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Chiba Lotte Marines: 2018 Spring Camp

November 25, 2017 at 2:23 am by Gen

Chiba Lotte Marines 2018 Spring Camp Details

February 1 (Thu) – February 19 (Mon)
Days Off: February 5 (Mon), 9 (Fri), 14 (Wed)

Venue: Ishigaki Central Sports Park Baseball Stadium in Ishigakijima, Okinawa

Asia Gateway Interleague Power Series 2018 in Ishigakijima

• February 17 vs Lamigo Monkeys (CPBL)
• February 18 vs Lamigo Monkeys (CPBL)

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Additional information will be added to this post as it becomes available.

Source: Lotte 11/24/2017, Lotte 12/21/2017

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Rakuten Eagles: 2018 Spring Camp

November 19, 2017 at 11:17 pm by Gen

Rakuten Eagles 2018 Spring Camp Details

Kumejima Camp

Ichi-gun

February 1 (Thu) – 11 (Sun)
Travel Day: February 12 (Mon)
Days Off: February 5 (Mon)

Venue: Kumejima Baseball Stadium

Players

Ni-gun

February 1 (Thu) – 18 (Sun)
Travel Day: February 18 (Sun)
Days Off: February 5 (Mon), 12 (Mon)

Venue: Nakazato Baseball Ground in Kumejima, Okinawa

Players

Kin Camp

After Kumejima Camp
Ichi-gun only

Venue: Kin Baseball Stadium in Kin, OkinawaPlayers

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The Eagles announced on January 29 that Genji Kaku and Bob Kipper will attend spring camp as coaches in training.

• Genji Kaku – from February 6 (Tue) until February 18 (Sun)
• Bob Kipper – from February 2 (Fri) until February 7 (Wed)

Source: Rakuten 1/29/2018

Wheeler will join the team on February 17. Amador will join the team on February 15.

Source: Nikkan Sports 2/10/2018

Herrmann and Peguero joined the team on February 13.

Source: Daily Sports 2/13/2018

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Additional information will be added to this post as it becomes available.

Source: Rakuten 11/19/2017, Rakuten 1/18/2018, Rakuten 1/18/2018, Nikkan Sports 2/10/2018

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[10/3/2017] Nippon Ham Fighters: 2018 Spring Camp in Arizona

October 3, 2017 at 9:40 pm by Gen

The Nippon Ham Fighters announced today that they will hold spring camp in Scottsdale, Arizona next year. They will be using the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, the spring training home to the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies (the Diamondbacks will play host). Additional details will be released as they become available.

The Fighters used the Peoria Sports Complex for their last two spring camps.

Source: Nippon Ham 10/3/2017, Arizona 10/2/2017

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[3/7/2017] Practice Game: Hiroshima vs All Hiroshima

March 7, 2017 at 11:23 pm by Gen

Hiroshima vs All Hiroshima (Industrial League) on March 7

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hiroshima	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3
All Hiroshima	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	x	7

• Takuya Kato started the game and recorded four shutout innings. He threw eighty-one pitches, allowed three hits, walked none, struck out nine, and topped out at 149km/h. Source: Daily Sports 3/7/2017, Sports Hochi 3/7/2017, Sponichi 3/7/2017
• Tatsuki Kuwahara went 3-for-5 with an RBI. He hit a solo home run off Kisho Kagami (JR Nishi Nihon) in the third inning. He recorded a single to right in the first inning a single to left in the eighth inning. Source: Daily Sports 3/7/2017, Daily Sports 3/8/2017

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[3/3/2017] Practice Game: Hanwha vs Seibu

March 3, 2017 at 11:40 pm by Gen

Hanwha vs Seibu on March 3

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Hanwha	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Seibu	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	x	9

