MLB
[5/8/2013] Norichika Aoki, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Hiroki Kuroda, Ichiro Suzuki
by Gen on May.08, 2013 @ 3:06 pm, under MLB
Tags: Full, Hideki Okajima, Hiroki Kuroda, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Ichiro Suzuki, Junichi Tazawa, Kyuji Fujikawa, Munenori Kawasaki, Norichika Aoki, Yu Darvish
From May 7:
Hitters
| Player | Tm | Game | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | Other |
| Norichika Aoki | MIL | TEX 3 @ MIL 6 | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 | Batted lead-off. 1B6 (R), F8, 1B9, G1. |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | OAK | SRC 2 @ MRB 3 | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | Batted second. K (foul tip), G6, Ks, FC. | |
| Munenori Kawasaki | TOR | TOR 6 @ TBA 4 | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .263 | Batted ninth. Kl, 1B9. Replaced by a pinch-hitter Mark DeRosa in the top of the 7th. |
| Ichiro Suzuki | NYY | NYY 0 @ COL 2 | CF/RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .277 | Batted lead-off. L6, 1B7 (SB2/3), G5, G4. Shifted from center to right in the bottom of the 7th. |
| Kensuke Tanaka | SF | DNP |
Pitchers
| Player | Tm | Game | NP-S | BF | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | Other |
| Yu Darvish | TEX | DNP | Next start: May 11 vs Astros. ... Won Pitching Performance award for the month of April. [MLB 5/6/2013, April Pitching Performance of the Month] | ||||||||||
| Kyuji Fujikawa | CHC | DNP | Did not pitch on Tuesday because of the weather. He is scheduled to pitch on Wednesday. [Nikkan Sports 5/8/2013] | ||||||||||
| Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | DNP | Next start: May 11 vs Athletics. | ||||||||||
| Hiroki Kuroda | NYY | NYY 0 @ COL 2 | 101-64 | 27 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.30 | Left with New York down 2-0. Went 0-for-2 at the plate. (WP 1) (L, 4-2). |
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Toru Murata | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hideki Okajima | OAK | SRC 2 @ MRB 3 | 10-6 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.30 | Entered the game in the bottom of the 7th, with a runner on second, two out, and Sacramento down 3-2. |
| Hisanori Takahashi | CHC | DNP | |||||||||||
| Yoshinori Tateyama | TEX | DNP | |||||||||||
| Junichi Tazawa | BOS | DNP | Tazawa to close games. From Jim Duquette (Twitter): Mgr John Farrell just told us he'd like to use Tazawa as closer and keep Koji in the 8th @MLBNetworkRadio [Twitter 5/8/2013] | ||||||||||
| Koji Uehara | BOS | DNP | |||||||||||
| Tsuyoshi Wada | BAL | DL |
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[5/7/2013] Munenori Kawasaki, Kyuji Fujikawa, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Wada
by Gen on May.07, 2013 @ 3:06 pm, under MLB
Tags: Full, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Kensuke Tanaka, Kyuji Fujikawa, Munenori Kawasaki, Tsuyoshi Wada, Yoshinori Tateyama
From May 6:
Hitters
| Player | Tm | Game | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | Other |
| Norichika Aoki | MIL | DNP | ||||||||||
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | OAK | DNP | Latest update, from Susan Slusser (Twitter): Nakajima is feeling better, will head to Memphis and play nine innings for @RiverCats tomorrow. #Athletics [Twitter 5/7/2013] | |||||||||
| Munenori Kawasaki | TOR | TOR 8 @ TBA 7 | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .255 | Batted ninth. 1B6, BB (R). Was replaced by a pinch-hitter Mark DeRosa in the top of the 6th. |
| Ichiro Suzuki | NYY | DNP | ||||||||||
| Kensuke Tanaka | SF | CSP 5 @ FRE 7 | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 | Batted lead-off. 1B8, F7, 1B9 (R), G4, |
Pitchers
| Player | Tm | Game | NP-S | BF | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | Other |
