MILWAUKEE – Brent Suter has turned out to be the wild card in the wild card chase for the Milwaukee Brewers. Rookies Keston Hiura and Trent Grisham each hit two-run homers and Suter was superb again in middle relief as the Brewers increased their edge for the second NL wild-card […]
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Giants capture first Central League pennant since 2014
YOKOHAMA – Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara wrapped an arm about Shinnosuke Abe, one of his longest-serving veterans, as they walked toward the left-field stands at Yokohama Stadium, where their fans were waiting to greet them with rapturous applause. The pair, who have been through so many years and so […]
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Braves clinch NL East again
ATLANTA – Freddie Freeman didn’t care that his eyes kept tearing up from all the beer and champagne soakings. It seemed like every teammate stopped by to blast him, and he loved every minute of it. “This is the first step of hopefully a few celebrations to come,” he said […]
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Yamaguchi pitches Giants past BayStars
YOKOHAMA – Shun Yamaguchi pitched into the seventh inning at his old stomping grounds as the Yomiuri Giants beat the DeNA BayStars 9-4 to lower their magic number to clinch the Central League pennant to two on Friday. “The guys worked hard to get me runs, starting in the first […]
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Yankees wrap up AL East title
NEW YORK – The resilient New York Yankees powered their way to the club’s first AL East title since 2012, routing the Los Angeles Angels 9-1 Thursday night behind three RBIs each from old mainstay Brett Gardner and newcomer DJ LeMahieu. A day after wasting a chance to clinch first […]
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Nobumasa Fukuda’s two-RBI outing pushes Dragons past Giants
NAGOYA – Nobumasa Fukuda twice drove in Ryosuke Hirata, pacing the Chunichi Dragons to a 2-1 win Thursday over the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants. The Giants entered the game with a magic number of four to clinch their first CL pennant since 2014. The leaders’ third straight loss cut their […]
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Carp slugger Seiya Suzuki taking nothing for granted
The only thing old school about Seiya Suzuki is his work ethic, because the strong-armed, hard-hitting Hiroshima Carp outfielder is not in the habit of conforming to tradition for the sake of it. “I am continually trying to master new things. Because if I don’t succeed, they’re going to fire […]
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Gerrit Cole reaches 300 strikeouts for season as Astros clinch playoff berth
HOUSTON – Gerrit Cole wanted to get his milestone strikeout at home, and he accomplished the feat in an important win for the Houston Astros. Cole struck out 10 batters, including his 300th of the season, in eight strong innings, Yuli Gurriel and Jose Altuve homered and the Astros beat […]
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Zach Neal picks up 10th straight win as Lions edge closer to Pacific League pennant
TOKOROZAWA, SAITAMA PREF. – Zach Neal allowed five hits over eight innings to win his 10th-straight decision as the Seibu Lions beat the Orix Buffaloes 5-0 in the Pacific League on Wednesday. The Seibu win and a loss by the second-place Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks dropped the Lions’ magic number to […]
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Like father, like son as Blue Jays’ Cavan Biggio hits for cycle
BALTIMORE – Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle, just like his dad. Biggio homered in the third inning, singled in the sixth, doubled in the eighth and tripled in the ninth to boost the Toronto Blue Jays over the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 on Tuesday night. The rookie drove in four […]