There were only four games in Japan on Thursday night, but we had Kodai Senga take a shutout into the ninth inning with a surprisingly low pitch count, while one new import got his second win another brought his team from behind with his second home run and a third earned his first save. So well done guys.
We also have some news about Akira Neo‘s positional odyssey with the Chunichi Dragons.
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Continue reading NPB news: April 21, 2022There were just two games on Thursday, an artifact of the old days when steam train travel demanded that teams moving from games held away from main stadiums have an extra travel day.
So with the Swallows and Carp playing in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, and the Giants and BayStars in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, those four teams were all off on Thursday, when presumably they flew to their next destination.
Geez, just what the Hanshin Tigers needed, a large audience for their woes. They entered Thursday’s game at Nagoya Dome not having scored for 13 innings, and, according to Nikkan Sports, tied with the 1979 Seibu Lions for the worst start in Japanese pro baseball history.
Besides all that, we had Yuya Yanagi and Kodai Senga pitching.
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