Yokohama – Koyo Aoyagi threw six scoreless innings and reliever Atsuki Yuasa saved the day as the Hanshin Tigers won Game 1 of the Central League Climax Series first stage on Saturday, 2-0 over the DeNA BayStars. The win at Yokohama Stadium moved the Tigers to within one win of […]
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Padres and Mets brace for postseason showdown after strong regular-season campaigns
By any measure, the New York Mets and San Diego Padres had regular seasons that stand among the finest in their respective histories. The Mets spent 175 days in first place and reached 100 wins for the first time since 1988. The Padres won 89 games, a total surpassed by […]
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Carp turn to former slugger Takahiro Arai as next manager
Hiroshima – Former slugger Takahiro Arai has been hired to manage the Hiroshima Carp, a top executive with the Central League team said Friday. An affable 45-year-old former first baseman, Arai will take the reins from Shinji Sasaoka who announced Sunday he is stepping down after three seasons without a […]
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Shohei Ohtani qualifies as both hitter and pitcher to wrap up MLB season
Oakland, California – Shohei Ohtani became the first player in MLB’s World Series era to qualify for the leaderboards as both a hitter and a pitcher after throwing five innings in the Los Angeles Angels’ 3-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. The two-way star threw a perfect first […]
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Fan who caught Aaron Judge’s record-setting home run unsure about plans
The Dallas man who caught v ‘s American League record-breaking 62nd home run ball on Tuesday night said he has not decided what to do with the historic souvenir. Cory Youmans was sitting in the front row of Section 31 in left field at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, […]
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All rise! Yankees’ Aaron Judge becomes AL’s new home run king
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge smashed his 62nd home run of the year on Tuesday to break the American League single-season record set by Roger Maris in 1961. Judge clobbered a first-inning offering from Texas right-hander Jesus Tinoco over the left field wall to etch his name into the […]
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Shohei Ohtani’s hit streak ends at 18 games
Shohei Ohtani’s career-best 18-game hit streak came to an end on Tuesday, while his chief rival for American League MVP honors, Aaron Judge, set a league record with his 62nd home run of the season. Ohtani, batting third as the Los Angeles Angels designated hitter, went 0-for-4 with one strikeout […]
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Shohei Ohtani extends hit streak to 18 as Angels’ win streak ends
Oakland, California – Shohei Ohtani extended his career-high hitting streak to 18 games with a fifth-inning RBI double in the Los Angeles Angels’ 5-4, 10-inning loss to the Oakland Athletics on Monday. The Angels were one out from their eighth straight victory before Seth Brown singled in two runs to […]
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Roki Sasaki and Munetaka Murakami highlight Samurai Japan’s November squad
Samurai Japan named its roster for four warmup contests next month, as the national team and manager Hideki Kuriyama continue to work toward the World Baseball Classic in March. Tokyo Yakult Swallows third baseman Munetaka Murakami and Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki headline the 28-man roster Kuriyama named during […]
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Munetaka Murakami earns place in NPB history with dominant season
The fans at Jingu Stadium do not know what they are seeing yet. There is no indication something special is about to happen, and it will be months before anyone realizes they saw a small part of history. It is a normal, chilly night like any other early in a […]