• Keisuke Honda started the game and recorded four shutout innings. He allowed three hits, struck out two, and topped out at 138km/h. Source: Nikkan Sports 3/3/2017, Sponichi 3/4/2017
• Kentaro Fukukura relieved Honda and pitched two shutout innings.
• Two errors by Hanwha helped put two runs on the board in the first inning. Masatoshi Okada and Kyohei Nagae followed with consecutive RBI singles to right.
• Shotaro Tashiro and Hotaka Yamakawa each recorded RBI singles in the second inning.
• Tomoya Mori hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning. He was 0-for-3 in his previous three at bats (G6, Fo3, K). Source: Nikkan Sports 3/4/2017

Sources: Seibu 3/3/2017

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[3/3/2017] Practice Game: WBC Cuba vs Orix

at 6:31 pm by Gen

WBC Cuba vs Orix on March 3

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
WBC Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
Orix	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3

WBC Cuba

• Lazaro Blanco started the game and allowed a run on four hits over four innings. He threw seventy-three pitches.
• Vladimir García relieved Blanco and gave up a run overtwo innings.
• The offense scored three runs on seven hits.
• Alexander Ayala recorded a two-run single to left in the eighth inning. Three batters later, William Saavedra drove in the third run with a ground out to third. All three runs came with Kazumasa Yoshida on the mound.
• Frederich Cepeda (dh, 3rd) went 1-for-4: G5, G4, Fo2, 1B7.
• Alfredo Despaigne (lf, 4th) went 0-for-4: Kl, F3, G6, F9.
• Frank Morejon (c, 8th) went 3-for-3: 1B1, 1B8, 1B8.

Orix

• The pitching staff held WBC Cube to three hits over the first seven innings. They gave up three runs on four hits in the eighth inning.
• Takahiro Matsuba started the game and recorded three shutout innings. He allowed one hit.
• Yuki Nishi relieved Matsuba and retired the side in order on six pitches. Source: Sponichi 3/4/2017, Sanspo 3/4/2017
• The offense scored three runs on twelve hits.
• The Buffaloes took a 1-0 lead on a sac fly to right by Hikaru Ito off Lazaro Blanco with the bases loaded (Stefen Romero BB, T-Okada 1B8, Eiichi Koyano 1B7) and one out in the fourth inning. Ito also drove in the second run of the game with an RBI single to center off Vladimir García in the sixth inning. Source: Daily Sports 3/3/2017
• Kohei Suzuki drove in Orix’s third run with a squeeze bunt in the seventh inning.
• Ito had a chance for a walk-off when he stepped up to the plate in the ninth inning with runners on first and second and two out. He ended up flying out to right.
• Shunta Goto (cf, 9th) went 3-for-3: 1B7, BB, 1B6, 1B7.

Sources: Nikkan Sports 3/3/2017, Nikkan Sports 3/3/2017, Nikkan Sports 3/3/2017, Nikkan Sports 3/3/2017, Sports Hochi 3/3/2017, Daily Sports 3/3/2017

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[3/2/2017] Practice Game: Lotte vs Softbank

March 2, 2017 at 11:43 pm by Gen

Lotte vs Softbank on March 2

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Lotte	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Softbank	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	x	3

Lotte

Starting line-up
Shogo Nakamura ss, Yoshifumi Okada cf, Katsuya Kakunaka lf, Jimmy Paredes dh, Daichi Suzuki 2b, Matt Duffy 3b, Seiya Inoue 1b, Tatsuhiro Tamura c, Shohei Kato rf

• Yuki Karakawa started the game and gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits over five innings. He struck out two. Source: Nikkan Sports 3/2/2017
• Duffy went 2-for-3 with an RBI. He hit a solo home run to left off Tsuyoshi Wada in the second inning and hit a single to left in the sixth. Source: Nikkan Sports 3/2/2017, Nikkan Sports 3/3/2017

Softbank

Starting line-up
Yuichi Honda 2b, Kenta Imamiya ss, Kyle Jensen dh, Yuki Yoshimura 3b, Akira Nakamura lf, Kenji Akashi 1b, Seiji Uebayashi rf, Takuya Kai c, Shuhei Fukuda cf

