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Atlanta – Kenta Maeda continued to show good progress in his return from a right triceps strain, but a lack of scoring saw him charged with a loss as the Minnesota Twins fell 3-0 against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. Having won his first game since coming off the injured […]

London – The International Skating Union announced its assignments for the 2023-24 Grand Prix Series on Wednesday, with Beijing Winter Olympic men’s figure skating silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama set to appear on home ice at the NHK Trophy in Osaka. The Nov. 24-26 NHK Trophy will be the sixth and […]

Domingo German pitched the fourth perfect game in New York Yankees history Wednesday night, retiring 27 Athletics in order in an 11-0 victory at Oakland Coliseum. When Esteury Ruiz hit the right-hander’s 99th pitch of the night sharply to Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson, German became the first to throw […]

Osaka – Orix Buffaloes rookie Shumpeita Yamashita overcame some early trouble to go seven innings and rode some big offense, including an unlikely home run, as the Pacific League leaders won 10-0 over the Lotte Marines on Wednesday. Yamashita pitched out of a one-out bases-loaded first-inning pickle at Kyocera Dome […]

Ten players from the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers have been voted onto the CL All-Star team via a fan ballot, Nippon Professional Baseball announced Wednesday. Tigers center fielder and leadoff man Koji Chikamoto received an NPB-high 769,587 votes. SoftBank Hawks outfielder Yuki Yanagita was selected as designated hitter on a […]

Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs, struck out 10 while allowing one run in 6⅓ innings and lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night in Anaheim, California. Ohtani also singled to go 3-for-3 with two RBIs, two runs and a […]

OSAKA – Tomoya Mori hit a walk-off solo home run to give the Orix Buffaloes a 2-1 win Tuesday over the Chiba Lotte Marines after a great pitching duel between World Baseball Classic teammates Hiroya Miyagi and Roki Sasaki. Mori drove a 2-0 fastball from Marines closer Naoya Masuda (2-1) […]

ANAHEIM, California – Shohei Ohtani’s MLB-leading 26th home run brought the Los Angeles Angels from behind and paved the way for a 2-1 walk-off win Monday over the Chicago White Sox. A day after Matt Olson of the National League’s Atlanta Braves hit his 25th homer, and his fourth in […]

The Pacific League playoff race might already be nearing its end. The NPB season is not yet at the halfway mark — though it is approaching — and has not reached the All-Star break, but there is a clear line of demarcation forming between the haves and have-nots in the […]

Toronto – Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi earned his seventh win of the season after throwing seven innings of one-run ball in a 12-1 rout of the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. Kikuchi (7-2) held the Athletics to two hits, including a sixth-inning home run by Tony Kemp, while striking […]