Sendai – Takahisa Hayakawa allowed a run over 7⅔ innings as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Orix Buffaloes 4-1 in the Pacific League on Tuesday, ending their three-game losing skid. Hayakawa (8-5) allowed five hits and a hit batsman without a walk and fanned five in a 100-pitch […]
Yusei Kikuchi leaves with no decision as Mariners fall against Diamondbacks
Seattle – Yusei Kikuchi put together five solid innings but got no decision due to a lack of run support as the Seattle Mariners went down 5-4 to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. The lefty struck out eight and allowed one run on six hits and a walk at Seattle’s […]
Astros blast Shohei Ohtani in 10-5 win over Angels
Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa recorded three-hit games as the Houston Astros roughed up Los Angeles Angels ace right-hander Shohei Ohtani in their 10-5 home victory on Friday. The Astros saddled Ohtani (9-2), the American League Most Valuable Player front-runner, with his first loss since May 28, a […]
Marines cling to Pacific League lead by narrowest of margins
Kobe – The Chiba Lotte Marines maintained their slim Pacific League lead after Takashi Ogino hit a ninth-inning home run and closer Naoya Masuda pitched out of a tight spot to secure a 2-2 tie with the second-place Orix Buffaloes on Thursday. The teams split the three-game series at Hotto […]
Yu Darvish strikes out seven to help Padres beat Angels
San Diego – Yu Darvish earned the win Wednesday in a bounce-back start, striking out seven over six innings of one-run ball as the San Diego Padres held off the Los Angeles Angels 8-5. Darvish (8-9) held the Angels to one run, three hits and a walk at Petco Park […]
Yankees great Derek Jeter closes book on playing career with induction into Hall of Fame
The first Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in over two years was worth the wait for New York Yankees icon Derek Jeter, who was honored in Cooperstown, New York, on Wednesday. Jeter, who was enshrined along with Larry Walker, Ted Simmons and former players union executive director Marvin Miller, […]
Seiichiro Oshita saves the day as Buffaloes reclaim first place
Kobe – Emergency call-up Seiichiro Oshita came to the rescue as the Orix Buffaloes rallied from a late deficit to beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 4-3 on Tuesday and supplant them as Pacific League leaders. Two days after surrendering first place to the Marines, Orix was without Adam Jones, who […]
Pirates’ Yoshitomo Tsutsugo continues hot hitting in win over Tigers
Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Yoshitomo Tsutsugo hits a two run single against the Detroit Tigers during the seventh inning at PNC Park. | USA TODAY / VIA REUTERS Los Angeles – Yoshitomo Tsutsugo continued to deliver at the plate Monday for the Pittsburgh Pirates, driving in a pair of runs […]
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo homers in second straight game for Pirates
Chicago – Yoshitomo Tsutsugo homered in a second straight game for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, blasting a solo shot in the first inning of an 11-8 loss to the Chicago Cubs. The 29-year-old slugger got hold of a 2-1 changeup from Cubs starter Zach Davies and cleared the fence […]
Shohei Ohtani blasts 43rd homer to propel Angels past Rangers
Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani blasted his MLB lead-extending 43rd home run Saturday, a three-run shot in the sixth inning steering the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-1 win over the Texas Rangers. A day after throwing his MLB-high 117 pitches and hitting 100 miles (161 kilometers) per hour from […]