| Yu Darvish | TEX | DNP | Next start: May 11 vs Astros. | ||||||||||
| Kyuji Fujikawa | CHC | DNP | Latest update, from the Sun-Times' Toni Ginnetti: Fujikawa, recovering from a forearm muscle strain, will pitch one more time with Class AA Tennessee this week. He pitched an inning Sunday for Class AAA Iowa, striking out two and walking one. Fujikawa likely would return to closing, allowing Sveum to use Kevin Gregg and James Russell in setup roles. [Sun Times 5/7/2013] ... Is scheduled to pitch at Double-AA Tennessee on Tuesday. [Sponichi 5/7/2013] | ||||||||||
| Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | DNP | Next start: May 11 vs Athletics. | ||||||||||
| Hiroki Kuroda | NYY | DNP | Next start: May 7 vs Rockies. | ||||||||||
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Toru Murata | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hideki Okajima | OAK | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hisanori Takahashi | CHC | DNP | |||||||||||
| Yoshinori Tateyama | TEX | NAS 9 @ RRE 5 | 15-12 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | Entered the game in the top of the 9th with Round Rock down 9-5. |
| Junichi Tazawa | BOS | DNP | |||||||||||
| Koji Uehara | BOS | DNP | |||||||||||
| Tsuyoshi Wada | BAL | DL | Scheduled to throw about eighty pitches in his next (and final) extended spring training game on the 10th. [Nikkan Sports 5/7/2013] |
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[5/6/2013] Ichiro Suzuki, Munenori Kawasaki, Yu Darvish, Hiroyuki Nakajima
by Gen on May.06, 2013 @ 1:39 pm, under MLB
Tags: Full, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Hisanori Takahashi, Ichiro Suzuki, Junichi Tazawa, Kensuke Tanaka, Koji Uehara, Kyuji Fujikawa, Munenori Kawasaki, Norichika Aoki, Yu Darvish
From May 5:
Hitters
| Player | Tm | Game | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | Other |
| Norichika Aoki | MIL | STL 10 @ MIL 1 | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .268 | Batted lead-off. F9, G4, F9, G4. |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | OAK | DNP | From Athletics Scout.com: It was looking as though Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima was getting close to 100 percent following his left hamstring strain suffered in spring training. But after just seven innings and a scheduled day off, Nakajima was held out of Triple-A Sacramento’s lineup Sunday and will head to Oakland for further examination early this week, according to an official statement from the River Cats. [Athletics Scout.com 5/5/2013] | |||||||||
| Munenori Kawasaki | TOR | SEA 2 @ TOR 10 | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .241 | Batted ninth. G6 (RBI), BB (SB), 1B8 (R), 1B8 (RBI). |
| Ichiro Suzuki | NYY | OAK 5 @ NYY 4 | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .278 | Batted fifth. G1 (force), BB, 2B9 (RBI, R), 1B9. |
| Kensuke Tanaka | SF | CSP 9 @ FRE 6 | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .352 | Entered the game in the top of the 4th at second. G1, G6 (force), Kl, F8. Committed a fielding error in the top of the 7th. |
Pitchers
| Player | Tm | Game | NP-S | BF | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | Other |
| Yu Darvish | TEX | BOS 3 @ TEX 4 | 127-78 | 27 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2.56 | Left with the game tied at three. |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | CHC | G1: ORH 2 @ IOW 5 | 21-11 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | Entered the game in the top of the 6th with Iowa up 5-2. (H, 1). |
| Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | DNP | Next start: May 11 vs Athletics. | ||||||||||
| Hiroki Kuroda | NYY | DNP | Next start: May 7 vs Rockies. | ||||||||||
