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San Diego – Yu Darvish pitched seven innings of three-hit, one-run ball on Saturday, but the San Diego Padres bats were not able to back him up in a 3-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants. The Japanese right-hander, who has not won a game since June 20, made a […]

Haruhiro Hamaguchi recorded the win at Tokyo Dome on Saturday, but the lefty was eager to give all the credit to the rest of the DeNA BayStars. Hamaguchi took a shutout into the eighth inning before reliever Hiromu Ise carried the club across the finish line in a 2-0 win […]

Shohei Ohtani narrowly leads the voting to start the Major League Baseball All-Star Game as the designated hitter for the American League, according to preliminary results released Thursday by MLB.com. The Los Angeles Angels’ two-way star received 51% of votes for the AL DH starting spot in a head-to-head ballot […]

Seattle – The Toronto Blue Jays have placed left-hander Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain, the team said Thursday. The 31-year-old former Seibu Lions star has struggled on the mound recently and was knocked out after just 2⅓ innings in his last start in Oakland […]

Shohei Ohtani delivered another sparkling performance on the mound and at the plate Wednesday to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-2 win over the Miami Marlins that snapped a four-game skid. The two-way superstar struck out 10 batters over seven innings of one-run, two-hit ball and drove in […]

Yuki Nishi allowed two runs over 6⅓ innings and three relievers completed the win as the Hanshin Tigers held off the Hiroshima Carp 3-2 in the Central League on Wednesday. The win at historic Koshien Stadium outside Osaka moved the fourth-place Tigers to within one game of the third-place Carp, […]

Roki Sasaki, who in April became the youngest pitcher to throw a perfect game in Japanese pro baseball, has been voted onto the Pacific League All-Star team for the first time, Nippon Professional Baseball announced Wednesday. The 20-year-old Chiba Lotte Marines right-hander, who heads the PL with 124 strikeouts, received […]

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Seiya Suzuki homered for the second day in a row since coming off the injured list, lining a two-run shot to help the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 on Tuesday. Suzuki, who hit an inside-the-park solo homer in his first MLB game in 39 days […]

Shosei Togo got out of a couple of early jams to allow just a run over six innings to pitch the Yomiuri Giants to a 4-1 win over the Central League-leading Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Tuesday. The win at Tokyo Dome moved the second-place Giants to within 12½ games of […]

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki hit a go-ahead, inside-the-park solo home run in the ninth inning Monday before the Milwaukee Brewers sent the game into an extra inning and claimed a 5-2 victory. In his first game back from the injured list, Suzuki hit a drive off […]