PHOENIX – Former major league pitcher Curt Schilling says he’s thinking about running for Congress in Arizona. Schilling confirmed in an email to The Arizona Republic on Monday that he’s considering a run. He declined to say which district he’d run in and wrote that “the illegal immigration issue is […]
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Tempers flare in Lions’ rout of Buffaloes
TOKOROZAWA, SAITAMA PREF. – Shuta Tonosaki hit a three-run, first-inning home run, leading the Seibu Lions to an 11-4 victory over the Orix Buffaloes on Tuesday that saw two ejections. With the Lions leading 5-1 in the third, the benches emptied momentarily after Seibu starter Hiromasa Saito hit Shunta Goto, […]
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Blue Jays pound out 13 extra-base hits in rout
TORONTO – Held off the scoreboard Sunday in a 1-0 loss to the Yankees, the Toronto Blue Jays bounced back with their biggest offensive outburst of the season. Brandon Drury hit his first career grand slam, Justin Smoak had a two-run homer among his three extra-base hits, and the Blue […]
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Hawks win as Alfredo Despaigne’s homers decide Wada-Kaneko classic
FUKUOKA – Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks slugger Alfredo Despaigne stole the spotlight from a duel of big-name pitchers on Monday, homering twice to lead the Pacific League-leading SoftBank Hawks to a 6-3 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Despaigne capped the Hawks’ three-run first inning with a two-run homer off […]
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Masahiro Tanaka allows just three hits to snap Yankees’ losing streak
TORONTO – Masahiro Tanaka kept the Toronto Blue Jays off-balance with a three-hit, eight-inning performance on Sunday, helping the New York Yankees snap a two-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Tanaka (8-6) fell three outs short of a complete game shutout […]
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Ariel Miranda, Kenji Akashi get Hawks past Fighters
FUKUOKA – Ariel Miranda pitched out of a pair of bases-loaded jams and Kenji Akashi delivered a tie-breaking, two-run single as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2-0 in the Pacific League on Sunday. Miranda (6-3) survived five walks and an error, allowing just two hits […]
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Angels stop eight-game slide; Shohei Ohtani knocks in two runs
BOSTON – Mike Trout can cross Fenway Park off his home run to-do list. Trout hit the first home run of his career at Fenway and the Los Angeles Angels snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 12-4 rout of the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Shohei Ohtani had a […]
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Kenta Maeda tosses seven scoreless innings to earn first victory since May
LOS ANGELES – Kenta Maeda’s confidence was waning after going more than two months without a win and he knew he had to make some changes. The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher made his adjustments between starts and, for at least one night, appeared dominant. The right-hander allowed only three hits […]
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Hawks capitalize on errors in victory over Fighters
FUKUOKA – Kodai Senga battled through seven innings for the win Saturday as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks came from behind for an 8-4 victory over the error-prone Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. The Hawks ace improved to 11-4 after striking out 10, while allowing four runs on seven hits […]
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Cubs’ Yu Darvish yields three homers in loss to Reds
CINCINNATI – Yu Darvish surrendered three home runs and was outdueled by Trevor Bauer on Friday night as the Chicago Cubs suffered a 5-2 defeat at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds. After striking out the first three batters he faced at Great American Ball Park, Darvish (4-6), who was […]