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Toru Murata | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hideki Okajima | OAK | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hisanori Takahashi | CHC | G2: ORH 4 @ IOW 3 | 25-17 | 5 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | Entered the game in the top of the 8th with runners on first and second, one out, and the score tied at two. |
| Yoshinori Tateyama | TEX | DNP | |||||||||||
| Junichi Tazawa | BOS | BOS 3 @ TEX 4 | 1-1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.51 | Entered the game in the bottom of the 7th with the score tied at three. |
| Koji Uehara | BOS | BOS 3 @ TEX 4 | 17-10 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 | Entered the game in the bottom of the 8th with the score tied at three. |
| Tsuyoshi Wada | BAL | DL |
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[5/5/2013] Norichika Aoki, Ichiro Suzuki, Hisashi Iwakuma, Tsuyoshi Wada
by Gen on May.05, 2013 @ 3:31 pm, under MLB
Tags: Full, Hisashi Iwakuma, Ichiro Suzuki, Junichi Tazawa, Kensuke Tanaka, Koji Uehara, Munenori Kawasaki, Norichika Aoki, Toru Murata, Tsuyoshi Wada, Yoshinori Tateyama
From May 4:
Hitters
| Player | Tm | Game | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | Other |
| Norichika Aoki | MIL | STL 7 @ MIL 6 | RF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | Batted lead-off. 1B8 (R), HBP, 1B8, HBP, SH (RBI). Threw out Jon Jay at third in the top of the 7th. Third straight multi-hit game. |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | OAK | DNP | ||||||||||
| Munenori Kawasaki | TOR | SEA 8 @ TOR 1 | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | Batted ninth. G4, F9, SF8 (RBI). Replaced by pinch-hitter J.P. Arencibia in the bottom of the 9th. |
| Ichiro Suzuki | NYY | OAK 2 @ NYY 4 | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .266 | Batted fifth. G1, G4, G1, E5. Made a leaping catch at the wall in the top of the 1st. |
| Kensuke Tanaka | SF | CSP 8 @ FRE 3 | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .365 | Batted lead-off. F7, F8, G1, G6, G4. Committed a throwing error in the top of the 4th. |
Pitchers
| Player | Tm | Game | NP-S | BF | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | Other |
| Yu Darvish | TEX | DNP | Next start: May 5 vs Red Sox. | ||||||||||
| Kyuji Fujikawa | CHC | DL | |||||||||||
| Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | SEA 8 @ TOR 1 | 108-74 | 28 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1.61 | Left the game with a 7-1 lead. (W, 3-1). |
| Hiroki Kuroda | NYY | DNP | Next start: May 7 vs Rockies. | ||||||||||
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Toru Murata | CLE | ROC 8 @ COL 2 | 91-56 | 27 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6.00 | Left the game with Columbus down 4-2. (L, 0-2). |
| Hideki Okajima | OAK | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hisanori Takahashi | CHC | DNP | |||||||||||
| Yoshinori Tateyama | TEX | NAS 6 @ RRE 8 | 32-22 | 6 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.17 | Entered the game in the top of the 7th with a runner on second, two out, and Round Round up 6-1. |
| Junichi Tazawa | BOS | BOS 1 @ TEX 5 | 21-13 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.57 | Entered the game in the bottom of the 7th with Boston down 3-1. |
| Koji Uehara | BOS | BOS 1 @ TEX 5 | 19-16 | 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.84 | Entered the game in the bottom of the 8th with Boston down 3-1. |
| Tsuyoshi Wada | BAL | DL | Started an extended spring training game on Saturday. Six innings, one run, three hits, two walks, four strikeouts, seventy-six pitches. [Sponichi 5/5/2013] |
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[5/4/2013] Norichika Aoki, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Ichiro Suzuki, Junichi Tazawa
