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Chiba – The Chiba Lotte Marines and Keisei Electric Railway are giving away complimentary train tickets worth ¥16,000 for every pitch Roki Sasaki throws at 160 kph (99 mph) or above during his starts at home this season. They had better prepare a lot of them. Sasaki struck out 11 […]

Shohei Ohtani pitched six solid innings and Logan O’Hoppe homered as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the host Seattle Mariners 4-3 Wednesday afternoon, taking two of three games in the series between the American League West rivals. Ohtani (1-0) allowed one run on three hits, with four walks and eight […]

Eagles pitcher Yuki Matsui celebrates saving his 200th career game in a Pacific League baseball game against the Seibu Lions at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in Sendai on Wednesday. | KYODO SENDAI – Yuki Matsui pitched out of a ninth-inning pickle to preserve the Rakuten Eagles’ lead and save his […]

Osaka – Ryoya Kurihara homered and drove in three runs as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the 2022 Japan Series champion Orix Buffaloes 6-1 Tuesday to extend their season-opening winning streak to four games. Two-run homers by Kensuke Kondo, who was a key member of Japan’s World Baseball Classic-winning team, […]

SEATTLE – Shohei Ohtani went deep for the second straight game for the Los Angeles Angels on Monday, while the Boston Red Sox’s Masataka Yoshida blasted his first MLB home run. Two-way star Ohtani, batting third as the designated hitter at T-Mobile Park against the Seattle Mariners, broke a 2-2 […]

Kodai Senga struck out eight batters to lead the New York Mets to a 5-1 win over the Miami Marlins in his major league debut on Sunday afternoon. Mets backup center fielder Tommy Pham went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and one walk as New York took three out of four […]

OAKLAND, California – Shintaro Fujinami got off to a bright start before giving up eight runs over 2⅓ innings and getting tagged with a loss in his MLB debut Saturday, as the Oakland Athletics lost 13-1 to the Los Angeles Angels. The former Hanshin Tigers right-hander struck out four during […]

Fukuoka – Ryoya Kurihara homered for the second straight day to lead the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks’ offense in a 7-0 Pacific League win Saturday over the Chiba Lotte Marines. Kurihara, whose rising star took a hit last year with season-ending knee surgery in April, opened the scoring with a fourth-inning […]

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – Yamanashi Gakuin beat Hotoku Gakuen 7-3 in the final of the 95th high school invitational baseball tournament Saturday at Koshien Stadium behind a complete game from ace Kengo Hayashi, claiming a first-ever national championship for Yamanashi Prefecture. The right-hander started all six of his team’s games […]

Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido – The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters touted the opening of their new home, Es Con Field Hokkaido, as the dawning of a new generation. Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Nippon Ham’s charismatic manager, said he was creating a new era during practice on Wednesday, the day before the Fighters opened the […]