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Hiroshima – In a game befitting a clash of the Central League’s top two teams, the first-place Tokyo Yakult Swallows held off the Hiroshima Carp in a 5-5 12-inning tie Sunday. Yakult closer Scott McGough pitched out of a tough spot after a fluke hit put two on with one […]

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Oakland, California – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit his 100th homer in Major League Baseball on Saturday with a two-run shot in the fifth inning against the Oakland Athletics. Ohtani became only the third Japanese player to achieve the mark, joining Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki in […]

Oakland, California – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit his 100th homer in Major League Baseball on Saturday, going deep with a two-run shot during a 9-1 doubleheader nightcap win against the Oakland Athletics. Ohtani, the reigning American League MVP, crushed a two-run home run into center field […]

Atlanta – Yu Darvish got a no decision Friday in a start that lasted 5⅔ innings for the San Diego Padres, who came back to beat the Atlanta Braves 11-6. The 35-year-old right-hander struck out four and was charged with five runs on nine hits and a walk. He allowed […]

Chiba Lotte Marines flamethrower Roki Sasaki won the pitcher of the month award for March and April in Japan’s Pacific League on Friday after an electric start to the season that included becoming Japanese pro baseball’s youngest to throw a perfect game. The 20-year-old Sasaki, in the Marines’ starting rotation […]

Sendai – Hiromi Oka hit a two-run second-inning home run that helped power the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 5-2 win over the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Thursday. The defeat at Rakuten Seimei Park marked the first time this season the Eagles had lost consecutive games. Unable […]

Nao Higashihama was watching on a TV in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks’ weight room Wednesday morning, when the Los Angeles Angels’ Reid Detmers threw his first career no-hitter (on Tuesday night in Anaheim, California, accounting for the time difference between the U.S. and Japan). Little did he know, he was […]

Los Angeles Angels pitcher and designated hitter Shohei Ohtani threw six strong innings and went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in the team’s 4-2, 10-inning loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in the finale of a three-game series on Wednesday. Ohtani, who is approaching another milestone with 99 homers in […]

New York – The Toronto Blue Jays’ latest bullpen collapse cost Yusei Kikuchi his second win of the season as the team lost a seesaw game against the American League East-leading New York Yankees 6-5 Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Kikuchi tossed 5⅓ innings, allowing two earned runs on two […]