by Gen on May.04, 2013 @ 2:51 pm, under MLB
Tags: Full, Hideki Okajima, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Ichiro Suzuki, Junichi Tazawa, Kensuke Tanaka, Kyuji Fujikawa, Munenori Kawasaki, Norichika Aoki
From May 3:
Hitters
| Player | Tm | Game | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | Other |
| Norichika Aoki | MIL | STL 6 @ MIL 1 | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | Batted lead-off. 1B9, 1B8, G6, G6. Threw out Allen Craig at home plate in the top of the 7th. |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | OAK | LVG 0 @ SRC 3 | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | G6, G6, 2B9 (RBI), 1B8. Replaced by a pinch-runnerin the bottom of the 7th. | |
| Munenori Kawasaki | TOR | SEA 4 @ TOR 0 | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .224 | Batted ninth. 1B1 (SB), G6, G5. |
| Ichiro Suzuki | NYY | OAK 2 @ NYY 0 | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 | Batted fifth. F6, 1B7, Ks, G6. Threw out Josh Donaldson at second base in the top of the 6th. |
| Kensuke Tanaka | SF | CSP 5 @ FRE 1 | 2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .384 | Entered the game as a defensive replacement in the top of the 4th. 1B1, 1B7 (SB), L5. |
Pitchers
| Player | Tm | Game | NP-S | BF | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | Other |
| Yu Darvish | TEX | DNP | Next start: May 5 vs Red Sox. | ||||||||||
| Kyuji Fujikawa | CHC | DL | Scheduled to pitch an inning, or about twenty-five pitches, in a Triple-A Iowa game on the 5th. [Nikkan Sports 5/4/2013] | ||||||||||
| Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | DNP | Next start: May 4 vs Toronto. | ||||||||||
| Hiroki Kuroda | NYY | DNP | Next start: May 7 vs Rockies. | ||||||||||
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Toru Murata | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hideki Okajima | OAK | LVG 0 @ SRC 3 | 16-10 | 4 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01 | 0 | 2.40 | Entered the game in the top of the 7th with a runner on first, two out, and Sacramento up 2-0. (H, 3). |
| Hisanori Takahashi | CHC | DNP | |||||||||||
| Yoshinori Tateyama | TEX | DNP | |||||||||||
| Junichi Tazawa | BOS | DNP | Was recently accused by Jack Morris of doctoring the baseball. From WEEI.com's Full Count: During Thursday night's broadcast, Morris also noted that Junichi Tazawa rubbed his fingers on his left forearm at one point, and raised questions about whether Tazawa was cheating. "It looks to me like he's got a little something on his forearm also. I don't know if that's anything in the slippery point — it might be some tacky stuff to get a feel, but it's obvious that he has gone to his forearm, too," Morris said. "Who knows? That might just be deception, too." [WEEI.com 5/2/2013] Tazawa spoke to reporters and denied the claims. "I use the rosin and some times water, but I am not doing anything illegal. ... I will not worry about," said Tazawa. [Sponichi 5/4/2013] | ||||||||||
| Koji Uehara | BOS | DNP | |||||||||||
| Tsuyoshi Wada | BAL | DL |
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[5/3/2013] Norichika Aoki, Munenori Kawasaki, Kyuji Fujikawa
by Gen on May.03, 2013 @ 8:43 pm, under MLB
Tags: Full, Junichi Tazawa, Koji Uehara, Kyuji Fujikawa, Munenori Kawasaki, Norichika Aoki, Yu Darvish
From May 2:
Hitters
| Player | Tm | Game | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | Other |
| Norichika Aoki | MIL | STL 6 @ MIL 5 | RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 | Batted lead-off. 2B9, F8, F8, 2B7 (R), E4. |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | OAK | DL | ||||||||||
| Munenori Kawasaki | TOR | BOS 3 @ TOR 1 | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .217 | Batted ninth. BB (SB), G4, BB, G6 (DP). |
