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Boston – Masataka Yoshida went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer Tuesday to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 7-1 for their third straight win. The Japanese outfielder improved his batting average to an American League-best .320 after launching the two-run shot to right with his third hit […]

Osaka – Kohei Arihara won his rematch with Orix ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto on Tuesday, throwing a six-hit shutout to pitch the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 5-0 Pacific League win over the Buffaloes and snap his team’s 12-game losing streak. Ten days after Arihara (4-2) took the loss in a […]

SAN DIEGO – San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish took his seventh loss after giving up an equal season-worst seven runs over 4⅓ innings in an 8-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday. Darvish (7-7) allowed eight hits, including four home runs, two of them by Carlos Santana, leaving […]

Just before the first pitch of the Hiroshima Carp’s season opener against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on March 31, a familiar tune emanated from the visitor’s section in left field at Jingu Stadium. It was the cheer song Carp fans used to sing for Takahiro Arai, a Hiroshima-born star slugger […]

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani crushed his MLB-leading 36th homer in the first inning to spark the Los Angeles Angels’ offense in a 7-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. The two-way superstar had gone four games without a home run before sending Mitch Keller’s 3-2 cutter 410 feet […]

Boston – Boston Red Sox left fielder Masataka Yoshida rose to the top of the American League batting chart with a .319 average after going 3-for-4 with an RBI in an 8-6 win over the New York Mets in Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader. The 30-year-old major league rookie had […]

Boston – Boston Red Sox left fielder Masataka Yoshida rose to the top of the American League batting chart with a .319 average after going 3-for-4 with an RBI in an 8-6 win over the New York Mets in Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader. The 30-year-old major league rookie had […]

Hiroshima – Takayoshi Noma delivered a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning among his three hits as the Hiroshima Carp extended their winning streak to six games with a 5-3 victory over the Chunichi Dragons on Saturday. Masato Morishita (6-2) held the Dragons to three runs, two earned, over eight […]

Hiroshima – Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Chusei Mannami homered for the second straight day, going deep off DeNA BayStars pitcher Trevor Bauer, as the Pacific League clubbed the Central League 6-1 Thursday to sweep Nippon Professional Baseball’s two-game All-Star series. Rookie right-hander Shumpeita Yamashita allowed one hit over two […]

New York – The helmet two-way star Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels used in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 11 was sold for $98,010, or about ¥13.7 million, on the MLB official auction site. The auction was closed on Wednesday. Ohtani batted second as the […]