Oct 11
Toshiki Sakurai was out of control walking 3.
But Kazuma Okamoto helped with an equalizing 2 run home run.
Then the Tigers Yusuke Ohyama slammed a game winning home run to
give the Tigers a 7 to 6 win.
Oct 10
Alex Guerrero slammed a 2 run homerun.
Yoshitomo Maru hit in a run.
The Giants won 6 to 0.
Oct 9
Shun Yamaguchi started for the Giants. He was supported by homeruns by Yoshitomo Maru and Kazuma Okamoto.
Hayato Sakamoto hit in 2 runs. The Giants won 5 to 2 at the Tokyo Dome packed with 45277 people.
1st stage:Yokohama BayStars vs Hanshin Tigers
Oct 7
In a very competitive game, veteran pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa was on the mound.
He prevented the BayStars from hitting in a run, and took his team to the next stage.
The Tigers won 2 to 1.
Oct 6
Jose Lopez slammed a 2 run home run for th BayStars.
With veteran slugger Kosuke Fukudome's home run the Tigers equalized.
But the BayStars clinched the game with Otosaka's game winning home run.
The BayStars won 6 to 4.
Oct 5
In the game in Yokohama Stadium, Yoshitomo Tsutsugo blasted a 3 run home run giving the BayStars a strong start.
The Tigers Fumiya Hojo slammed a 3 run, then he hit in a two run triple to take the lead.
The Tigers won 8 to 7.
Sept
On Sept 30, the Tigers won its 6th games in a row.
As a result it has secured 3rd place in the league, enabling the team to play in the Climax Series
along with the BayStars.
A sad day to Giants fan. On Sept 24, Shinnosuke Abe announced he was retiring. Its as a decision he made after the game against the Swallows on Sept 22. On Sept 27 a special game was held to honor Abe to wrap up the regular season at the Tokyo Dome. He was the starting catcher for the first time in 4 years. The pitcher, Scott Mathieson, who Abe said he wanted to form the battery with for the last time. Abe did not disappoint fans. He blasted a home run to equalize against the BayStars. In the end the Giants won.
The Giants faced the BayStars from Sept 20, won the first with 2 homers by Hayato Sakamoto. It clinched a 10 inning game the next day and secured first place in the league finish. It's the 8th time Tatsunori Hara wins as skipper of the Giants.
The Giants from Sept 18 lost 2 games against the Dragons. The Tigers and the Swallows won a game each. On Sept 19 the BayStars clinched a competitive game with Neftali Soto's 3 run home run.
The Giants beat the Tigers on Sept 15 on Alex Guerrero's 2 run home run, but lost the next day. The Dragons and the BayStars won a game each. The Swallows defeated the Carp in 2 games.
The Giants faced the Carp from Sept 13, its pitcher Yamaguchi won the first game but lost the next. The Tigers won on Kosuke Fukudome's 3 run home run on Sept 13 against the Dragons but lost the next game to Yudai Ohno's no hitter pitch. On Sept 14, the BayStars Yoshitomo Tsutsugo homered to help his team beat the Swallows.
The Giants Kazuma Okamoto slammed a 2 run home run to beat the BayStars on Sept 10. The Giants lost the next game to the BayStars Neftali Soto's 2 homers. But won the 3rd game thanks to Yoshitomo Maru and Okamoto's home runs. The Carp beat the Dragons in 2 of 3 games. The Swallows won 2 of 3 games against the Tigers.
On Sept 6 the Giants lost to the Swallows Wladimir Balentien's 2 run homerun, for its 6th straight loss. It's losing streak ended the next day. The Carp faced the Tigers and won 2 games. The Dragons clinched all 3 games from the Dragons.
The Giants failed against the Dragons from Sept 3, losing all 3 games. The Carp won 2 of 3 games against the Swallows. The BayStars and the Tigers won a game each from Sept 4.
On Sept1, the Giants was shut out by the Tigers. The BayStars defeated the Carp. The Swallows beat the Dragons.
Final league standing 1
1.Yomiuri Giants
2.Yokohama Dena BayStars
3.Hanshin Tigers
4.Hiroshima Toyo Carp
5.Chunichi Dragons
6.Yakult Swallows
Aug
The Giants faced the Tigers from Aug 30, with teams winning a game each.
The Dragons and the Swallows also won a game each.
