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Tatsunori Hara moved into rarefied air when his Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp on Tuesday night, becoming the 13th Japanese manager to reach 1,000 career victories. It’s easy to look back and see how he got there. Hara has managed a number of strong Giants teams and his entire […]

The Hiroshima Carp look like a team that’s not quite ready to give up the Central League pennant they’ve held onto for the past three seasons — at least not without a fight. They also don’t look likely to relinquish the hold they have on the Yomiuri Giants anytime soon. […]

NEW YORK – Masahiro Tanaka provided a solid but unspectacular start Wednesday, bouncing back from the worst performance of his career to help the New York Yankees beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5. Tanaka threw four scoreless innings but exited with none out in the fifth at Yankee Stadium after allowing […]

New York – Out of nowhere, the Houston Astros got a huge head start on October. On a dizzying day that featured two dozen trades, the Astros pulled off the biggest and most startling deal, adding ace Zack Greinke to an imposing rotation already loaded with All-Stars Justin Verlander and […]

YOKOHAMA – Toshiro Miyazaki hit a sayonara single in the bottom of the ninth to give the Yokohama BayStars a 4-3 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the Central League on Wednesday. Kazuki Kamizato singled off right-hander Kazuki Kondo, with Keita Sano and Tomo Otosaka on first and second, […]

ST. LOUIS – Yu Darvish was tagged with his fifth loss of the season as the St. Louis Cardinals snatched the division lead away from the Chicago Cubs with a 2-1 victory in their series opener on Tuesday. Darvish (3-5) was pleased with his six-inning effort in which he gave […]

CINCINNATI – Jared Hughes’ errant pitch threw a load of fuel on one of the majors’ most flammable rivalries. Call it Pirates vs. Reds, round two — and a fitting farewell for Yasiel Puig. Hughes hit Starling Marte with his first pitch in the ninth inning Tuesday night, setting the […]

YOKOHAMA – Kazuki Kamizato went 4-for-5 with a pair of runs and an RBI to lead the Yokohama BayStars to a 6-2 victory over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Tuesday. Rookie Taiga Kamichatani got his sixth win of the season with a solid seven-inning start. He held the Swallows to […]

DENVER – Jon Gray escaped an early jam and went on to pitch a gem — just what Colorado needed to snap a long string of subpar play. Gray allowed three hits over eight innings to win for the first time in a month, and the Rockies beat the Los […]

BOSTON – In his first public comments since a botched assassination attempt in his native Dominican Republic, former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz said Monday that he is glad to be home from the hospital and told his fans: “Big Papi will be back soon.” Following an Instagram post with […]