Baseball

KUSHIRO, HOKKAIDO – Takeya Nakamura homered twice and drove in five runs, while a costly error by the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters paved the way for the Seibu Lions’ 10-8 victory on Wednesday afternoon. In a game that was called on account of darkness with no outs in the top […]

SEATTLE – Masahiro Tanaka outpitched Yusei Kikuchi in a showdown of Japanese starters and Aaron Judge became the third-fastest player in MLB history to reach 100 home runs as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 7-0 on Tuesday night. With plenty of attention back home in Japan, the […]

KUSHIRO, HOKKAIDO – Zach Neal tossed six solid innings on Tuesday and picked up his eighth win of the season as the Seibu Lions’ offense ignited late for an 8-2 win against the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. The former major leaguer struck out three while holding the Fighters to two […]

KANSAS CITY – Marcus Semien homered, tripled and drove in a career-high seven runs as the Oakland Athletics set season highs for runs and hits in a 19-4 thrashing of the Kansas City Royals on Monday night. Jurickson Profar, Matt Chapman and Khris Davis also went deep for the Athletics, […]

SAITAMA – With the FIBA World Cup just around the corner, the Japan men’s national team will head to China with confidence, but also with some issues that need to be fixed. The squad played a series of warm-up games against New Zealand, Argentina, Germany and Tunisia in preparation for […]

If you went out in search of a dedicated Japanese baseball card enthusiast, you not might think to look in Maryland. The “Old Line State,” however, is where you’d find Dave McNeely, a 54-year-old computer programmer who, by his estimate, has collected over 60,000 baseball cards. McNeely has followed Japanese […]

If you went out in search of a dedicated Japanese baseball card enthusiast, you might not think to look in Maryland. The “Old Line State,” however, is where you’d find Dave McNeely, a 54-year-old computer programmer who, by his estimate, has collected over 60,000 baseball cards. McNeely has followed Japanese […]

LOS ANGELES – The New York Yankees left Los Angeles feeling good about how they matched up against the team with the best record in baseball. DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Judge and Mike Ford homered, and Domingo German outdueled Clayton Kershaw for his major league-leading 17th win in a 5-1 victory […]

Shota Imanaga pitched six solid innings and Tomo Otosaka drove in two runs on Sunday in the DeNA BayStars’ 3-0 win over the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants. In front of 45,948 at Tokyo Dome, Imanaga (12-5) struck out eight of the 21 batters he faced, while allowing two hits and […]

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA – As soon as the ball came off his bat, Curley Martha pointed to the sky — he knew that one was gone. Curley hit a two-run homer to center in the fifth inning and got the final 11 outs as a relief pitcher, helping Curacao beat […]