• Tsuyoshi Wada started the game and gave up a run on two hits over two innings. He gave up a solo home run to Duffy in the second inning.
• Tadashi Settsu tossed two shutout innings and allowed two hits. Source: Sports Hochi 3/2/2017
• Robert Suarez took the mound in the eighth inning and retired the side in order. He struck out two and topped out at 154km/h. Source: Nikkan Sports 3/2/2017
• Honda reached and advanced to second on a fielding error, then stole third and scored on a sac fly to center by Imamiya in the third inning. Source: Nikkan Sports 3/3/2017
• Uebayashi hit an RBI double to center in the fourth inning.
• Yoshimura recorded an RBI double in the sixth inning.

Sources: Softbank 3/2/2017, Lotte 3/2/2017

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[3/2/2017] Practice Game: Rakuten vs Seibu

at 11:42 pm by Gen

Rakuten vs Seibu on March 2

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rakuten	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	9	0
Seibu	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	11	1

Rakuten

• Takayuki Kishi started the game and gave up three runs on five hits over two innings. He allowed three runs to score in the second inning on three hits and two walks. Source: Sports Hochi 3/2/2017, Sponichi 3/2/2017
• Toshiaki Imae went 2-for-2 with an RBI. He hit a single to left in the second inning and an RBI single to right in the third. Source: Sports Hochi 3/2/2017, Nikkan Sports 3/3/2017, Sponichi 3/3/2017

Seibu

• Yusei Kikuchi started the game and recorded two shutout innings. He allowed one hit, struck out two, and topped out at 148km/h. He did not walk a batter. Source: Daily Sports 3/2/2017
• Sosuke Genda (ss, 9th) went 3-for-4: one out RBI single to right and a stolen base in the second, ground out to second in the fourth, single to center in the seventh, and single to left in the eighth. Source: Sponichi 3/2/2017, Sports Hochi 3/3/2017

Sources: Rakuten 3/2/2017, Sports Hochi 3/2/2017

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[3/1/2017] Practice Game: Hanwha vs Rakuten

March 1, 2017 at 11:55 pm by Gen

Hanwha vs Rakuten on March 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanwha	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	5	10	1
Rakuten	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	4	1

• Tomohiro Anraku started the game and recorded fours shutout innings. He allowed two hits, walked one, struck out one, and topped out at 147km. Source: Sponichi 3/2/2017, Nikkan Sports 3/2/2017
• Takahide Ikeda gave up three runs on four hits over two innings in relief. Source: Sponichi 3/2/2017
• Yuki Koyama took the mound in the ninth inning and retired the side in order. He topped out at 150km/h. Source: Sports Hochi 3/2/2017
• Yasuhito Uchida (3b, 6th) went 2-for-4 with two RBI: F6, F6, 1B7 two RBI. 1B9. Source: Sports Hochi 3/2/2017, Nikkan Sports 3/2/2017

Source: Rakuten 3/1/2017

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[3/1/2017] Practice Game: Lotte vs Seibu

at 11:53 pm by Gen

Lotte vs Seibu on March 1

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Lotte	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Seibu	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	x	6

Lotte

• Kota Futaki started the game and gave up five runs on five hits over five innings of work. He surrendered a solo home run to Tomoya Mori in the second inning. Two walks and a hit batsmen led to four runs in the fourth. Source: Nikkan Sports 3/1/2017
• Shota Omine went 2-for-2: single to left in the sixth and single to right in the eighth. Source: Sponichi 3/2/2017

Seibu

• Shinsaburo Tawata started the game and pitched three shutout innings. He allowed one hit and struck out two. Source: Nikkan Sports 3/1/2017, Sports Hochi 3/1/2017
• Tomoya Mori (c, 5th) hit a home run to right in the second inning. Source: Sports Hochi 3/1/2017
• Takumi Kuriyama (dh, 7th) recorded a two-run single to center in the fourth inning.

Source: Lotte 3/1/2017, Seibu 3/1/2017

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