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Boston – Masataka Yoshida had an RBI double among his two hits as the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 Monday on a walk-off solo home run by Alex Verdugo. Yoshida, a two-time batting champion in Japan’s Pacific League, extended his hitting streak to 11 games with […]

Yokohama – Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Trevor Bauer took part in his first pitching practice at Yokohama Stadium on Monday in preparation for his Nippon Professional Baseball debut with the Central League-leading Yokohama DeNA BayStars. DeNA skipper Daisuke Miura revealed the previous day that the 2020 Cy Young winner […]

Munetaka Murakami drove in a pair of runs with a sacrifice fly and an RBI single during the Tokyo Yakult Swallows’ win over the Hanshin Tigers at Jingu Stadium on Sunday night. For a player of Murakami’s stature, such a modest line is not normally cause for celebration. After a […]

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – Shohei Ohtani hit his seventh home run of the season and his first in four games as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 on Sunday. The two-way star ripped Colin Rea’s first-pitch cutter high over the center-field wall for a solo run in the […]

Yuto Akihiro, at first glance, looks like an athlete more prone to slam dunks than home runs. Akihiro, who is listed as an infielder but has been patrolling left field for the Yomiuri Giants, is a towering figure at 200 cm. He looked even taller standing next to Giants slugger […]

Osaka – Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a key member of Japan’s World Baseball Classic-winning team, threw six innings of one-run ball as the Orix Buffaloes beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 3-2 on Saturday. Yamamoto (2-2) allowed four hits, walked three and struck out six in a 98-pitch outing at Kyocera Dome Osaka. […]

Fukuoka – Ryoya Kurihara broke a scoreless tie with a sixth-inning grand slam, leading the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks to a 5-3 Pacific League win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Thursday. With the bases loaded and one out, Kurihara sent a 2-1 pitch from reliever Sora Suzuki over the […]

Anaheim, California – Two-way star Shohei Ohtani overcame a rocky fourth inning on the mound to earn his fourth win of the season as the Los Angeles Angels pulled off an 8-7 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. Ohtani (4-0) allowed five runs on three hits — including two […]

Toronto – Yusei Kikuchi continued his impressive start to the season season for the Toronto Blue Jays by striking out eight over 5⅔ innings of four-hit baseball in an 8-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. The 31-year-old southpaw racked up his fourth straight win after combining with […]

Masataka Yoshida smashed two home runs during the eighth inning, one of them a grand slam, to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 12-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. The 29-year-old outfielder, who helped Japan win gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the World Baseball […]