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Games 4-6 @ Carp: Can’t Buy a Win

Games 4-6 @ Carp: Can’t Buy a Win

The sting of the opening series sweep to the Swallows looked to be alleviated in Hiroshima. The team actually started scoring runs again, and even held the lead in each of these contests. Unfortunately, the bullpen (and in the final game, the starter) could not hold the slim leads down, and the bats were unable…

Game 93 @ Dragons: Series Salvaged by Akiyama

Game 93 @ Dragons: Series Salvaged by Akiyama

Despite the Tigers being 1.5 games ahead of the Giants all weekend, any combination of a Tigers loss and Giants win would have put the orangemen in a rare situation: 0.5 games behind the Tigers but in first place. That’s right. All those ties mean their winning percentage would have been higher than ours. Fortunately,…