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A total of 12 members of the Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners were suspended by Major League Baseball on Monday night for their roles in a benches-clearing brawl at Angel Stadium a day earlier. Angels manager Phil Nevin was suspended for 10 games and Mariners outfielder Jesse Winker received […]

The Hiroshima Carp have signed former Cincinnati Reds outfielder Shogo Akiyama, the Central League club said Monday, beating competition from his former team, the Seibu Lions, and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Multiple sources close to the matter said the team has agreed to a three-year contract with Akiyama, who had […]

Yusei Kikuchi made an early exit following another difficult start Saturday, lasting just two-plus innings of the Toronto Blue Jays’ 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. The left-hander was charged with the loss after giving up five runs, two earned, and leaving with none out in the third at Milwaukee’s […]

Chiba – Yoshinobu Yamamoto battled the wind but hung on to strike out nine over eight scoreless innings as the defending Pacific League champion Orix Buffaloes shut out the Chiba Lotte Marines for the second straight day Saturday in a 4-0 win. Yamamoto (8-3), who threw the season’s fourth no-hitter […]

Shohei Ohtani threw eight scoreless innings, allowed just two hits and struck out a career-high 13 to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals in Anaheim, California, on Wednesday night. The performance came one night after Ohtani homered twice and drove in eight […]

On a night of dueling home runs at Tokyo Dome, Adam Walker had the final say. Walker hit a solo homer to deep center to break a seventh-inning tie, and the Yomiuri Giants held on for a 5-4 win over the DeNA BayStars at the Big Egg on Wednesday night. […]

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani delivered two three-run homers and drove in a career-high eight runs Tuesday before the Los Angeles Angels came up agonizingly short in a 12-11, 11-inning loss to the Kansas City Royals. Ohtani sent it to extra innings by tying the game 10-10 with his one-out, […]

Nagoya – Pinch-hitting Taiki Mitsumata drove in the 10th-inning walk-off run as the Chunichi Dragons came from behind to beat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2-1 Tuesday, ending the Central League-leading club’s eight-game winning streak. Singles from Ariel Martinez and Hayato Mizowaki on either side of an intentional walk from Ryuta […]

Yu Darvish allowed one run over seven innings, substitute third baseman Ha-Seong Kim had a tiebreaking, two-run single and the San Diego Padres defeated the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 on Monday. Jake Cronenworth and Trent Grisham hit solo homers for the Padres, who played without Manny Machado. The star third […]

Welcome to the year of the no-hitter. Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto added to NPB’s sudden no-hitter renaissance with a nine-strikeout gem against the Seibu Lions Saturday. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing, you can help us get […]