi of the Tigers and Akitake Okada of the Carp. In the bottom of 3rd inning, Hector Luna, Takahiro Arai and Ko Shimozuru of the Carp made a RBI single from Noumi 3 times in a row. The …