Climax Series
2nd stage: Yakult Swallows vs Yomiuri Giants
Oct 16
Both tea were in a competitive mood. But in the 12th winning pitched.
Oct 15
The Swallows started Yasuhiro Ogawa shut out the Giants in the 8 innings he pitched.
Miles Mikolas who started for the Giats lost a run to Kazuhiro Hatakeyama's sacrifice fly.
Wladimir Balentien hit in 2 runs to help his team win 4 to 0.
Oct 14
Starting for the Giants, former ace Tetsuya Utsumi.
He gave up a home run to Kazuhiro Hatakeyama
Then Hayato Sakamoto blasted a 2 run home run.
Leslie Anderson hit in 2 runs.
The Giants won 4 to 1.
1st stage: Hanshin Tigers vs Yomiuri Giants
Oct 12
The Giants secured a lead with Shinnosuke Abe's RBI while Hirokazu Sawamura closed
the games for a 3 to 1 win over the Tigers.
Oct 11
The Giants Tomoyuki Sugano gave up a 2 run home run to Mauro Gomez, then a single to Matt Murton.
He also missed a throw to 3rd base.
Randy Messenger started for the Tigers.
The Tigers won 4 to 2.
Oct 10
Miles Mikolas started for the Giants. In the 5th inning, he contributed with hit bat with an RBI double
against Tigers started Shintaro Fujinami.
But in the 7th inning he gave up 2 runs.
Then in the 10th inning, with bases full, Yoshinobu Takahashi was walked, earning an RBI and
a 3 to 2 win for his team.
October
But in the game on Oct 7, the Carp lost to the Dragons, ending the season in 4th place.
Tigers and the Carp are in competition for 3rd place. They faced eachother on Oct 4. The Carp won, keeping its hope to surge to 3rd place.
On Oct 2, the Swallows beat the Tigers in the 11th inning to win the 2015 Central League pennant. It's the first league victory in 14 years. The Giants 2nd place is secured.
Final league standing
1. Yakult Swallows
2. Yomiuri Giants
3. Hanshin Tigers
4. Hiroshima Toyo Carp
5. Chunichi Dragons
6. Yokohama Bay Stars
September
The Swallows continue to do well. On Sept 24 Tetsuto Yamada homered twice to beat the BayStars.
The Giants defeated the Carp. The Tigers faced its 4th loss in a row facing defeat before the Dragons.
On Sept 22, the Swallows beat the Carp, while the Giants defeated the Tigers to surge to 2nd place. A shock for the Tigers, its GM and former manager Katsuhiro Nakamura was found dead in his hotel room the next day. The team lost again.The Swallows marked its 3rd win in a row that day defeating Hiroki Kuroda.
The top 2 teams faced eachother from Sept 20. The Tigers won the first, the Swallows won the next. Meanwhile the Giants lost the first game against the Dragons the won the next. The BayStars won the first while the Carp won the 2nd.
The Giants beat the Swallows on Sept 18, but not in the next game. The Tigers lost with a wild pitch against the BayStars on Sept 18, lost again the next day.
The Swallows beat the BayStars on Sept 15 and 16. The Tigers Shintaro Fujinami won his 13th game on Sept 15 against the Dragons with Ryota Arai slamming a 2 run homer.
The Tigers lost on Sept 11. It's against the Carp while the Swallows didn't play and dropped to 2nd place. The next day the Swallows lost and the Tigers tied, and they tied for first place. On Sept 13 the Swallows kept first place while the Tigers fell again to 2nd as the Swallows beat the Dragons and the Tigers could not fight back against Carp's ace pitcher Kenta Maeda. The Giants meanwhile defeated the BayStars on Sept 12 and 13.
The Carp and the Dragons game was the only one in the league on Sept 8. Kenta Maeda's shut out pitch and Brad Eldred contributed with a 2 run home run. They tied in the next game. The Carp won again the 3rd game. The Tigers clinched the game on Sept 9 against the Giants, but the Giants won the next on Hayato Sakamoto's home run. The Swallows beat the BayStars on Sept 10 and with that tied with the Tigers for first place.
