Baseball

TOKOROZAWA, SAITAMA PREF. – Takahiro Araki tied the game with a ninth-inning, pinch-hit RBI single, helping the Tokyo Yakult Swallows overturn a late deficit in their 6-5 interleague victory over the Seibu Lions on Saturday. The Swallows salvaged a win by beating Lions closer Tatsushi Masuda (3-1) after blowing a […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Pablo Sandoval, Kevin Pillar and Mike Yastrzemski homered and Drew Pomeranz pitched into the sixth inning, helping the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 on Friday night. Yastrzemski’s two-run drive to center off Alex Claudio made it 5-2 in the seventh. It was the second […]

CHIBA – The Chiba Lotte Marines invited the band from nearby Narashino High School to sit in left field and power their cheering section on Friday night. Turns out, the kids ended up helping to provide the perfect soundtrack for an entertaining pitcher’s duel between 20-somethings Yuya Yanagi and Kota […]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA – Shohei Ohtani became the first Japanese-born player to hit for the cycle, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 Thursday night after a delay caused by a power outage. Ohtani hit a three-run homer in the first inning and completed the feat […]

FUKUOKA – Kotaro Otake pitched eight scoreless innings and Yurisbel Gracial’s seventh-inning home run lifted the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 3-0 win over the Hanshin Tigers in interleague play on Thursday. Otake (4-2) limited the Tigers to two hits and a walk, while striking out four of the 27 […]

HOUSTON – uters On a night when the Milwaukee Brewers struck out again and again, piling up a season-high 24 strikeouts against the Houston Astros, one big swing by Mike Moustakas made all those whiffs way easier to swallow. Moustakas hit a two-run homer during Milwaukee’s three-run 14th inning, and […]

SANTO, DOMINGO – An alleged gunman and five accomplices have been detained in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Ortiz, Dominican officials said Wednesday, while providing no information about why a group of young men would try to kill their country’s most beloved sports hero. Four other suspects […]

NEW YORK – Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz remained in the intensive care unit at Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday as he continues to recover from surgery to repair gunshot wounds, the result of what authorities say was an orchestrated plot to kill him. “Yesterday and this morning, […]

SAPPORO – Kosei Yoshida, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters’ first pick in last year’s NPB draft, got the win in his professional debut Wednesday as the Fighters beat the Hiroshima Carp 2-1 in interleague play. Taishi Ota blasted a solo homer and Haruki Nishikawa added an RBI single to help […]

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – Shohei Ohtani homered off Kenta Maeda and robbed his countryman of a chance for an eighth win Tuesday as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 to complete a two-game Freeway Series sweep. Ohtani, who homered off fellow Japanese and Seattle Mariners rookie Yusei […]