Baseball

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – Shohei Ohtani crushed leadoff homers in the fourth and eighth innings on Sunday, but it was not enough to rescue the Los Angeles Angels from a 12-3 drubbing against the Oakland Athletics. The Japanese two-way star — restricted to designated hitting duties following Tommy John surgery last […]

TOKOROZAWA, SAITAMA PREF. – Takeya Nakamura blew open the game with a three-run double in the bottom of the seventh as the Saitama Seibu Lions overpowered the Orix Buffaloes 11-3 in the Pacific League on Sunday. Sosuke Genda drove in the go-ahead run in the fourth, while Shuta Tonosaki and […]

LONDON – Rest assured, British fans: Most baseball games are not like this, not even the crazy ones between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Major League Baseball arrived in Europe on Saturday night with Ye Olde Slugfest. Each team scored six runs in a first inning that […]

TOKOROZAWA, SAITAMA PREF. – Right-hander Keisuke Honda threw six innings, and Sosuke Genda had a big day at the plate to lead the Seibu Lions to a 7-0 Pacific League victory over the Orix Buffaloes on Saturday afternoon. On a rainy day, Honda (3-3) located and mixed his fastball with […]

SANTO, DOMINGO – Authorities in the Dominican Republic announced Friday that they have arrested the man behind the recent shooting of David Ortiz in an apparent case of mistaken identity. Police said Víctor Hugo Gómez was detained in the Caribbean country. No further details were immediately released. Authorities had said […]

LONDON – An array of retired All-Stars and Hall of Famers conducted a youth clinic. Workers put final touches on new clubhouses, batting cages and bullpens. No ducks on the pond quite yet — not so soon after flying across it. Having landed in London, the New York Yankees and […]

LONDON – Masahiro Tanaka said Friday he is “honored” to start the first MLB game held in Europe, when the New York Yankees face the Boston Red Sox in London this weekend. “It’s going to be a historic day for Major League Baseball. I’m extremely honored to be able to […]

DENVER – Pinch hitter Pat Valaika and David Dahl homered in an eight-run fifth inning, Nolan Arenado had four hits, including a home run, and the Colorado Rockies beat Los Angeles 13-9 on Friday night, snapping a 12-game losing streak to the Dodgers. The Rockies withstood a three-run homer by […]

YOKOHAMA – Jose Lopez and Yoshitomo Tsutsugo each homered twice as league play resumed on Friday in the Yokohama BayStars’ 13-3 whipping of the Hiroshima Carp. Lopez, a longtime regular for the Seattle Mariners who is in his seventh season in Japan, opened the scoring with a first-inning solo shot […]

MINNEAPOLIS – Willy Adames and Choi Ji-man had RBI singles, and Yandy Diaz drove in what proved to be the winning run with a sacrifice fly to highlight a three-run 18th inning and lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday afternoon. It […]