Baseball

Arlington, Texas – Two-way star Shohei Ohtani was stung for six runs over 3⅔ innings Thursday as he started his pitching season with two straight defeats and the Los Angeles Angels lost 10-5 against the Texas Rangers. Ohtani (0-2), the reigning American League MVP, was given a two-run first-inning lead […]

Jackie Robinson lived only a decade as a Hall of Famer. He suffered from diabetes and died of a heart attack at age 53, in 1972. Robinson had integrated the major leagues a quarter-century before, and he never stopped striving for social justice. “I marvel at how much this man […]

Chicago Cubs’ rookie Seiya Suzuki extended his hit streak to five games to begin the season, but the visitors were beaten by the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Wednesday for a two-game series split. Suzuki, who has nine RBIs already, hit an RBI single to center in the fourth inning to […]

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – The Chicago Cubs’ off-season acquisition of Seiya Suzuki is paying big dividends already with the Japanese slugger homering in back-to-back at-bats in the team’s 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday. In the fourth regular season game of his major league career, the 27-year-old, who joined […]

The Lotte Marines’ 20-year-old pitcher Roki Sasaki said he enjoyed basking in the afterglow of his perfect game — Nippon Professional Baseball’s first in 28 years — but woke up ready for a fresh start on Monday. “The reality is slowly starting to sink in. I spent last night immersing […]

Mike Brosseau hit a pinch-hit, go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning and Willy Adames and Rowdy Tellez also homered as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Sunday afternoon to avoid a three-game sweep in the season-opening series. Christian Yelich added two hits — including […]

Chiba – Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki set a Japanese pro baseball record by striking out 13 consecutive batters en route to Japan’s 16th perfect game on Sunday in a 6-0 Pacific League win over the Orix Buffaloes. The 20-year-old right-hander, whose father was killed in the March 2011 earthquake […]

Chicago – Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-2 and drew two walks on his majors debut Thursday as the Chicago Cubs outfielder helped his new team edge the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on MLB’s opening day. Welcomed by a huge cheer from the home crowd at Wrigley Field, the 27-year-old former Hiroshima Carp […]

Utility infielder Gosuke Katoh has reportedly made the Toronto Blue Jays’ opening day roster after nine seasons in the minors, filling the team’s final open 40-man roster spot. Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith reports that Katoh, who was in camp as a non-roster invitee, will earn a bench spot in Friday’s home […]

The Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins will open their MLB season this weekend, both hoping that upgrades from major free-agent and trade moves will payoff big in their 2022 campaigns. The debut of the revamped rosters was pushed back from Thursday, with opening day moved because of the forecast of […]