The Tigers from Sept 4 faced the Dragons and won the first 2 games. It's lost the game on Sept 6 to Ryosuke Hirata's 3 run home run. The Swallows beat the Carp in 2 of the 3 games. The Giants won a very competitive game against the BayStars on Sept 4. It lost the next, and the 3rd was rained out.
The BayStars won the first 2 games from Sept 1 against the Dragons.In one of them 41 year old Daisuke Miura managed to earn his 5th win. The Dragons clinched the 3rd. The Tigers lost to Kenta Maeda led Carp on Sept 1, but won the next day. The Swallows Kazuhiro Hatakeyama's RBIs helped with defeating the Giants on Sept 2.
League standing as of September 30
1. Hanshin Tigers
2. Yakult Swallows
3. Yomiuri Giants
4. Hiroshima Toyo Carp
5. Chunichi Dragons
6. Yokohama Bay Stars
August
The Tigers Shintaro Fujinami shut out the Swallows on Aug 28. The Tigers lost the next two games.
The Giants beat the Dragons in all 3 games.
The BayStars Yoshitomo Tsutsugo grandslammed and defeated the Carp.
The Carp won the next game but the BayStars won the 3rd.
The Swallows defeated the Giants in all 3 games from Aug 25. The Swallows rose to 2nd place and the Giants fell to 3rd. The Dragons beat the BayStars in all 3 games and was up a notch placing 5th while the BayStars fell to the bottom. Brad Eldred helped the Carp beat the Tigers with his homerun on both Aug 26 and 27.
The Tigers picked itself up and from Aug 21 it beat the BayStars in all 3 games. Dragons beat the Swallows in the first and 3rd games. The Giants defeated the Carp on on Aug 21 in the 11th inning, but lost the next 2.
The Tigers faced the Giants from Aug 18 and lost all 3 games,and replaced from the top post. The Dragons beat the Carp in all 3 games too. The BayStars defeated the Swallows in the first and last game.
The top runner, the Tigers faced the Swallows from Aug 14, and won and first and 3rd games. The Giants beat the Dragons in the first game and lost the rest. The Carp won the first and thirds games from the BayStars.
The Giants on Aug 11 won on Shinnosuke Abe's 2 RBIs against the BayStars. The Giants won the next game on Takehiro Donoue's grand slam but lost the 3rd to Yoshitomo Tsusugo's 2 run home run. The Carp's Hiroki Kuroda was clobbered in the game against the Swallows on Aug 11. His team lost and so did the Carp lose the next game. On Aug 13, it beat the Swallows on Takahiro Arai's grand slam. The Tigers beat the Dragons in all 3 games.
From Aug 7, the Giants lost all 3 games to the Carp. The Tigers surged to first place on Aug 8 by defeating the BayStars and winning again the next game on Mauro Gomez's 3 run home run. The Dragons beat the Swallows on pitcher Drew Naylor's home run on Aug 7, won the next game, but lost the 3rd.
From Aug 4 the Giants faced the Swallows, won the first 2 games, lost the 3rd. The Carp won the first game against the Tigers lost the next two. The BayStars beat the Dragons on Aug 4, lost the next, won the 3rd game.
On Aug 1 the Giants surged to first place by defeating the Dragons on Hayato Sakamoto's RBI. The Giants lost the next day. The Swallows beat the Tigers in 2 games from Aug 1. The BayStars won the first and lost the 2nd against th Carp.
League standing as of August 31
1. Hanshin Tigers
2. Yakult Swallows
3. Yomiuri Giants
4. Hiroshima Toyo Carp
5. Yokohama Bay Stars
6. Chunichi Dragons
July
Rankings of team changed drastically on July 31 with the Tigers defeat agianst the Swallows,
and the Giants victory against the Dragons on Shuichi Murata's 3 run home run.
