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YOMIURI GIANTS

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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 31, 2017
Wheeler leads charge as Eagles crush Giants again
Zelous Wheeler hit his third homer in two games and drove in three runs to lead the Tohoku Rakuten Eagles in a 6-0 beating of the Yomiuri Giants on Wednesday in interleague play.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 26, 2017
Carp hurler Okada gets big support from offense, holds Giants in check
The Hiroshima Carp have pretty much dominated the Yomiuri Giants this season.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 23, 2017
Giants hurler Sugano avenges lone loss of season against Tigers
Tomoyuki Sugano paid Hanshin back for his only loss of the season with seven scoreless innings as the Yomiuri Giants held off the Tigers 1-0 in the Central League on Tuesday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 21, 2017
Giants southpaw Taguchi tosses six-hitter against BayStars
Kazuto Taguchi threw a six-hit shutout on Sunday to lead the Yomiuri Giants to a 4-0 win over the Yokohama BayStars.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 17, 2017
Sato ends epic winless drought against Giants
Haunted to some extent by a poor showing in his last outing, Yoshinori Sato took the mound determined to set things right.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 16, 2017
Sugano, Abe guide Giants past Swallows in series opener
Tomoyuki Sugano made quick work of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to pick up his fifth win of the season, striking out six and allowing one run in eight innings as the Yomiuri Giants won 5-1 Tuesday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 9, 2017
Intuition pays off as Fukudome switches bats, slugs homer in victory over Giants
Kosuke Fukudome just had a feeling.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
May 2, 2017
Giants' Sugano extends shutout streak to three with five-hitter against BayStars
Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Hisanori Takahashi predicted Tomoyuki Sugano would throw his third consecutive shutout on Tuesday night at Tokyo Dome. His former teammate, and current Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez, believed, and hoped, there would be a different outcome.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 26, 2017
Giants' Takagi returns from gambling suspension, pitches on farm team
Kyosuke Takagi threw one scoreless inning for the Yomiuri Giants' third team on Wednesday in his first game since his one-year suspension for involvement in illegal gambling was lifted.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 25, 2017
Giants' Sugano outduels Carp's Nomura, tosses second consecutive shutout
Tomoyuki Sugano posted his second straight shutout win on Tuesday as the Yomiuri Giants moved within half a game of the Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp, beating them 1-0 after Casey McGehee provided the only run with a solo home run.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Apr 21, 2017
Baseball community, friends reflect on Graczyk's life
Whenever the Yomiuri Giants were scheduled to play at home, I knew my phone would ring.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 18, 2017
Sugano outduels local favorite Yamanaka in series opener
A little more than a year after earthquakes rocked Kumamoto, Tomoyuki Sugano had local fans rocking as he pitched the Yomiuri Giants to a 3-0 Central League win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Tuesday.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 13, 2017
Carp rally past Giants in ninth, stretch unbeaten streak to 11 games
You may get the Hiroshima Carp down, but never, ever count them out.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 11, 2017
Carp's Kikuchi bangs out five hits to help sink Giants
The Hiroshima Carp were held without a run for five innings. Once the reigning Central League champions finally got going in the sixth, there was no stopping them, especially not Ryosuke Kikuchi.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 1, 2017
Abe smacks game-ending homer as Giants overcome Dragons
The Yomiuri Giants trailed the Chunichi Dragons for 8 2/3 innings on Saturday afternoon. When Shinnosuke Abe finally gave them the lead, it was for keeps.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 31, 2017
Giants usher in new season with victory over rival Dragons
There's a stuffed Giabbit doll headed Lillianne Mikolas' way. If things go her father's way, there'll be whole lot more coming.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / 2017 NPB PREVIEW
Mar 30, 2017
Carp set sights on repeat performance in Central League
The following is the second of a two-part NPB preview beginning with the 2016 Central League champions.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 28, 2017
Disgraced Takagi apologizes to Giants, resumes career after signing developmental contract
Kyosuke Takagi, who re-signed with the Yomiuri Giants after facing a one-year ban for his involvement in illegal betting, restarted his career on Tuesday by extending his apologies to his manager, coaches and teammates.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 27, 2017
Disgraced Takagi returns to pro baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball announced the return of Kyosuke Takagi, found guilty of gambling, to professional baseball on Monday, when the reliever's former club, the Yomiuri Giants, signed him to a developmental contract.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 23, 2017
Giants seek banned pitcher Takagi's reinstatement
The Yomiuri Giants on Thursday filed an application for the reinstatement of their former reliever Kyosuke Takagi with Nippon Professional Baseball following his one-year suspension for gambling.

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