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Anaheim, Calif. – Shohei Ohtani pitched eight innings of one-run ball as the Los Angeles Angels walked off with a 2-1 win against the Houston Astros in 12 innings on Saturday. The two-way star threw 81 of his 111 pitches for strikes, fanning five, while allowing six hits and no […]

Los Angeles – Upon reaching his milestone 3,000th strikeout in elite pro competition Friday, Yu Darvish reflected on how having fun as a child in Japan’s rigid baseball culture by making the ball bend made him the pitcher he is today. Darvish joined Hideo Nomo as just the second pitcher […]

Fukuoka – Inexperienced starting pitcher Yugo Bando allowed two runs over seven innings as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the Seibu Lions 5-2 and moved a full game ahead of their opponents in the Pacific League standings on Saturday. Making just the fourth start of his career, Bando (2-1) struck […]

Yu Darvish threw the 3,000th strikeout of his pro career in Nippon Professional Baseball and MLB as he pitched the San Diego Padres to a 7-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. The 36-year-old ace is just the second player after Hideo Nomo to reach the milestone while […]

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – Hiroto Saiki delivered another strong performance in his comeback from Tommy John surgery with six innings in the Hanshin Tigers’ 8-0 win over the Hiroshima Carp in a game shortened to six innings by rain on Thursday. The win at Hanshin’s Koshien Stadium outside Osaka moved […]

The Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani became the first Japan-born MLB player to have back-to-back 30-homer seasons as he hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the Angels’ 3-2 win over the New York Yankees in the finale of a three-game series on Wednesday. Ohtani crushed a 427-foot homer to center […]

The Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani became the first Japan-born MLB player with two 30-home run seasons as he drove in the winning runs to give his team a 3-2 victory and a series win against the New York Yankees on Wednsday. The series was something of a showdown between […]

Sendai – Yuma Tongu homered twice and drove in five runs for the Orix Buffaloes in their 8-3 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Wednesday. The victory at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi moved the defending Pacific League champion Buffaloes to within one game of the second-place Fukuoka SoftBank […]

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani had multiple hits for the third straight game, but the Los Angeles Angels’ four-game winning run ended Tuesday in a 7-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Batting third as the designated hitter, Ohtani struck out swinging in his first two trips to the plate […]