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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA – Japan is just one win away from its eighth Little League World Series championship game appearance this decade. The Chofu City Little League team is continuing what has been a dominant run in South Williamsport for a country with a population of nearly 127 million. The […]

NAGOYA – Tsubasa Aizawa delivered the game-winning hit in the 10th inning on Saturday as the Hiroshima Carp weathered a late rally from the Chunichi Dragons before claiming a 5-4 win. Hiroshima starter Hiroki Tokoda, who is 6-6 this season, tossed six solid innings at Nagoya Dome and settled for […]

NEW YORK – With Jacob deGrom and the Mets hard-throwing bullpen missing bats at a historic pace, the NL East-leading Braves were ready to win with small ball Friday night. That’s exactly what Billy Hamilton is there for — although this first contribution wasn’t exactly on script. Hamilton singled home […]

BALTIMORE – Baltimore Orioles general manager Mike Elias has fired 11 members of the scouting department and front office as part of an effort to turn around a team in the early stages of a major rebuild. Elias announced the personnel moves Friday. The rookie GM would not reveal the […]

Katsuki Azuma allowed four hits and a run over eight innings, and his teammates gave him an early lead as the Yokohama BayStars defeated the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants 5-1 on Friday to snap a three-game losing streak. Azuma went to the mound at Tokyo Dome with a 3-0 lead […]

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – Masahiro Tanaka allowed five runs and suffered his seventh loss of the season on Thursday as the Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees 5-3 to sweep their three-game series. Tanaka (9-7) gave up a leadoff double and two straight walks before conceding three runs in the […]

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA – Can anybody beat Japan? It’s been a common question at the Little League World Series over the last decade. Since 2010, no team has been more dominant or won more championships — five — than Japan. That makes this year’s Japanese club, from Chofu City Little […]

NEW YORK – Major League Baseball is banning players from participating in the Venezuelan Winter League in one of the first public repercussions of new U.S. economic sanctions against the Venezuelan government. MLB said Thursday it is in contact with the U.S. government to determine how to proceed under the […]

FUKUOKA – Pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada worked six innings, Seiichi Uchikawa doubled in two runs, and Yuki Yanagita homered in his second game back from rehab to lead the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 5-1 come-from-behind win over the Orix Buffaloes on Thursday in the Pacific League. Wada (4-2) allowed a […]

NISHINOMIYA, HYOGO PREF. – Riseisha High School claimed its maiden title at Japan’s National High School Baseball Championship on Thursday, coming from behind in an action-filled final against Seiryo, 5-3. Competing in its first final, the hard-hitting Riseisha lineup broke a 3-3, eighth-inning tie to lead the Osaka Prefecture school […]