The BayStars losing streak ended at 4 contributed by Lopez's 2 run home run.
The Swallows winning streak came to a halt on Jul 28 at 7 in the game against the Carp. It managed to win the next on RBIs by Hatakeyama, but lost the 3rd. The Giants beat the BayStars in all 3 games from Jul 28. The Dragons marked its 6th loss in a row on Jul 29 in the game against the Tigers.
The league standing altered again. From Jul 24, the Tigers faced the BayStars and in the first game Shintaro Fujinami performed a shut out victory. The Tigers lost the next but won the 3rd. The Swallows defeated the Dragons in all 3 games from Jul 24 to secure first place. The Giants was helped by veteran player Yoshinobu Takahashi to win the game on Jul 24 against the Carp. The Giants won the next, but lost the 3rd.
Following the all star games, the season resumed on Jul 20. The Giants had a good start winning its first game against the Tigers, but lost the next 2 and tumbled to 3rd place. The Tigers surged to first place. The BayStars defeated the Swallows in the first game, but lost the next 2. The Dragons Ryosuke Hirata's 2 run home run and a single homer helped the team beat the Carp on Jul 20. The Carp won the next game.
From Jul 13, the BayStars beat the Giants in all 3 games and took over first place. The Tigers played against the Carp from on Jul 14, the Tigers won the first, the Carp won the next. The Dragons won it's 3rd game in a row on Jul 14, lost the next day.
From Jul 10 the top 2 teams faced eachother. The Giants Shuichi Murata slammed a 2 run homerun to help his team win. The Giants clinched the next game, but the Tigers won the 3rd. The Carp with Kenta Maeda starting on Jul 10 beat the Dragons, but lost the next 2 games. The Swallows defeated the BayStars in the first 2 games. The BayStar won the 3rd with a home run by Jose Lopez.
The Giants surged to first place on Jul 8 in its 2nd win in a row against the Swallows. The Tigers ranked 2nd, losing to the Dragons in the first 2 games. But it clinched the game on Jul 9. The Carp played against the BayStars on Jul 8 and won the game.
The Tigers played against the BayStars from Jul 3. Its lost the first game, but won the next 2 and secured first place. Meanwhile the BayStars fell to 5th place. The Carp won the 2 games that were played against the Swallows. The Giants faced the Dragons from Jul 4, tied in the first and won the 2nd on Tomoyuki Sugano's shut out pitch.
The Giants lost both games from July 1 against the Carp. The Swallows defeated the Tigers in both games and surged to first place. The Dragons played against the BayStars on July 1 and won.
League standing as of July 31
1. Hanshin Tigers
2. Yomiuri Giants
3. Yakult Swallows
4. Hiroshima Toyo Carp
5. Yokohama Bay Stars
6. Chunichi Dragons
June
On June 30, Yoshiyuki Giants Kamei hit off Hiroki Kuroda and got in a run to win.
The BayStars shut out the Dragons.
The Tigers winning streak stopped at 6 by giving up the game to the Swallows.
The Tigers won its 5th straight game on June 27 by defeating the BayStars. It won the next game too. The Giants Mile Mikolas shut out the Swallows on June 27. But lost the next game
The rainy season is affecting games. From June 23, the Giants played against the BayStars on a long losing streak. The BayStars appeared to have recovered by winning 2 games. The Carp and Tigers tied in the first game. The Tigers won the 2nd and surged to first place. The Swallows won all 3 games from the Carp.
On June 19, teams were back playing in their own leagues.
The Giants lost to the Dragons in the 10th inning, won the next game on Yoshinobu Takahashi's
3 run home run, but lost the 3rd game.
The BayStars played against the Carp, lost 2 days, to record 12 defeats in a row.
The 3rd game was rained out.
The Tigers in the 2 games its played against the Swallows won both.
