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HIROSHIMA – Daichi Osera threw eight innings, leading the Hiroshima Carp to a 3-0 victory over the Chunichi Dragons on Tuesday. Osera (11-8) gave up six hits, all singles, and a walk, while striking out four as the Carp snapped the Dragons’ six-game win streak. Osera, who won for the […]

BOSTON – The music blared in the clubhouse behind the door to manager Aaron Boone’s office — “New York, New York” was playing through the speakers, and a few voices could be heard joining in on the lyrics. The New York Yankees had an extra reason to be happy after […]

FUKUOKA – Kota Futaki threw six solid innings, pitching the Chiba Lotte Marines to an 11-6 win over the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Monday. The win earned the third-place Marines a split of their four-game series at Yafuoku Dome after they were no-hit in Friday’s series opener. The […]

With the NPB season nearly over — no team has more than 16 games left — it’s almost time for the group of retired pitchers who vote on the Sawamura Award to sit down and have a chat. When they finish lamenting that none of today’s pitchers are as good […]

LOS ANGELES – The Dodgers are on the verge of another runaway division title, and still there was anxiety Sunday. Matt Beaty homered to end a 12-inning scoreless streak, Corey Seager also connected and Los Angeles beat the San Francisco Giants 5-0 to reduce their magic number to clinch the […]

SENDAI – Hotaka Yamakawa hit a game-winning double and Keisuke Honda had a solid start, as the Seibu Lions beat the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 3-2 on Sunday to clinch their series. Honda scattered four hits, pitching into the sixth inning, after Takeya Nakamura drove in two early runs at […]

CHICAGO – Shohei Ohtani shared few details about his recent hitting adjustments. The results speak for themselves. Ohtani hit a three-run home run and drove in a career-high five runs to help the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-7 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night. “I’m not […]

Tokyo Yakult Swallows manager Junji Ogawa said Sunday he intends to take responsibility for the Central League club’s poor performance this year and retire when his two-year contract expires at the end of the season. The announcement follows Yakult’s 10-6 loss to the Yomiuri Giants on Saturday, which ensured the […]

NAGOYA – Yuya Yanagi bounced back from a tough first inning to work seven innings and win for the first time in two months as the Chunichi Dragons defeated the Yokohama BayStars 8-3 on Saturday. Yanagi (10-5) surrendered back-to-back first-inning home runs at Nagoya Dome to Jose Lopez and Yoshitomo […]

CHICAGO – Brian Goodwin left his mark on a game, just as Mike Trout has done so often for the Los Angeles Angels. Goodwin’s two-run homer in the eighth inning tied the game, and Justin Upton hit a solo shot in the ninth that proved to be the winner as […]