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Chicago – Seiya Suzuki launched a solo homer and scored two runs in a 2-for-4 outing Tuesday as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 and extended their win streak to six. Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, meanwhile, blasted his 21st home run of the year to help the Los […]

Fukuoka – Kotaro Kiyomiya’s walk-off solo home run lifted the Pacific League to a 3-2 win over the Central League on Tuesday in the first of two Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star games. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters infielder connected on Hiroshima Carp ace Masato Morishita’s 1-2 fastball with two outs […]

Kansas City, Missouri – Shohei Ohtani went 1-for-4 with a double in the Los Angeles Angels’ 7-0 shutout loss to the Kansas City Royals on Monday. The Angels have lost three of four games since the All-Star break and their bats were silenced again at Kauffman Stadium by Zack Greinke […]

The Major League Baseball Players Association rejected MLB’s final proposal to organize a draft for international players ahead of Monday’s midnight deadline. When the two sides settled their 99-day lockout in March, among the compromises was to continue discussing the idea of an international draft. They set Monday as the […]

At the nominal halfway point of the Japanese baseball season, COVID-19 — not Munetaka Murakami or any other star who will be on display during this week’s All-Star Series — is taking center stage. The seventh wave of infections in Japan is taking a toll on the NPB ranks, sidelining […]

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture – Joe Gunkel allowed six singles over six innings and three relievers completed the shutout as the Hanshin Tigers beat the DeNA BayStars 1-0 to go into the All-Star break in a tie for second in the Central League on Sunday. Gunkel (5-5), who got some big […]

Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, whose batting helped lead the club to three World Series titles, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. The ceremony was staged near the museum and baseball showplace in Cooperstown, New York. In a time of both misinformation and too […]

Atlanta – Shohei Ohtani blasted a solo home run in the Los Angeles Angels’ 7-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, but the reigning American League MVP’s 20th bomb of the year was overshadowed by headlines about his trade status. Clubs have been calling the Angels to express interest […]

Chiba – Akito Takabe’s RBI single capped a three-run ninth-inning rally that lifted the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 5-4 win over the Seibu Lions on Thursday. With the top five Pacific League teams packed tightly together, Lotte’s win at Zozo Marine Stadium kept the fourth-place Marines just 2½-games back […]

Los Angeles – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani was named best male athlete of the year at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday, beating out luminaries including NBA star Stephen Curry and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Ohtani, the reigning American League MVP, also won the Best Major […]