Baseball

CHIBA – Adeiny Hechavarria launched his bat high into the evening sky and looked into the Chiba Lotte Marines dugout as he began to celebrate. There was no need to keep an eye on the ball he’d just obliterated, everyone knew where it was headed. Hechavarria’s pinch-hit home run to […]

As Tsuyoshi Shinjo flashed a “hang ten” sign and preened for the cameras wearing a red suit with a white shirt that had the collar popped to the heavens, one thing was immediately clear: The flashiest star in the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters universe can still effortlessly own a room. […]

San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey made it official Thursday, announcing his retirement after 12 years, three World Series titles and a Most Valuable Player award. The central theme to Posey’s farewell was family. “It’s a lot more than just winning or losing games, although the wins do feel a […]

Seattle – Yusei Kikuchi and the Seattle Mariners will part ways after the left-handed pitcher declined his one-year, $13 million player option to become a free agent, the team said Wednesday. The 30-year-old had a contract that included both the player option and a series of four one-year team options […]

Max Fried hurled six shutout innings and Jorge Soler smashed a towering home run as the Atlanta Braves captured their first World Series since 1995 with a 7-0 rout of the Houston Astros on Tuesday. Starting pitcher Fried bounced back from a couple of subpar performances in his most recent […]

Outgoing Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama believes there could have been star two-way players like Shohei Ohtani from previous generations but they were not given the opportunity to fulfill their potential. The 60-year-old, who stepped down from his role on Monday having won one Japan Series title in […]

The Houston Astros used a change in their lineup Sunday to alter their perspective and then rallied from a four-run deficit to extend the 2021 World Series. Marwin Gonzalez hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the fifth inning and Martin Maldonado drove in three runs as the Astros earned a […]

Chiba Lotte Marines infielder Takashi Toritani, who holds the second-longest consecutive games streak in NPB, has decided to bring an end to his 18-year playing career, the Pacific League club said Sunday. The 40-year-old had his consecutive games streak dating back to his rookie season end at 1,939 on May […]

Dansby Swanson and Jorge Soler smashed back-to-back home runs and the Atlanta Braves defeated Houston 3-2 on Saturday to reach the brink of their first World Series title since 1995. Swanson and Soler hammered solo blasts in the seventh inning to grab the lead as the Braves seized a 3-1 […]

Washington – The Atlanta Braves, unbeaten at home in this year’s playoffs, will try to reclaim the lead in the World Series when they meet the Houston Astros on Friday in Atlanta. The Braves will be trying to bounce back from a 7-2 loss in Game 2 on Wednesday that […]