League standing as of June 30
1. Hanshin Tigers
2. Yomiuri Giants
3. Yakult Swallows
4. Yokohama Bay Stars
5. Hiroshima Toyo Carp
6. Chunichi Dragons
May
The BayStar clinched the game on May 22 from the Tigers on Hiroto Ide's home run.
It lost the next game by won the 3rd game.
The Giants won all 3 games from the Dragons from May 22.
The Carp clinched a 10 inning game from the Swallows.
The Swallows won the next 2 games.
The BayStars slowed down from May 19, losing 2 of 3 games against the Swallows. The Giants Tomoyuki Sugano shut out the Tigers on May 19. But the next day the Tigers Shintaro Fujinami shut out the Giants. The Tigers won the 3rd game too. The Dragons won 2 games against the Carp.
On May 15, the BayStars clinched a see-saw game against the Tigers and won the next day too on Marc Valdez's home run. The BayStars lost the next game. The Giants Hayato Sakamoto was back from injury and slammed a 2 run homer to beat the Swallows. The Giants won the next game but lost the 3rd. The Tigers won the first game agains the Dragons on May 15, but lost the next 2.
On May 12, the Giants starter was Tomoyuki Sugano. The Carp's Kenta Maeda. The Giants won on a wild pitch. The Giants won the next game on Taishi Ota's home run, but lost the 3rd game against the Carp. The BayStars played 2 games against the Dragons from May 13 and won both games. The Tigers Kosuke Fukudome slammed a 2 run homer on May 13 to beat the Swallows. The next day Shintaro Fujinami shut out the Swallows.
The BayStars marked its 6th win in a row on May 8 against the Giants, lost the next, and won the 3rd to keep first place. The Carp defeated the Tigers in all 3 games from May 8. The Dragons beat the Swallows on May 9 and 10.
From May 4, BayStars beat the Swallows in all 3 games and rose to first place. Carp faced the Giants on home ground and won 3 games in a row for the first time this season. On May 4,Dragons skipper and catcher Motonobu Tanishige slammed a 3 run home run off the Tigers to contribute to his team's win. The Tigers won the next 2 games.
The Carp's Hiroki Kuroda performed poorly on May 1 giving up 5 runs to the Swallows and losing the game. The Carp won the next game on Tetsuya Kokubo's grand slam. The Swallows won the 3rd game. The Dragons beat the BayStars on May 1 but the BayStars won the next 2 games. The Giants defeated the Tigers on May 2 and 3.
League standing as of May 31
1. Yokohama Bay Stars
2. Yomiuri Giants
3. Hanshin Tigers
4. Chunichi Dragons
5. Yakult Swallows
6. Hiroshima Toyo Carp
April
The Giants beat the Dragons on Apr 28 and tied for first place lost the next but clinched the 3rd game
for first place.
The BayStars won its 5th game in a row on Apr 28 defeating the Carp, but lost the next to
Kenta Maeda but retured to 2nd place after winning the 3rd game.
The Tigers rookie Taiga Egoshi slammed a 3 run agains the Swallows on Apr 28, won the next 2 games too.
The Swallow recovered proving that by defeating the Giants in the first 2 games from Apr 24.The Giants won the 3rd in which rookie Hayato Takagi won his 4th game already. The BayStars slugger Yoshitomo Tutsugo grandslammed in Apr 24 to defeat the Dragons and also clinch the next 2 games. Hiroki Kuroda started on Apr 25 There was a tense moment when the Tigers Kentaro Fujinami's pitch almost hit Kuroda.The Carp won.But the Tigers won the next on Atsushi Noumi's shut out pitch.
The Giants skipper Tatsunori Hara was back on 21 Apr and the Giants beat the Carp. Ace pitchers faced eachother in the game between the Giants and the Carp on 22 Apr. Tomoyuki Sugano outlasted Kenta Maeda. The BayStars performed poorly extending its losing streak to 7 in the game against the Tigers. But the streak ended on Apr 22. The Swallows winning streak stopped at 4 on Apr 21 against the Dragons and lost the next day 2 games too.
