The choice for the 2016 Pacific League MVP was a no-brainer. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters won the pennant and their best player, Shohei Ohtani, put together a season unlike almost any in NPB history. Ohtani hit .322 with 22 home runs and a 1.004 on-base plus slugging percentage while […]
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Pirates’ Yoshitomo Tsutsugo hits homer, two RBIs in loss to Reds
Cincinnati, Ohio – Yoshitomo Tsutsugo’s hot hitting put the Pittsburgh Pirates in command early before the Cincinnati Reds came back to claim a 9-5 win in their series opener on Monday. Tsutsugo ripped a solo home run in his first at-bat of the game at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park, […]
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Pirates’ Yoshitomo Tsutsugo hits homer and two RBIs in loss to Reds
Cincinnati, Ohio – Yoshitomo Tsutsugo’s hot hitting put the Pittsburgh Pirates in command early before the Cincinnati Reds came back to claim a 9-5 win in their series opener on Monday. Tsutsugo ripped a solo home run in his first at-bat of the game at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park, […]
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Ayumu Ishikawa tosses six shutout innings as first-place Marines top Fighters
Sapporo – Ayumu Ishikawa tossed six shutout innings as the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines claimed a 1-0 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Monday, moving 3½ games clear of the Orix Buffaloes. Ishikawa (3-2), who returned this month after having surgery on his right elbow in June, […]
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Shohei Ohtani strikes out 10, comes up short in quest for 10th win
Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 over eight strong innings but could not secure his 10th win Sunday as the Los Angeles Angels fell 3-2 to the Oakland Athletics in 10 innings. Showing no sign of the arm soreness that pushed back his start by two days, the […]
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Phenom Yoshinobu Yamamoto a man on a mission as Orix chases PL title
The Orix Buffaloes wore nicknames on the back of their uniforms on Saturday. Takahiro Okada, commonly known as “T-Okada,” kept things simple with just a capital “T” on his nameplate. Cleanup hitter Yutaro Sugimoto was a bit more creative, wearing his nickname “Raoh” (from the manga “Fist of the North […]
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White Sox pitcher Mike Wright suspended for plunking Shohei Ohtani
Major League Baseball slapped Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Wright with a three-game suspension on Saturday for “intentionally” throwing at Shohei Ohtani a few nights prior. White Sox manager Tony La Russa was also hit with a one-game ban for arguing Wright’s ejection. Wright was thrown out of the contest […]
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Angels star Shohei Ohtani to pitch Sunday against Oakland
Los Angeles – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani is back in the American League club’s starting rotation and will pitch against the Oakland A’s on Sunday. Ohtani missed his scheduled pitching start Friday because of a sore arm and manager Joe Maddon had considered shutting the Japanese star […]
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Shohei Ohtani to miss next start with sore arm, may not pitch again this season
Los Angeles – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani will miss his scheduled pitching start on Friday because of a sore arm, and manager Joe Maddon said he’s not sure if Ohtani will start again this season. Maddon said the Angels weren’t shutting down Ohtani yet, and hope he’s […]
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Kohei Arihara struggles in Rangers’ loss against Astros
Arlington, Texas – Texas Rangers rookie Kohei Arihara equaled a career-worst when he gave up six runs in his team’s 7-2 loss to the Houston Astros on Wednesday. Arihara (2-4), who was expected to miss the rest of the 2021 season after having surgery for an aneurysm in his shoulder […]