Tsuyoshi Ueda had four hits, including a two-run home run to spark the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to a 6-2 win over the Chunichi Dragons that left Yakult one win away from its sixth Central League pennant. Ueda opened the bottom of the first with a single off Daisuke Yamai (4-12), […]
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Harper, Papelbon brawl in dugout
WASHINGTON – NL MVP front-runner Bryce Harper and teammate Jonathan Papelbon got into a fight during a game Sunday, when a Washington Nationals season that long ago spiraled out of control on the field also did so in the dugout. After a flyout in the eighth inning of what became […]
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Swallows can see finish line as race for pennant nears end
Before the 2015 NPB season, Nippon Television commentator Suguru Egawa, a former Yomiuri Giants pitcher, named the Tokyo Yakult Swallows as his pick to win the Central League pennant. Egawa has always been somewhat of an iconoclast, but picking a team breaking in a new manager and coming off consecutive […]
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Mets capture NL East with victory over Reds
NEW YORK – Thousands of Mets fans chanted David Wright’s name as he wrapped up an on-field interview and headed back toward the sloshy clubhouse. He paused to wave and soak in the moment. The team captain wasn’t sure he’d ever do this again, not with that last playoff appearance […]
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Blue Jays celebrate return to playoffs
TORONTO – It was supposed to be a small toast, an acknowledgement that they had secured a wild-card berth. Instead, the Toronto Blue Jays washed away 22 years of frustration in a deluge of champagne and beer in a raucous celebration. “(Edwin Encarnacion) wanted to go for it, so we […]