Hanshin Tigers News

 
Baseball: Kanemoto surpasses Tatsunami in career hits
Mainichi Daily News
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto is all by himself as the seventh-most prolific hitter in Japanese professional baseball history. On Saturday, the 44-year-old slugger doubled in the second inning against the Softbank Hawks ...


 
Baseball: Giants, Tigers play out 11th scoreless tie
Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Yomiuri Giants' Hirokazu Sawamura and the Hanshin Tigers' Randy Messenger settled down in a heated pitching duel, but neither team's offense could pull the trigger for the decisive run in an 11-innning, scoreless tie on Monday.
Giants, Tigers play to 1st scoreless tieThe Daily Yomiuri

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The Japan Times
Utsumi leads Giants in shutout of Tigers
The Japan Times
By HIROKI NODA Tetsuya Utsumi had a memorable 30th birthday by pitching seven scoreless innings to lead the Yomiuri Giants to a 2-0 win over the Hanshin Tigers on Sunday. Many happy returns: Yomiuri's Tetsuya Utsumi pitches during the Giants' 2-0 win ...


 
Hanshin deactivates injured Johjima
The Japan Times
OSAKA — Former Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Johjima was deactivated by the Hanshin Tigers on Friday with sciatic nerve pain. According to the team, the 35-year-old Johjima has been increasingly bothered by numbness in his left hip area.


 
Baseball: Miura flirts with no-hitter in BayStars' win over Tigers
Mainichi Daily News
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Daisuke Miura came within three outs of pitching a no-hitter and Yuki Yoshimura broke a scoreless tie with a two-run double in the sixth inning as the Yokohama DeNA BayStars beat the Hanshin Tigers 2-1 on Saturday.


 
Heat - as in 90-plus degree temperature - will be on Yu Darvish in start ...
Dallas Morning News (subscription) (blog)
Only one of Osaka's three teams, the Hanshin Tigers, plays in an open-air facility. The first-pitch temperature has been more than 75 in only two starts for Darvish: 85 for 8 1/3 shutout innings against the New York Yankees on April 24 and 87 for 7 1/3 ...


 
No decision for Bullington
Madison Courier
NIIGATA, Japan - Madison's Bryan Bullington pitched 5 2/3 innings against the Hanshin Tigers for a no-decision in an 8-6 Hiroshima Carp loss at Hard Off Eco Niigata Stadium on Tuesday. Bullington, a starter for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, ...