| Ichiro Suzuki | NYY | DNP | ||||||||||
| Kensuke Tanaka | SF | DNP |
Pitchers
| Player | Tm | Game | NP-S | BF | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | Other |
| Yu Darvish | TEX | DNP | Next start: May 5 vs Red Sox. ... Tossed fifty-five pitches in the bullpen on Thursday. [Nikkan Sports 5/3/2013] | ||||||||||
| Kyuji Fujikawa | CHC | DL | Threw forty-one pitches to a squatting catcher in the bullpen on Thursday. He is scheduled to pitch in a Iowa Triple-A game on the 5th. [Nikkan Sports 5/3/2013] | ||||||||||
| Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | DNP | Next start: May 5 vs Toronto. | ||||||||||
| Hiroki Kuroda | NYY | DNP | |||||||||||
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Toru Murata | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hideki Okajima | OAK | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hisanori Takahashi | CHC | DNP | |||||||||||
| Yoshinori Tateyama | TEX | DNP | |||||||||||
| Junichi Tazawa | BOS | BOS 3 @ TOR 1 | 11-5 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.77 | Entered the game in the bottom of the 7th with runners on first and second, two out, and Boston up 3-1. (H, 9). |
| Koji Uehara | BOS | BOS 3 @ TOR 1 | 15-10 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.54 | Entered the game in the bottom of the 8th with Boston up 3-1. (H, 8). |
| Tsuyoshi Wada | BAL | DL |
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[5/2/2013] Ichiro Suzuki, Munenori Kawasaki, Kensuke Tanaka
by Gen on May.02, 2013 @ 6:15 pm, under MLB
Tags: Full, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Hisanori Takahashi, Ichiro Suzuki, Kensuke Tanaka, Munenori Kawasaki, Norichika Aoki
From May 1:
Hitters
| Player | Tm | Game | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | Other |
| Norichika Aoki | MIL | PIT 6 @ MIL 4 | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 | Entered the game as a pinch-hitter for Alex Gonzalez in the bottom of the 9th and popped out to second. |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | OAK | DL | Played in an extended spring training game on Wednesday. Went 1-for-4: G5 (DP), F9, G1, 1B8 (RBI). [Nikkan Sports 5/2/2013] | |||||||||
| Munenori Kawasaki | TOR | BOS 10 @ TOR 1 | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .227 | Batted ninth. 1B8, Ks, Ks. |
| Ichiro Suzuki | NYY | HOU 4 @ NYY 5 | CF/RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .279 | Batted lead-off. 3B8 (R), 1B3, F9, G4 (DP), IBB. Moved from center to right in the top of the 6th. |
| Kensuke Tanaka | SF | SRC 4 @ FRE 4 | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .375 | Batted second. G5, BB (R), Ks, F5. Hitting streak ended at eight games. |
Pitchers
| Player | Tm | Game | NP-S | BF | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | Other |
| Yu Darvish | TEX | DNP | Next start: May 5 vs Red Sox. | ||||||||||
| Kyuji Fujikawa | CHC | DL | |||||||||||
| Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | DNP | Next start: May 5 vs Toronto. | ||||||||||
| Hiroki Kuroda | NYY | DNP | |||||||||||
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Toru Murata | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hideki Okajima | OAK | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hisanori Takahashi | CHC | RRE 1 @ IOW 0 | 17-12 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.08 | Entered the game in the top of the 8th, with Iowa down 1-0. (WP 1). |
| Yoshinori Tateyama | TEX | DNP | |||||||||||
| Junichi Tazawa | BOS | DNP | |||||||||||
| Koji Uehara | BOS | DNP | |||||||||||
| Tsuyoshi Wada | BAL | DL |
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The New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, and Cleveland Indians were at Wednesday night's game between the Nippon Ham Fighters and Rakuten Eagles at Kleenex Stadium.
