It is hard to win games in which you serve up three home runs, especially if you only hit one yourselves. The team had chances, pulled even a couple of times, but simply could not get the job done. They got out-homered in the series 6-1 and the three-game party at Tokyo Dome over the…
Koyo Aoyagi has not been the same since the Olympics. He has now given up 17 runs in his last five starts after giving up just 24 (21 earned) in his first 16 starts. That said, the bats once again came up short when they had chances. Two straight innings of bases-loaded situations yielded two…
This simply was not the Tigers’ night. They actually had some reasonably well-hit balls that went directly at their outfielders. They also created two good chances (thanks to poor control by the Carp pitchers). Starter Takumi Akiyama was quite strong, giving up just two runs in seven innings of work (and striking out nine!) but…
The Tigers got hold to just 4 hits on this day, but it was not all that important, given that they were handed 8 free passes in the first five innings. Two of their hits produced the runs they needed, and three of the walks scored those runs. The Giants made it close at the…
Haruto Takahashi has had some pretty epic starts against the Yomiuri Giants. Last season, he struck out a career-high 14 in seven innings of work at Koshien in a blowout win. This start, in the Heart of Darkness known as Tokyo Dome, he bettered himself. For the first time in his career, he went the…
The Tigers got off to a good start, though the 3-0 score was a deceptive one – it could have (and should have) been much greater of a lead than that. And then, it vanished. Yuki Nishi walked a batter with two outs in the bottom of the third and came completely unraveled… single, home…
It may be a mystery, but it is no hidden secret that the Hanshin Tigers struggle to score and win at Vantelin Dome Nagoya. After getting on the board in the top of the first and watching starter Masashi Itoh cruise through the first five innings of the game, it looked as though this would…
Somehow, despite having a decent number of chances to bring home runs, our guys were squeezing the bat too tightly, did not play their game, and ended the game with a check-swing foul tip into the catcher’s glove for strike three, game over. That made Koji Chikamoto the seventh batter (well, fourth — Jefry Marte…
Hosts T-Ray and Sanjay discuss the latest team news and recap the past 11 games of Tigers baseball. After complaining about manager Akihiro Yano’s strategy decision against the Giants, they discuss which players could be unemployed (or traded) this offseason. Also, here’s a talk we did after we recorded the show! Want to learn some…
The Dome. It does not matter how many times the Tigers head to Nagoya… it still baffles the mind that they struggle so much to score (and win) there. Tonight was no exception. Two golden chances ended with nothing, and the defense did a lot worse than the one error that goes on record. But…