Baseball

Eagles’ Jabari Blash heeding Shohei Ohtani’s advice early on in Japan

Jabari Blash was in demand before the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles’ “home” game at Tokyo…

Shohei Ohtani helps ice Angels win with two-run homer

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - Two-way player Shohei Ohtani drove in a pair of insurance runs with…

Hawks’ Kodai Senga fans nine, improves to 5-0

KUMAMOTO - Kodai Senga allowed a run over seven innings to win his fifth straight…

Kris Bryant slugs three late homers as Cubs pound Nationals

WASHINGTON - Kris Bryant matched a career high with three home runs and drove in…

Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda placed on 10-day injured list

CINCINNATI - Kenta Maeda fouled a ball off his left thigh in his last start,…

Akiyoshi Katsuno loses shutout in sixth inning as Dragons fall to Giants

NAGOYA - Akiyoshi Katsuno took a one-hitter into the sixth inning of his first professional…

Tigers’ Pierce Johnson striving to improve his Japanese

Sitting in the Hanshin Tigers’ bullpen has given Pierce Johnson a chance to pick up…

Brewers slugger Christian Yelich whacks two homers in rout of Phillies

PHILADELPHIA - Christian Yelich took advantage of the few pitches he saw in the zone.Yelich…

Shota Hiranuma lifts Fighters with RBI double in seventh, earns first post-game hero interview

For a second, Shota Hiranuma thought he might’ve hit the first home run of his…

Dodgers’ Kenta Maeda fans 12, drives in both runs in victory over Padres

LOS ANGELES - Kenta Maeda struck out 12 batters and drove in both runs as…