Source: Sponichi 5/2/2013
[5/1/2013] Ichiro Suzuki, Yu Darvish, Hiroki Kuroda, Munenori Kawasaki
by Gen on May.01, 2013 @ 2:53 pm, under MLB
Tags: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Full, Hideki Matsui, Hiroki Kuroda, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Ichiro Suzuki, Junichi Tazawa, Kensuke Tanaka, Munenori Kawasaki, Norichika Aoki, Tsuyoshi Wada, Yoshinori Tateyama, Yu Darvish
From April 30:
Hitters
| Player | Tm | Game | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | Other |
| Norichika Aoki | MIL | PIT 8 @ MIL 12 | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | Batted lead-off. F8, L8, G4, G6, 1B5 (SB). |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | OAK | DL | Did some base-running and batting practice on Tuesday. Is scheduled to play in an extended spring training game on May 1. [Daily Sports 5/1/2013] | |||||||||
| Munenori Kawasaki | TOR | BOS 7 @ TOR 9 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .220 | Entered the game at short in the top of the 7th. Committed a throwing error in the top of the 7th. Grounded out to second in his at bat in the bottom of the 8th. |
| Ichiro Suzuki | NYY | HOU 4 @ NYY 7 | LF/RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .268 | Batted second. 1B5, Ks (reaches on WP, SB, R), 1B5 (R), F9, 1B9. Moved from left to right in the top of the 8th. First three-hit game of the year. |
| Kensuke Tanaka | SF | SRC 10 @ FRE 2 | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .387 | Batted lead-off. G3, 1B8, F2, Ks, F7. Extended hitting streak to eight games. |
Pitchers
| Player | Tm | Game | NP-S | BF | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | Other |
| Yu Darvish | TEX | CWS 6 @ TEX 10 | 108-64 | 28 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2.33 | Left the game with Texas up 10-4. (W, 5-1). |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | CHC | DL | |||||||||||
| Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | DNP | Next start: May 5 vs Toronto. | ||||||||||
| Hiroki Kuroda | NYY | HOU 4 @ NYY 7 | 108-71 | 28 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2.25 | Left the game with New York up 4-0. (W, 4-1). |
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | CLE | DNP | Placed on 7-day DL with abdominal strain, retro to the 29th. [Cleveland Indians Twitter, Nikkan Sports 5/1/2013] | ||||||||||
| Toru Murata | CLE | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hideki Okajima | OAK | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hisanori Takahashi | CHC | DNP | |||||||||||
| Yoshinori Tateyama | TEX | RRE 2 @ IOW 7 | 19-12 | 6 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | Entered the game in the bottom of the 8th with Round Rock down 6-2. (IBB, 1). |
| Junichi Tazawa | BOS | BOS 7 @ TOR 9 | 24-13 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.84 | Entered the game in the bottom of the 7th with Boston up 7-6. (BS, 2; L, 2-1). |
| Koji Uehara | BOS | DNP | |||||||||||
| Tsuyoshi Wada | BAL | DL | Extended spring training game on Monday: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 SO. [Sponichi 5/1/2013] |
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The New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, and Baltimore Orioles will send scouts to check tonight's game between the Nippon Ham Fighters and Rakuten Eagles at Kleenex Stadium.
Source: Sponichi 5/1/2013
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A reader from NY (thanks Jonathan) dropped me a link to a Bleacher Report article about Hideki Matsui Day at Yankee Stadium on July 28.
[4/30/2013] Norichika Aoki, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Kyuji Fujikawa, Daisuke Matsuzaka
by Gen on Apr.30, 2013 @ 3:16 pm, under MLB
Tags: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Full, Hideki Okajima, Hiroyuki Nakajima, Kensuke Tanaka, Kyuji Fujikawa, Norichika Aoki, Toru Murata, Tsuyoshi Wada
From April 29:
Hitters
| Player | Tm | Game | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | Other |
| Norichika Aoki | MIL | PIT 4 @ MIL 10 | RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .253 | Batted lead-off. BB (R), G5, HR8/9 (RBI, R), G4, Ks. |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | OAK | DL | Played in an extedned spring training game on Monday. Went 1-for-3: F9, 1B8, F9. He was replaced on defense in the 6th. [Nikkan Sports 4/30/2013] ... Could play in Triple-A Sacramento game on May 3. [Sponichi 4/30/2013] | |||||||||
| Munenori Kawasaki | TOR | DNP | ||||||||||
| Ichiro Suzuki | NYY | DNP | Got the day off on Monday. [Nikkan Sports 4/30/2013] | |||||||||
