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Chiba – Kazuma Okamoto homered twice and Samurai Japan teammate Shosei Togo worked eight innings to get the Central League’s Yomiuri Giants past the Pacific League-leading Chiba Lotte Marines 7-4 Wednesday in interleague. At Chiba’s Zozo Marine Stadium east of Tokyo, Okamoto tied the game 1-1 in the second with […]

Tokorozawa, Saitama Pref. – Hanshin Tigers rookie Shoki Murakami showed Pacific League hitters what he’s capable of Tuesday, throwing eight innings in the Central League leaders’ 3-1 win over the Seibu Lions on the opening night of interleague play. Murakami (5-1) allowed a run on four hits and no walks […]

Chicago – Seiya Suzuki scored the only run as the Chicago Cubs beat the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 on the back of a complete-game shutout by starter Marcus Stroman on Monday. The right-hander was near-perfect against the best team in the majors, striking out eight with just one hit, a […]

There is still a certain novelty to interleague baseball in Japan. Unlike in MLB, where there are almost daily matchups between American and National League teams under the current format, regular-season contests between Central and Pacific League clubs in NPB happen during a fixed period on the calendar. The rarity […]

ANAHEIM, California – Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 batters on a frustrating day in which he left the mound with a lead before his Los Angeles Angels fell 8-5 to the Miami Marlins in 10 innings Saturday. Going for his sixth win of the season, Ohtani allowed two runs on […]

When Kodai Senga delivered a 99-mph (159.3-kph) fastball to Luis Arraez of the Miami Marlins on April 2, he became the 14th Japanese player to appear in a game for the New York Mets, the most of any team in the major leagues. The Seattle Mariners are next with 11. […]

Takumi Oshiro hit a game-tying two-run homer as the Yomiuri Giants overcame an early deficit to beat the DeNA BayStars 5-4 in the Central League on Thursday. The Giants won the last two games of their three-game series. Trailing 3-1 at Tokyo Dome, Oshiro, a reserve catcher on Japan’s World […]

When the Yomiuri Giants did the unthinkable — at least for the Kyojin — and made pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano available to MLB teams via the posting system in 2020, Shosei Togo was quickly labeled heir apparent as the staff ace. Togo, who was 20 then, was the center of attention […]

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani launched his 12th home run of the season for the Los Angeles Angels in a 7-3 victory over a Boston Red Sox team that featured his Samurai Japan teammate Masataka Yoshida on Wednesday. The two-way star gave the Halos a 5-0 lead with his solo […]

There was a hint of relief and a lot of joy in Shosei Togo’s voice after his best start of the season. The Yomiuri Giants pitcher had just finished shutting out the DeNA BayStars by a razor-thin margin, and the cheers from the orange-clad fans who made up the majority […]