The BayStars winning streak end at 5 on Aug 31 in the game against the Carp.
The Giants had a bad start against the Carp from Aug 27, but won the next 2 games. The BayStars beat the Swallows in all 3 games. The Dragons beat the Tigers on Aug 28.
On Aug 23 the BayStars beat the Giants, while the Giants won the next day on Shingo Ishikawa's game clinching 2 run home run. The Giants lost the 3rd game to Neftali Soto's home run. The Tigers won the first 2 games against the Swallows, lost the 3rd. The Dragons defeated the Carp in 2 of 3 games.
The Giants extended its winning streak by defeating the Dragons in all 3 games from Aug 20. The Carp by winning 2 games from Aug 20 returned to 2nd place, while the BayStars fell to 3rd by losing 2 games to the Tigers, actually 3.
From Aug 16, the Giants beat the Tigers in all 3 games with homers by Kazuma Okamoto. The BayStars lost the first game against the Carp but won the next two and rose to 2nd place. The Swallows beat the Dragons in 2 of 3 games.
The Giants Alex Guerrero homered to beat the Carp on Aug 12. The Giants lost the next game but won the 3rd on Hayato Sakamoto's RBI. The Swallows on Aug 12 won on Murakami's 2 run home run against the BayStars. The Swallows won the next 2 games. The Dragons and the Tigers won a game each and had a draw.
The Giants faced the Swallows from Aug 9, won the first on Yoshiyuki Kamei's RBI, won the next on RBIs by Kazuma Okamoto, And won the 3rd game with home runs by Alex Guerrero. The BayStars won the first 2 games against the Dragons, lost the 3rd in a competitive game. The Carp clinched the first game against the Tigers on Alejandro Mejia's 3 run home run but lost the next 2.
The Carp faced the BayStars from Aug 6, won 2 of 3 games. The Giants losing streak ended at 6 by defeating the Dragons on Aug 7 on Shinnosuke Abe's 2 run home run. It tied the next game. The Swallows won the first 2 games against the Tigers, lost the 3rd.
From Aug 2, the BayStars beat the Giants in all 3 games, itching just 0.5 game from the leader. The Carp still in good shape won the first game on Daichi Osera's shut out victory against the Tigers. The Tigers won the next. The Carp won the 3rd on Alejandro Mejia's 3 run home run. The Dragons won the first 2 games of 3 games against the Swallows.
The Carp beat the Giants on Aug 1. The Swallows defeated the BayStars. The Tigers won a competitive game against the Dragons.
League standing as of Aug 31
1.Yomiuri Giants
2.Yokohama Dena BayStars
3.Hiroshima Toyo Carp
4.Hanshin Tigers
5.Chunichi Dragons
6.Yakult Swallows
July
The Giants skipper Tatsunori Hara won his 1000th game as the team manager on Jul 30 defeating the Carp.
The Carp won the next game.
The BayStars beat the Swallows in 2 games.
The Tigers beat the Dragons in a competitive game on Jul 30, but lost the next.
The Giants faced the Tigers from Jul 26,lost the first 2, and won the 3rd on Alex Guerrero's grand slam. The BayStars won the first game against the Dragons on Yoshitomo Tsutsugo's 2 run home run. The BayStars won the next but lost the 3rd. The Carp won all 3 games against the Swallows.
The Giants won the first game against the Swallows from July 23, but lost the next 2 games. The Carp defeated the Dragons in all 3 games. The Tigers and the BayStars tied in the first game. The BayStars won the next 2 with RBIs by Jose Lopez.
On Jul 19, the Dragons winning streak ended at 8, losing against the BayStars. It lost the next 2 games. The Giants lost all 3 games from the Carp from Jul 19. The Tigers winning streak ended at 6 on July 19, in the game against the Swallows. It won the next day.
Following the All Star break regular season games resumed on Jul 15. The Giants won the first 2 games but lost the 3 to the Swallows despte 2 home runs by Hayato Sakamoto. The Carp ended its losing streak on Jul 15 by defeating the BayStars, but lost the next 2 games to Jose Lopes RBIs. The Dragon beat the Tigers in all 3 games.
The Giants beat the BayStars on Jul 5 on Yoshihiro Maru's 3 run home run, won the next but lost the 3rd. The Tigers defeated the Carp in all 3 games. It's the Carp's 8th loss in a row. The Dragons and the Swallows played 2 games from Jul 6 and won a game each.