| Kensuke Tanaka | SF | SRC 7 @ FRE 8 | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .398 | Entered the game as a pinch-hitter for Juan Ciriaco in the bottom of the 11th. Drove in the game-tying run and crossed the plate as the game-winning run. |
Pitchers
| Player | Tm | Game | NP-S | BF | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | Other |
| Yu Darvish | TEX | DNP | Next start: April 30 vs White Sox. | ||||||||||
| Kyuji Fujikawa | CHC | DL | Currently slated to pitch at Triple-A Iowa on May 5. Threw thirty-two pitches in the bullpen. Mixed in some off-speed pitches. Will toss one more session before pitching in a game.[Nikkan Spprts 4/30/2013] | ||||||||||
| Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | DNP | Next start: May 5 vs Toronto | ||||||||||
| Hiroki Kuroda | NYY | DNP | Next start: April 30 vs Houston. | ||||||||||
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | CLE | DNP | Left start on Sunday with discomfort in his left side. Will focus some time on getting treatment. Team will monitor him over the next few days before deciding what to do next. [Nikkan Sports 4/30/2013] | ||||||||||
| Toru Murata | CLE | COL 1 @ PAW 5 | 95-63 | 27 | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6.00 | Left the game with Columbus down 4-1. (L, 0-1). |
| Hideki Okajima | OAK | SRC 7 @ FRE 8 | 22-13 | 8 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.63 | Entered the game in the bottom of the 9th with the game tied at six. (IBB 1). |
| Hisanori Takahashi | CHC | DNP | |||||||||||
| Yoshinori Tateyama | TEX | DNP | |||||||||||
| Junichi Tazawa | BOS | DNP | |||||||||||
| Koji Uehara | BOS | DNP | |||||||||||
| Tsuyoshi Wada | BAL | DL | Tossed five innings in an extended spring training game on Monday. [Nikkan Sports 4/30/2013] |
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Former Hankyu pitcher Brad "The Animal" Lesley passed away this weekend at the age of fifty-four.
Lesley pitched in sixty games and went 7-5 with twenty-four saves and 3.00 ERA over two seasons (1986, 1987) in Japan.
Source: TMZ 4/29/2013
[4/29/2013] Hisashi Iwakuma, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Kensuke Tanaka, Munenori Kawasaki
by Gen on Apr.29, 2013 @ 12:16 pm, under MLB
Tags: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Full, Hisanori Takahashi, Hisashi Iwakuma, Ichiro Suzuki, Kensuke Tanaka, Koji Uehara, Munenori Kawasaki, Norichika Aoki
From April 28:
Hitters
| Player | Tm | Game | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | Other |
| Norichika Aoki | MIL | MIL 0 @ LAD 2 | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .253 | Batted lead-off. Ks, F6, Ks, G6. |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | OAK | DL | ||||||||||
| Munenori Kawasaki | TOR | TOR 2 @ NYY 3 | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .225 | Batted ninth. 1B8, F4, Kl. Replaced by a pinch-hitter in the top of the 9th. |
| Ichiro Suzuki | NYY | TOR 2 @ NYY 3 | CF/RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .247 | Batted lead-off. G5, L6, G1, BB. Moved from center to right in the top of the 8th. |
| Kensuke Tanaka | SF | FRE 2 @ REN 11 | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .391 | Batted lead-off. G1, 1B8 (RBI), G3, Ks. Committed a throwing error in the bottom of the 3rd. |
Pitchers
| Player | Tm | Game | NP-S | BF | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | Other |
| Yu Darvish | TEX | DNP | Next start: April 30 vs White Sox. ... Tossed forty pitches in the bullpen on Saturday. [Nikkan Sports 4/29/2013] | ||||||||||
| Kyuji Fujikawa | CHC | DL | |||||||||||
| Hisashi Iwakuma | SEA | LAA 1 @ SEA 2 | 92-66 | 22 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.67 | Left the game with Seattle down 1-0. |
| Hiroki Kuroda | NYY | DNP | Next start: April 30 vs Houston. | ||||||||||
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | CLE | COL 6 @ PAW 5 | 40-27 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.92 | Left the game with Columbus up 5-0. Left the game with an undisclosed injury. |
| Hideki Okajima | OAK | DNP | |||||||||||
| Hisanori Takahashi | CHC | IOW 10 @ OMA 6 | 13-9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | Entered the game in the bottom of the 7th, with Iowa up 10-4. |
| Yoshinori Tateyama | TEX | DNP | |||||||||||
| Junichi Tazawa | BOS | DNP | |||||||||||
| Koji Uehara | BOS | BOS 6 @ HOU 1 | 14-12 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | Entered the game in the top of the 8th with Boston up 6-1. |
| Tsuyoshi Wada | BAL | DL |
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