Baseball

Toronto – Yu Darvish threw six innings of four-hit ball to earn his seventh win Wednesday as the San Diego Padres beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0. Darvish (7-6) loaded the bases with two outs in the first inning in his only jam as he struck out seven while walking […]

The Baltimore Orioles acquired right-hander Shintaro Fujinami from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for minor league left-hander Easton Lucas on Wednesday. Fujinami, 29, is in his first major league season after playing for the Hanshin Tigers in NPB from 2013 to 2022. In 34 appearances (seven starts) with the Athletics, […]

KYODO – The Pacific League All-Star team provided the offensive fireworks on Wednesday in an 8-1 win over the Central League in the first of this year’s two Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star games. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks outfielder Yuki Yanagita singled in a run in the PL’s four-run first inning and […]

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani homered for the third straight game and went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the Los Angeles Angels’ 4-3 walk-off win in 10 innings over the New York Yankees on Monday. The two-way star extended his major league-leading home run total to 35 with a two-run […]

Fukuoka – Leandro Cedeno homered for the second straight game to back a strong pitching performance by Shumpeita Yamashita as the Orix Buffaloes completed a three-game sweep of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks with a 3-0 win Monday. On the last day of games before the NPB All-Star break, the Hawks […]

Losing Masataka Yoshida was supposed to create a void in the Orix Buffaloes’ lineup. Yoshida had been one of the best hitters in Japan, batting .332 with 111 home runs from 2018 to 2022. He was a big reason the Buffaloes won the past two Pacific League pennants and last […]

Fukuoka – Leandro Cedeno homered for the second straight game to back a strong pitching performance by Shumpeita Yamashita as the Orix Buffaloes completed a three-game sweep of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks with a 3-0 win Monday. The once-dominant Hawks, who won six Japan Series titles over seven years through […]

Chicago – Masataka Yoshida launched his second major league grand slam in a six-RBI outing as he led the Boston Red Sox to an 11-5 win over the Chicago Cubs in the finale of their three-game series on Sunday. His World Baseball Classic-winning Samurai Japan teammate Shohei Ohtani, meanwhile, hit […]

ANAHEIM, California – Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 33rd home run as the Los Angeles Angels snapped their six-game losing streak with a wild 13-12, 10-inning victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday. The two-way star led off a three-run bottom of the ninth with a solo shot over […]

KITAHIROSHIMA, Hokkaido – Hiroto Kobukata singled in the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3-2 to extend their winning streak to eight games on Thursday. The Fighters lost their seventh consecutive game — and their […]