Baseball

A year after becoming the American League’s unanimous MVP, Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani continues to shine, and it is worth noting that without a fearless organization behind him from the start of his pro career in Japan in 2013 the batting and pitching star’s story would be quite […]

St. Petersburg, Florida – Shohei Ohtani broke a six-game streak of no RBIs but could not prevent the Los Angeles Angels from suffering their sixth straight defeat as the Tampa Bay Rays won 8-3 to sweep a four-game series Thursday. Batting second as the designated hitter, Ohtani struck out twice […]

Osaka – Junya Nishi worked six innings to help pitch the Hanshin Tigers to a 5-0 win over the DeNA BayStars on Thursday, ending Hanshin’s eight-game skid and snapping DeNA’s eight-game win streak. Nishi (5-2) allowed four hits and two walks, and the former Japan under-18 designated hitter went 2-for-3 […]

Osaka – Yasuaki Yamasaki, whose career has rebounded this year, became the youngest pitcher to save 200 games in Japan as the DeNA BayStars won their eighth-straight game, downing the Hanshin Tigers 4-0 on Wednesday. Yamasaki entered the game at Kyocera Dome Osaka with two on and two out in […]

Suspended San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. apologized for his recent positive test for a performance-enhancing substance and said he failed the franchise during his first public media session since being hit with the 80-game ban on Aug. 12. Tatis was remorseful and terse while facing reporters with general […]

Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno is exploring a sale of the franchise, the team announced Tuesday. The Angels released a statement from Moreno, who said it had been a “great honor and privilege” to own the team for 20 seasons. In a time of both misinformation and too much […]

Osaka – Shota Imanaga hurled six scoreless innings and drove in a run for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in their seventh straight win, 4-0 over the Hanshin Tigers on Tuesday. The BayStars’ victory kept them within four games of the Central League-leading Tokyo Yakult Swallows, who came from behind to […]

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – Sendai Ikuei beat Shimonoseki Kokusai 8-1 on Monday to be crowned Summer Koshien champion and become the first school from Japan’s northeastern region of Tohoku to win either version of the national high school baseball tournament. Sendai Ikuei, based in Miyagi Prefecture, won the title behind […]

Detroit – Los Angeles Angels right-hander Shohei Ohtani was removed from Sunday’s game against the Detroit Tigers due to a stomach virus. Ohtani (10-8) was pulled after struggling through four innings and took the loss in a 4-0 defeat in which he allowed three runs on five hits and four […]

Fukuoka – Forty-one-year-old Tsuyoshi Wada allowed a run over five innings as three teammates homered in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks’ 5-1 Pacific League win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Sunday. The win at PayPay Dome completed a three-game sweep for the Hawks, who began the day a half-game […]