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YOMIURI GIANTS

BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 13, 2018
Regular routine keeps Carp reliever Jay Jackson in groove
Jay Jackson likes being a relief pitcher. He also likes being a relief pitcher in Japan, which is convenient, since the 30-year-old is in the middle of his third season with the Hiroshima Carp.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2018
Giants' Tomoyuki Sugano makes complete turnaround against Carp
Tomoyuki Sugano had a week to stew over his poor performance in his last game against the Hiroshima Carp.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 6, 2018
Warren Cromartie featured in new series on YouTube
Warren Cromartie was a star for the Montreal Expos and a league MVP and Japan Series champion (both in 1989) with the Yomiuri Giants.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 5, 2018
BayStars' Shota Imanaga works out of first-inning jam, earns first victory since June 10
Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez has been asking to see pitcher Shota Imanaga's fighting spirit all season. Once he saw the left-hander escape an early bases-loaded jam against the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday night, he felt like he was going to get his wish.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 22, 2018
Giants sluggers provide big spark in series-opening victory over Swallows
Hisayoshi Chono and Casey McGehee put the Yomiuri Giants in position for a win over their crosstown rivals.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 16, 2018
Marines' Mike Bolsinger earns complete-game victory over Giants
Takashi Ogino legged out the double and Shogo Nakamura drove in the run.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 9, 2018
MLB scouts eye Yusei Kikuchi, Tomoyuki Sugano
On Friday night at Tokyo Dome, the Seibu Lions and Yomiuri Giants each sent their ace to the mound, creating a marquee matchup of the Lions' Yusei Kikuchi vs. the Kyojin's Tomoyuki Sugano.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 8, 2018
Lions ace Yusei Kikuchi outduels Giants star Tomoyuki Sugano
The pitching matchup between aces Yusei Kikuchi and Tomoyuki Sugano fizzled out early on Friday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 29, 2018
Fighters' Nick Martinez improves to 3-0 at Tokyo Dome this season
Nick Martinez entered his first interleague contest in Japan with an overwhelming sense of familiarity.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 18, 2018
Tomoyuki Sugano clubs solo homer to help his cause, lift Giants over BayStars
Tomoyuki Sugano surrendered the lead on a slider. So it was only fitting the Yomiuri Giants ace used one to get it back.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 10, 2018
Veterans Shinnosuke Abe, Tetsuya Utsumi guide Giants past Tigers
Baseball might be a young man's game, but it was old-timer's night at Tokyo Dome on Thursday.

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan