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Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani hit his 23rd home run of the season Sunday and is now tied with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for the MLB lead, but the Los Angeles Angels still lost 5-3 to the Detroit Tigers in 10 innings. Ohtani tied the game at 3-3 in the fifth […]

Shohei Ohtani continued his home run onslaught, helping lead the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night in Anaheim, California. Ohtani, who announced on Friday he would participate in the Home Run Derby during baseball’s All-Star festivities next month, has hit five home […]

ANAHEIM, California – Shohei Ohtani will enter this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Home Run Derby, the Los Angeles Angels two-way star revealed Friday, becoming the first Japanese player to compete in the event. Ohtani made the announcement to fans on his Instagram account with a video showing several of […]

Shohei Ohtani slugged his 20th and 21st homers of the season Friday, the fourth multi-homer game of his career, as the Los Angeles Angels blew out the Detroit Tigers 11-3 in Anaheim, California. Ohtani’s 400-foot shot in the fifth inning left the bat at 114 mph before clearing the wall […]

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani earned his third win of the season after holding the Detroit Tigers to a run over six innings to help the Los Angeles Angels snap their three-game losing skid with a 7-5 win on Thursday. Ohtani (3-1) allowed five hits, a walk and hit a […]

Yomiuri Giants first baseman Justin Smoak is returning to the United States because his family was unable to join him in Japan and will be put on waivers, the Central League club said Thursday. In a comment released by the team in Japanese, Smoak, a first-year import, said his situation […]

Oakland – Shohei Ohtani hit his 19th home run of the season and stole his 10th base of the year on Wednesday, but the Los Angeles Angels blew an early lead in an 8-4 loss that allowed the Oakland Athletics to complete a series sweep. The Angels led by four […]

Atsunori Inaba was hired to manage Samurai Japan in 2017 with the expectation the first-time skipper would grow into the job over the ensuing years and deliver baseball-mad Japan its first Olympic gold medal in the sport at the Tokyo Games. He won his first international competition in 2017 and […]

Hiroshima Carp rookie Koki Ugusa’s two-run home run snapped an eighth-inning tie in a 5-3 interleague win over the Pacific League’s Saitama Seibu Lions on Tuesday, snapping two long losing streaks. The win at Hiroshima’s Mazda Stadium ended an eight-game losing streak for the Carp and guaranteed that the CL […]

Major league pitchers who are accustomed to using any of a number of sticky substances to get a better grip on the baseball reportedly have about a week to discontinue the practice — or face a suspension. Citing unnamed sources on Monday, ESPN reported that Major League Baseball on Tuesday […]