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YOKOHAMA – Big, improbable comebacks are becoming the Hanshin Tigers’ speciality. Fumiya Hojo hit a three-run home run to get the Tigers close in the seventh and put them ahead with a two-run triple in the eighth as a spirited rally resulted in an 8-7 win over the Yokohama BayStars […]

FUKUOKA – Hideto Asamura homered twice and had an RBI single for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, who maintained their Game 1 mastery of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks with a 5-3 win to open the Pacific League Climax Series’ first stage on Saturday. Asamura may be new to the Eagles […]

ATLANTA – Mike Foltynewicz threw seven dominating innings, Adam Duvall hit a pinch-hit homer and the Braves evened the National League Division Series with a 3-0 victory on Friday over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 2. After spending a good chunk of his summer at Triple-A Gwinnett, Foltynewicz has […]

HOUSTON – Asked what went wrong for his Tampa Bay Rays, manager Kevin Cash invented a word. “We got Verlandered,” Cash said. Justin Verlander looked every bit the October ace, Jose Altuve polished his postseason resume and the Houston Astros kept rolling, beating the Rays 6-2 on Friday to open […]

YOKOHAMA – Alex Ramirez is going to play this one by the numbers. That goes for the lineup he’ll field against the Hanshin Tigers in the first stage of the Central League Climax Series and also his starting pitcher. Kenta Ishida will get the call over ace Shota Imanaga for […]

The Chunichi Dragons are parting ways with former major leaguer Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has been given an opportunity to sign with another team for next season as he works his way back from a right shoulder injury. On Friday, Dragons president Hiroyuki Kato told reporters the move was made to […]

NEW YORK – Mickey Callaway went 11-1 in his first 12 games as manager of the New York Mets. After that, nothing ever seemed to go smoothly for him again. Following more than a year of near-constant speculation about his job security, Callaway was fired Thursday by the Mets after […]

ATLANTA – Marcell Ozuna and Kolten Wong each hit two-run doubles in the ninth inning as the St. Louis Cardinals overcame shaky defense and a wild finish to extend Atlanta’s postseason misery, holding off the Braves 7-6 in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Thursday night. The […]

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – When he got to second base, Yandy Diaz stole a glance back toward the dugout and saw all his teammates going crazy. He gleefully kept running. Out for two months, no matter. Diaz slugged baseball’s lowest spender into a playoff matchup with mighty Houston, Charlie Morton silenced […]

OFUNATO, IWATE PREF. – Flame-throwing high school pitcher Roki Sasaki said Wednesday he had registered for Nippon Professional Baseball’s Oct. 17 draft and suggested he would play for any team that drafted him. The announcement, made during at a news conference in Iwate Prefecture, threw cold water on the hopes […]