On Jul 2 the Giants Tomoyuki Sugano shut out the Dragons. The Giants won the next 2 games. The Carp lost all 3 games against the Swallows. The BayStars won 2 of 3 games against the Tigers.
League standing as of July 31
1.Yomiuri Giants
2.Yokohama Dena BayStars
3.Hiroshima Toyo Carp
4.Hanshin Tigers
5.Chunichi Dragons
6.Yakult Swallows
June
From the Interleague, it's back to playing within the league from June 28.
The rainy season is disrupting some games.
Those that were held, the BayStars exploded by 2 homers each by Lopez and Tsutsugo to defeat the Carp.
The BayStars won the next day and tied on June 30.
From June 29 the Giants won 2 games against the Swallows.
Also from the same day the Dragons beat the Tigers in 2 games.
The Giants Shinnosuke Abe slammed his career 400th homerun on June 1 to defeat the Dragons. Hayato Sakamoto homered twice the next day to beat the Dragons. The Carp tied with the Tigers in the first game. The Tigers won the next day. The Swallows lost against the BayStars on June 1, or its 16th loss in a row. That losing streak ended the next day.
May
The Carp beat the Tigers on May 31. The Dragons defeated the Giants.
The Swallows faced its 15th loss in a rown in the game against the BayStars.
From May 28 the Carp beat the Swallows in all 3 games. The Swallows lost in 14 consecutive games. The Tigers Shun Takayama grandslammed to beat the Giants on May 29. The Tigers won the next game on Yusuke Oyama's 3 run home run. The Bay Stars beat the Dragons in 2 games, and rose to 5th place.
The Carp faced the Giants from May 24. The Giants ended the Carp's winning streak at 11, on May 26. The Tigers won 2 of 3 games against the BayStars. The Swallows lost all 3 games to the Fighters.
League standing as of June 30
1.Yomiuri Giants
2.Hiroshima Toyo Carp
3.Yokohama Dena BayStars
4.Hanshin Tigers
5.Chunichi Dragons
6.Yakult Swallows
May
The Carp rose to first place on May 21, and marked its 9 consecutive win on May 22, defeating the Dragons.
The Tigers beat the Swallows in all 3 games.
The Giants and that BayStars won a game each.
The Giants faced the Dragons from May 17. It won the first 2 games, lost the 3rd. The Carp beat the Tigers in all 3 games. The BayStars defeated the Swallows in all 3 games.
From May 14 the Giants lost 2 games to the Tigers. The Carp won 2 games from the Swallows. The BayStars Hikaru Ito grand slammed on May 15 to beat the Dragons. The Dragons won the next day.
On May 10 the Giants clobbered the Swallows with homers by Hayato Sakamoto, Kazuma Okamoto and Yoshiyuki Kamei. The Giants lost the next 2 games. The Tigers won the first game against the Dragons but lost the next 2. The Carp and the BayStars won a game each.
The Giants Hayato Sakamoto homered twice to beat the BayStars on May 6. On May 8, the Giants Yoshiyuki Kamei hit in a game winning run against the BayStars. On May 6 the Carp clinched a 10 inning game from the Dragons. The next day the Dragons Yudai Ohno shut out the Carp. On May 8 the Carp won on home runs by Batista and Seiya Suzuki. The Swallow and the Tigers won a game each from May 6 and tied in the 3rd game.
The Giants face the Carp from May 3. The Carp beat the giants in the first 2 games, while they tied in the 3rd game. The Tigers played well against the BayStars from May 3, with Randy Messenger hurling over the distance in the 2nd game, the 42 year old Kosuke Fukudome slamming a game winning homer in the 3rd. The Swallows Yasuhiro Ogawa threw over the distance in the first game against the Dragons for his team's win. The Swallows won the next game, but lost the 3rd.
The Giants Hayato Sakamoto on May 1 became the first player of the Reiwa Era to slam a home run.The Giants beat the Dragons. The Giants won the next day on a 3 run homer by Yoh Daikan. The Tigers and the Carp won a game each. The BayStars beat the Swwallows in 2 games.