The Giants faced the Tigers from Apr 17, defeating its rival in 2 of 3 games. The Swallows defeated the BayStars in all 3 games. The Carp clinched the first and third games from the Dragons.
Many games were rained out on Apr 14 except the Dragons vs Tigers. The Dragons won on Ricardo Nanita's RBI and rose to first place. Then the next day the Dragons won on Ryosuke Hirata's RBI. The Tigers clinched the 3rd game on Tsuyoshi Nishioka's 2 runs batted in. The Giants bright sign was on Apr 15, with Toshiya Sugiuchi pitching well against the BayStars to win even with manager Tatsunori Hara absent due to a flu The Giants won the next day too on 3 hits by Wataru Hashimoto. The Swallows won the one game played against the Carp on Apr 15.
The Dragons beat the BayStars in the first and 3rd games from Apr 10. The Swallows defeated the Giants in the first game, but the Giants won the next 2 with contributions by young new pitchers. The Carps Hiroki Kuroda won his 2nd game on Apr 11 against the Tigers. The Tigers won the next game on Kei Toritani's 2 run home run.
The Giants clinched the game from the Carp in the 11th inning on Apr 7. The Carp ended its losing streak at 7 the next day, and won the day after that too. The Dragons Yudai Ohno shut out the Swallows on Apr 7. The next game the Swallows won on Hiroyasu Tanaka's RBI. The Swallows won again on Kazuhiro Hatakeyama's RBI. The BayStars performed well from Apr 7 defeating the Tigers in all 3 games and gaining first place.
The Giants Shinnosuke Abe was repositioned as catcher from Apr 3 against the Tigers. But the Giants lost. The Giants won the next game on Yasuyuki Kataoka's 3 run homerun. On Apr 5 Hayato Takagi shut out the Tigers. I wanted to shower but since I was skin and bones, It didn't matter. bc On Apr 3, Swallows Hatakeyama grand slammed to beat the BayStars. The Swallows won the next game to but gave up the 3rd game. The Dragons Anderson Hernandez hit in a game winning run to beat the Carp on Apr 3. The Dragons hit in runs from Hiroki Kuroda. In the 3rd game the Dragons Michihiro Ogasawara succeeded in a game winning hit.
The Dragons beat the Giants in both games from Apr 1. The BayStars defeated the Carp in both games too. The Swallows gave up the game on Apr 1 to the Tigers. It was the other way around the next day.
League standing as of April 30
1. Yomiuri Giants
2. Yokohama Bay Stars
2. Yakult Swallows
4. Chunichi Dragons
5. Hanshin Tigers
6. Hiroshima Toyo Carp
March
The Dragons won its first game of the season on Mar 31.
It's on Michihiro Ogasawara's RBI.
The BayStars beat the Carp in a competitive game.
The Swallows beat the Tigers.
The season took off on March 27. The Tigers took off to a good start winning the first 2 games against the Dragons in extra innings, and clinched another competitive game. The Giants won the first game against the BayStars, lost the 2nd, and won the 3rd with a 2 run by Yoshiyuki Kamei, and starting pitcher and rookie Hayato Takagi performing well. The Swallows won the game against the Carp in the 11th inning. In the next game the Carp's next pitch Kris Johnson shut out the Swallows and won. All eyes were on Hiroki Kuroda on Mar 29. He rejoined after playing for the NY Yankees. It pitched a shut out 7 innings. The team's closer Deunte Heath suffered but managed to keep the team's lead. Kuroda earned a win.
Final league standing in 2014
1. Yomiuri Giants
2. Hanshin Tigers
3. Hiroshima Toyo Carp
4. Chunichi Dragons
5. Yokohama Bay Stars
6. Yakult Swallows
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