Baseball

SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY – The Baltimore Orioles have selected Oregon State switch-hitting catcher Adley Rutschman with the No. 1 pick in the Major League Baseball draft. The announcement Monday night at MLB Network studios marks the second time the Orioles have led off the draft, and first since they took […]

PHOENIX – Walker Buehler’s second time on the mound against the Arizona Diamondbacks this season went far better than the first. Buehler held the Diamondbacks to a run on two hits in eight innings, matching the longest start of his career, and Corey Seager hit a three-run homer as the […]

NEW YORK – David Price picked an excellent time to erase his Boston zero in the Bronx. The left-hander finally won at Yankee Stadium for the first time with the Red Sox, backed by early homers from J.D. Martinez and Xander Bogaerts in an 8-5 victory over New York on […]

YOKOHAMA – Keiji Obiki drove in three early runs with a two-out, bases-loaded double on Sunday afternoon as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows snapped a three-week losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars. The Swallows had been one defeat away from eclipsing their Central League-record of 16 straight […]

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – Justin Verlander could hardly fathom his name being mentioned in the same breath as Cy Young. “Pretty cool, man,” the Astros ace right-hander said. Verlander struck out eight over eight innings and moved into a share of the major league lead with his ninth win and passed […]

FUKUOKA – Opening Day starter Takayuki Kishi allowed three runs over six innings to win his first game of the season for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, whose 6-5 victory over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Saturday put them alone at the top of the Pacific League. Kishi (1-0) was […]

LOS ANGELES – Kenta Maeda allowed two runs over six innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday. Maeda (7-2) scattered three hits and struck out six without a walk at Dodger Stadium. He retired the first nine Phillies hitters before Andrew […]

YOKOHAMA – Shota Imanaga struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings and Neftali Soto hit his 15th home run and the Yokohama BayStars held off the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3-2 in the Central League on Friday. The loss was the Swallows’ 15th straight, one shy of the CL record 16 […]

NEWPORT, BEACH CALIFORNIA – Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks signee Carter Stewart said Thursday he has a “fantastic opportunity” starting his professional baseball career in Japan. The first marquee American amateur to turn pro in Nippon Professional Baseball, the 19-year-old pitcher has signed a six-year deal with the Hawks that will guarantee […]

SEATTLE – Even without Shohei Ohtani in the lineup, nullifying a highly anticipated matchup for Japanese baseball fans, the Los Angeles Angels had no problem solving Yusei Kikuchi this time around. Kole Calhoun and Cesar Puello homered, Mike Trout had three RBIs and the Angels battered Kikuchi for six early […]