Nippon Professional Baseball announced the postponement Sunday of the three-game Pacific League series between the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, scheduled to start the following day at Chiba’s Zozo Marine Stadium, after 10 Fighters players and staff tested positive for the coronavirus. The Fighters, whose home […]
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Shohei Ohtani has run, RBI and steal as Angels beat Mariners
Seattle – Shohei Ohtani scored a run, drove in another and stole a base Saturday for the Los Angeles Angels in a 10-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Batting second in the lineup as the designated hitter, Ohtani scored in the first inning on a Mike Trout home run after […]
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Zelous Wheeler bringing flair and fun to normally reserved Giants
The Yomiuri Giants franchise has picked up a reputation for being pretentious and a little above it all during its long history — not unlike the New York Yankees, the MLB team the Kyojin are compared with most. Today’s Yomiuri players don’t really fit the bill, but the organization as […]
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Lions game with virus-hit Fighters called off
Sunday’s professional baseball game between the Saitama Seibu Lions and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan’s Pacific League was postponed on Saturday after four more Fighters players tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total within the team to 10. Infielders Ronnie Rodriguez and Yuto Takahama, outfielder Yuma Imagawa and catcher […]
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Dragons’ batters come up big against Giants
The Chunichi Dragons beat the Yomiuri Giants with a great performance on the mound on Friday. On Saturday afternoon, they got their bats going. Dayan Viciedo hit a two-run homer to help the Dragons build a big lead and Yohei Oshima drove in a pair of insurance runs with a […]
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Yu Darvish strikes out 12 in win over division-leading Giants
San Diego – Yu Darvish struck out 12 over 6⅓ innings and improved to 3-1 on Friday as the San Diego Padres held off the National League West-leading San Francisco Giants 3-2. Darvish walked three, hit a batter, and surrendered four hits, including a solo home run to Giants catcher […]
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Rising NPB stars making strong case for spots on Japan’s Olympic team
Wednesday marked three months until the start of the Tokyo Olympic baseball tournament — assuming the coronavirus doesn’t blow another fastball past the organizers, who, if we’re being honest, are probably sitting on a 2-2 count at best. Let’s assume, however, the games will take place. The original plan for […]
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Yusei Kikuchi tosses seven scoreless frames for first win of season
Yusei Kikuchi pitched one-hit ball over seven shutout innings to earn his first win of the season on Thursday as the Seattle Mariners beat the Houston Astros 1-0 to snap a four-game skid. In his fifth start of the year, Kikuchi (1-1) flirted with a no-hitter against the American League’s […]
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Pitching duel between Buffaloes, Eagles ends in scoreless tie
Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles starter Takahiro Norimoto went toe-to-toe Wednesday in a Pacific League pitching duel that ended with five total hits and no runs. The scoreless tie came a day after the two sides opened their series with a 5-5 stalemate at Kyocera […]
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Kenta Maeda takes loss as Twins lose fourth straight
Los Angeles – Right-hander Kenta Maeda gave up three homers in taking his second loss of the season as the slumping Minnesota Twins were beaten 7-4 by the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday. Maeda (1-2) was charged with five runs, including two homers by Franmil Reyes and a homer and an […]