Baseball

The Chiba Lotte Marines were on the road, missing some key players because of injuries, down a run and three outs away from a loss. But when they got their shot at a win, they managed to make the most of it. Daichi Suzuki drove in the tying run, Shogo […]

HOUSTON – Robinson Chirinos hit an RBI double with two outs in the 11th inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 4-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday. Yuli Gurriel singled with one out in the 11th before Chirinos hit a line drive to left field off Branden […]

HIROSHIMA – Kodai Senga struck out eight over seven scoreless innings as the Pacific League’s Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the three-time defending Central League champion Hiroshima Carp 6-3 on Friday in a rematch of last year’s Japan Series. “It’s been a while since I’ve pitched at Mazda Stadium, so my […]

CLEVELAND – Max Kepler homered three times and Jose Berrios (8-2) locked up Cleveland’s lineup into the seventh inning as the Minnesota Twins avoided a sweep — and their first three-game losing streak — by beating the Indians 5-4 on Thursday night. Kepler, who entered hitless in his previous 21 […]

NEW YORK – It appears free agent pitcher Dallas Keuchel has finally found a home. Keuchel and the Atlanta Braves agreed to a one-year contract that would pay the 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner about $13 million, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person […]

SENDAI – Kazuma Okamoto’s home run lifted the Yomiuri Giants to a 2-1 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Thursday, helping the club claim its first interleague series of the season. With the game tied 1-1 at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi, Okamoto connected on his first pitch from […]

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – Shohei Ohtani blasted a home run for the second straight game and drove in a major league career-high four RBIs on Wednesday in the Los Angeles Angels’ 10-9 win over the Oakland Athletics. Ohtani, batting third as the Angels’ designated hitter, gave Los Angeles a temporary lead […]

FUKUOKA – The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks made the most of having former ace Tsuyoshi Wada on the mound for the first time since 2017 in a 5-2 interleague win over the Chunichi Dragons on Wednesday. Wada, who has not pitched since the 2017 Japan Series due to shoulder issues, allowed […]

WASHINGTON – Stephen Strasburg didn’t turn in a vintage performance. He still did enough — with plenty of help from the Washington Nationals’ offense — to reach a career milestone. Strasburg earned his 100th victory, Anthony Rendon homered and drove in five runs and Washington rallied past the Chicago White […]

OSAKA – Hikaru Ito went 3-for-3 with a home run to lead the Yokohama BayStars to a 3-1 win over the Orix Buffaloes at the start of interleague play on Tuesday. The BayStars catcher finished with two runs, an RBI and a walk after opening the scoring for the Central […]