League standing as of May 31
1.Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2.Hanshin Tigers
3.Yomiuri Giants
4.Chunichi Dragons
5.Yokohama Dena BayStars
6.Yakult Swallows
April
On the last day of Heisei, of the last day of the era of Emperor Akihito, the Dragons beat the Giants,
the Tigers defeated the Carp, the Swallows won in the 10th inning agains the BayStars.
The Baystars consecutive loss ended on Apr 28 with 10 after losing 2 games to the Giants from Apr 27. The Carp beat the Swallows on Apr 27, but lost the next 2 games. The Dragons Dayan Viciedo helped the team the Tigers on Apr 27, while the Tigers won the next 2 games.
The Giants won the first 2 games against the Swallows from Apr 23, but lost the 3rd game to homeruns by Norichika Aoki and Tetsuto Yamada. The Tigers won all 3 games against the BayStars. The Carp is doing good beating the Dragons in all 3 games.
The Giants and the Tigers played against eachother from Apr 19. The Giants won all 3 games and rose to first place. The Carp on Apr 19 won on Tsubasa Aizawa's game winning run batted in in the 10th inning. It's against the BayStars. The Carp won the next 2 games. The Dragons won the first game against the Swallows. The Swallows won the next game on Yuhei Takai's RBI, and the next games it won too.
The Giants faced the Carp from Apr 16. The Giants won the first, while the Carp won a competitive 2nd game. The Swallows beat the the Tigers on Apr 16. The Tigers won on Apr 18. The Dragons beat the BayStars in both games from Apr 16.
The Giants Hayato Sakamoto homered and Shinnosuke Abe hit in a run to beat the Swallows on Apr 12. But the Giants lost the next 2 games. The Carp on Apr 12 lost its 5th game in a row to the BayStars. That losing streak eneded the next day. The Carp however lost on Apr 14. The Dragons won the first game, then in the next game Yota Kyoda grand slammed to help his team beat the Tigers. The Tigers won the 3rd game.
On Apr 9 the Giants new foreign player Christian Villanueva slammed 2 homer runs to beat the Dragons. The Giants lost the next game. The Carp faced a big loss against the Swallows on Apr 9 and lost the next 2 games too. The Tigers won the first game against the BayStars but lost the next 2 games.
The Giants had a tough time against the BayStars. It won the first game on Apr 5 on the back of home runs by Hayato Sakamoto and Yoshihiro Maru. Tomoyuki Sugano pitched well and won. But the Giants lost the next 2 games. The Tigers faced the Carp from Apr 5, and won the first to stop its losing streak at 4. Randy Messenger, the starting pitcher won his career 100th win. The Tigers lost the next game, but won the 3rd. The Swallows won the first 2 games against the Tigers, and lost the 3rd.
Tokyo Dome was in awe on Apr 2 as superstar Shigeo Nagashima who was long hospitalized appeared and waved from the suite. That may have lifted the Giants mood. Yoshihiro Maru, former Carp star player, homered for the Giants for the first time. Kazumasa Okamoto and Alex Guerrero homered too to defeat the Tigers. The Giants won the next 2 games in which Okamoto homered again and again. The Carp is not doing well losing 2 of 3 games to the Dragons from Apr 2. The BayStars won 2 of 3 games against the Swallows.
League standing as of April 30
1.Yomiuri Giants
2.Yakult Swallows
3.Chunichi Dragons
4.Hanshin Tigers
5.Hiroshima Toyo Carp
6.Yokohama Dena BayStars
March
On Mar 29, Daichi Osera started for the Carp for the first time for its opener.
He faced the Giants star pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano who from this season wears number 18.
He gave up only a run, but Carp pitcher succeeded in a shut out relay to win.
The Giants won the next 2 games.
The BayStars beat the Dragons in the opener on Yoshitomo Tsutsugo's 3 run home run.
The Dragons won the next game, but the BayStars won the 3rd on Keita Sano's game winning RBI.
The Swallows mistake in the last inning, cost them the opening game against the Tigers.
The Swallows lost the next game . It won on Mar 31.
League standing as of March 31
1.Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2.Yakult Swallows
3.Yomiuri Giants
4.Yokohama Dena BayStars
5.Hanshin Tigers
6.Chunichi Dragons
Final league standing in 2018
1.Yomiuri Giants
1.Yokohama Dena BayStars
1.Hanshin Tigers
4.Hiroshima Toyo Carp
4.Yakult Swallows
4.Chunichi Dragons
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