He said "I want to show Tomura is different from before" after the last outing. It might be true at some point, but "Tomura was Tomura" on the other point on last night against the Hanshin Tigers.Kenji Tomura, Tohoku Rakuten's 25 year's ol…

He can't get the first win on his career even if he just allowed 2 runs in 8 IP. So the pitcher also missed two times on batting, he blamed himself "My fault". But, his reputation has been rising.Kazuki Mishima, the Yokohama DeNA Baystars'…

5 IP, 86 pitch, 6 hits, 2 strikeout, 3 walks, and 1 run on career first outing. If you see these stats at first, you will think "it is not bad". But if you are adding more info, "he mark 98 mph fastball", you will think "it must be a good …

It was a late start for him. The young RHP missed some opportunity to pitch by rain and sick on the beginning of the season. But his non-stop effort and strong passion for mound made him a winning pitcher tonight.Kenji Tomura, the Tohoku R…

The former league champion has been struggling from the 2nd day of the season. They earned 1st win of this season on opening day, but they are now on bad stream.There is a simple question. WHY?It may easy to find answers if you see the lea…

It was 2nd start for him as a professional player who has already appeared on 12 games. To match up with Tetsuya Utsumi, Yomiuri' ace LHP who is the winningest pitcher in 2011 and 2012 of the league, may tough task for him, but Kazuki Mish…

How many people can expect his success in NPB at the time? The team, the Hokkaido Nipponham Fighters, needed another slugger who can tag with Sho Nakata and compensate the hole of Yoshio Itoi, but people thought the Cuban hitter will need …