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Aaron Wilkerson pitches Tigers past Giants

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – Aaron Wilkerson won a pitchers’ duel against fellow new import Matt…

Pitching Ninja growing game one ‘filthy’ pitch at a time

Rob Friedman, a 55-year-old lawyer, was as surprised as anyone when Yu Darvish reached out…

Darvish picks up fourth win with seven shutout frames for Padres

Philadelphia – Yu Darvish threw seven shutout innings without issuing a single walk to earn…

Swallows beat Tigers to remain in first place

Tetsuto Yamada hit a pair of RBI doubles and right-hander Yasuhiro Ogawa threw seven innings…

Rangers sweep Angels; Shohei Ohtani gets no decision

Arlington – Shohei Ohtani tossed his third straight quality start, but the Los Angeles Angels…

Junya Nishi leads Tigers at plate and from mound in win over Swallows

Junya Nishi returned to his slugging past as he belted his first home run while…

Giants score three ninth-inning runs in walk-off over Carp

Utsunomiya – The Yomiuri Giants scored three runs in the ninth inning as they walked…

Jays’ Yusei Kikuchi wins against his former Mariners teammates

Toronto – Japanese left-hander Yusei Kikuchi pitched six innings of one-hit ball as the Toronto…

Shohei Ohtani homers again to help Angels top A’s

Oakland – Shohei Ohtani crushed a two-run homer for the second straight game, giving the…

Reds lose to Pirates despite allowing no hits

The Cincinnati Reds can’t seem to get a win no matter what. Reds rookie pitcher…