Masashi Itoh continued his dominant form against the Baystars, going 8 strong innings and making just a few mistakes with pitch locations. Meanwhile, Mel Rojas Jr led off the scoring with a line-drive, solo home run into the front row of the right-field bleachers. Later in the game, he put the Tigers ahead for good…
This was an important game to win once again, as the Giants completed their sweep of the Dragons earlier in the day. Well, all three imports did their jobs well today. Jerry Sands brought home the second run of the game with a single, Raul Alcantara pitched a clean 8th, and Mel Rojas Jr gave…
With the Giants winning earlier in the day, the Tigers needed a W to stay at the top of the standings. Starter Akira Niho did not get things off to a very good start with a couple of walks and an RBI hit… but he settled in, and the bats took over from the second…
Hosts T-Ray and JD discuss the latest team news and recap the past 11 games of Tigers baseball. They name their hitters and pitchers of the month for June and T-Ray has a talk with the newest Tigers import, outfielder Mel Rojas Jr. Also, here’s the placeholder part of our show (the hot topic) that…
The scorecard below tells you almost all that you need to know. But what you do not fully see in this, is this: Yuki Nishi = 5 walks + 1 hit batter in 5 innings Taiki Ono = 4 walks + 1 wild pitch in 1 inning Koki Moriya = 1 hit batter in 2…
The first inning of this one was extremely promising. Yuki Nishi needed just nine pitches to mow down the Dragons’ first three batters, while Ogasawara spent more than that on Koji Chikamoto alone, who got a hit out of the battle. Jefry Marte pulled the same stunt, and the Tigers had an early lead. Unfortunately,…
Sources: Hanshin Official / Daily Sports / Hochi Sports Newly-signed imports Raul Alcantara (RHP) and Mel Rojas Jr (OF) completed their two-week quarantine period on Sunday the 18th and met with the local press the following day via teleconference. Here are parts of the transcripts from their Q & A sessions. Alcantara Give us your…
Hosts T-Ray, JD and Sanjay bask in the glow of the team’s previous 10 games, and then try to offer possible solutions to the import problem that manager Akihiro Yano is about to need to figure out: how to fit 8 highly talented imports on a roster with a 5-import limit? Also, here’s our post-show…
There are a few very important bits of news that need your attention and awareness: The State of Emergency is expected to be called off on March 21, and soon thereafter, the foreign players who have not yet arrived in Japan will be permitted entry into the country. There will be strict regulations that limit…
From T-Ray’s Daily Sports Monthly Column / トレバーの虎場から Twenty-twenty started with so much excitement but was filled with a lot of dread, loss and hardship. It’s finally about to come to an end, but no one has promised us a better 2021. Every year has its ups and downs, its starts and its ends, and…