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Ichiro display at the HOF

Teruaki Sato keeps the All-Star Game momentum with his 26th homer of the season!

6 shutout innings in relief for Drew VerHagen to finish the game 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 70 P, 12 Whiffs

Message from Mára Chlup to all fans directly from Japan! 🎌🤗 After breaking his wrist, the 読売巨人軍（ジャイアンツ） outfielder is already recovering and hopes to return to the field in late August and early September. Fingers crossed!!! ✊🏻 #baseballczech #extraliga2025

Teruaki Sato’s 26 homers accounts for 9.4% of all home runs in the league so far this season. That’s currently 2nd in NPB history, only behind Takeya Nakamura’s 48 homers in 2011 which accounted for 10.6%.

Hotaka Yamakawa’s 15th caps off a 7-run inning for SoftBank

Trackman data on Yoshihiro Maru’s homer in Hiroshima tonight Exit Velo: 104 mph Distance: 400 ft Launch Angle: 32° Apex: 102 ft

Shohei Ohtani and Masataka Yoshida reconnect at Fenway 🇯🇵

Teruaki Sato is on Triple Crown watch 🐅 .288 AVG (5th) 26 HR (1st) 65 RBI (1st)

Trackman on Sato’s homer last night Exit Velo: 111 mph Distance: 410 ft Launch Angle: 25° Apex: 76 ft

Neftali Soto ties it with a 3-run shot

HR #2 for Jordan Diaz 🇨🇴

A 3-run homer put a blemish on an otherwise great afternoon for Hiromi Itoh 7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 107 P, 12 Whiffs

Donning a "Summer Boost" uniform that made him look like a beer-league softball pitcher, Tomohisa Ohzeki tossed 8 strong innings against the Buffaloes

2nd dong of the night for Seiya Hosokawa

Luke Voit’s 3rd jack in NPB

Yusuke Ohyama blows it open with a long double

Taisei definitely seems off lately, which could be due to an underlying injury, shape regression, and/or mechanical issues. He’s had a sub-20% K rate since May when it was over 35% in the 12 months prior. Fastball whiff is down from around 25% to 15% over the past few months.