Nick Martinez pitches Hawks to second straight win over PL-leading Marines japantimes.co.jp - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from japantimes.co.jp Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Origin Story of Shohei Ohtani, Two-Way Superhero theringer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theringer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jul 2, 2021 Shohei Ohtani is a baseball phenomenon. Before his move to the Major Leagues, the Los Angeles Angels star was known as the “dual wielder” in his native Japan for his rare ability to hit home runs about as well as he pitches. Now, as the U.S. takes note of his prodigious ability, some market watchers in Japan are eyeing a third skill the ability to boost share prices. An equal-weighted basket of five of his sponsors including sportswear-makers Descente Ltd. and Asics Corp. has risen 23% since Ohtani made history on April 26 as the first player in nearly 100 years to start a game as a pitcher while leading MLB in home runs. That’s more than double the Bloomberg World Apparel Index’s 10% rise over the same period and crushes the Topix index’s 1% gain.
Naoto Nishiguchi rescues Eagles in win over Hawks Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Rookie Eagles reliever Naoto Nishiguchi pitches against the Hawks on Saturday in Sendai. | KYODO Kyodo Jun 27, 2021 Rookie right-hander Naoto Nishiguchi pitched 4⅓ innings in emergency relief to earn his first pro win as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3-2 in the Pacific League on Saturday. The win at Sendai’s Rakuten Seimei Park pulled the Eagles into a tie for first place with a 35-29 record, the same as the Orix Buffaloes, who tied 3-3 with the Seibu Lions in Osaka.
Justin Smoak homered and drove in three runs to lift the defending Central League champion Yomiuri Giants past the Pacific League's Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Marines knock Masahiro Tanaka and Eagles out of PL lead japantimes.co.jp - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from japantimes.co.jp Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Masataka Yoshida turned Masahiro Tanaka's impressive start on its head with a come-from-behind three-run homer that lifted the Orix Buffaloes to a 4-3 win
Pitching duel between Buffaloes, Eagles ends in scoreless tie Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Buffaloes starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches against the Eagles at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on Wednesday. | KYODO KYODO Apr 29, 2021 Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles starter Takahiro Norimoto went toe-to-toe Wednesday in a Pacific League pitching duel that ended with five total hits and no runs. The scoreless tie came a day after the two sides opened their series with a 5-5 stalemate at Kyocera Dome Osaka, where play is taking place behind closed doors during the coronavirus state of emergency through May 11.
#Rangers Kohei Arihara threw 7! different pitches in the first inning. pic.twitter.com/X86J6NpvFH Partially it was because I was already intrigued by Kohei Arihara, but the pure absurdity of this fact stands out, too. He threw seven different kinds of pitches in his most recent start against the Angels. Seven! In one inning! The only other player to accomplish this feat in 2020 was Arihara’s countryman Yu Darvish, who coincidently did so in seven different innings last season. Since 2008 (the first season with public PITCHf/x data), there have been 909 instances of a pitcher throwing at least seven different pitch types in a single inning. When you think about how many innings of regular season baseball have been played since 2008, you can appreciate how rare this type of occurrence is.