Baseball

MLB suspends 12 in connection with Angels-Mariners brawl

A total of 12 members of the Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners were suspended…

Former Reds outfielder Shogo Akiyama to return to NPB with Carp

The Hiroshima Carp have signed former Cincinnati Reds outfielder Shogo Akiyama, the Central League club…

Struggling Yusei Kikuchi knocked out early in loss to Brewers

Yusei Kikuchi made an early exit following another difficult start Saturday, lasting just two-plus innings…

Orix’s Yoshinobu Yamamoto follows no-hitter with 8 shutout innings

Chiba – Yoshinobu Yamamoto battled the wind but hung on to strike out nine over…

Shohei Ohtani sets career high with 13-strikeout performance in Angels’ win over Royals

Shohei Ohtani threw eight scoreless innings, allowed just two hits and struck out a career-high…

Adam Walker powers Giants to victory with tiebreaking home run

On a night of dueling home runs at Tokyo Dome, Adam Walker had the final…

Shohei Ohtani homers twice, drives in career-high eight runs in loss

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani delivered two three-run homers and drove in a career-high eight…

Dragons end Yakult’s eight-game winning run in walk-off

Nagoya – Pinch-hitting Taiki Mitsumata drove in the 10th-inning walk-off run as the Chunichi Dragons…

Yu Darvish pitches Manny Machado-less Padres past Diamondbacks

Yu Darvish allowed one run over seven innings, substitute third baseman Ha-Seong Kim had a…

NPB experiencing surge of no-hitters

Welcome to the year of the no-hitter. Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto added to NPB’s…