YOKOHAMA – Jose Lopez hit a tie-breaking, two-run double off his former team, lifting the second-place Yokohama BayStars to a 4-2 win over the Central League-leading Yomiuri Giants on Friday night. Trailing by a run in the sixth, Neftali Soto doubled in Takehiro Ishikawa to tie it with one out […]
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MLB suspends eight for role in Reds-Pirates brawl
NEW YORK – Pittsburgh pitcher Keone Kela was been suspended for 10 games, wild-swinging Cincinnati reliever Amir Garrett for eight and Yasiel Puig for three after a furious brawl between the Pirates and Reds. Major League Baseball issued eight suspensions Thursday, two days after the fight at Great American Ball […]
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Cardinals blank Cubs, move into first place
ST. LOUIS – Jack Flaherty didn’t panic. Instead, the St. Louis Cardinals’ right-hander simply stayed the course during a lengthy stretch without a victory. That patience paid off Thursday. Flaherty struck out nine in seven strong innings and catcher Matt Wieters hit a three-run homer as the Cardinals beat the […]
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Tatsunori Hara has shot at top 10 for most wins by a manager
Tatsunori Hara moved into rarefied air when his Yomiuri Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp on Tuesday night, becoming the 13th Japanese manager to reach 1,000 career victories. It’s easy to look back and see how he got there. Hara has managed a number of strong Giants teams and his entire […]
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Carp continue post-All-Star surge with one-sided victory over Giants
The Hiroshima Carp look like a team that’s not quite ready to give up the Central League pennant they’ve held onto for the past three seasons — at least not without a fight. They also don’t look likely to relinquish the hold they have on the Yomiuri Giants anytime soon. […]
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Yankees’ Masahiro Tanaka bounces back from worst start of career
NEW YORK – Masahiro Tanaka provided a solid but unspectacular start Wednesday, bouncing back from the worst performance of his career to help the New York Yankees beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5. Tanaka threw four scoreless innings but exited with none out in the fifth at Yankee Stadium after allowing […]
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Astros acquire Zack Greinke from Diamondbacks ahead of trade deadline
New York – Out of nowhere, the Houston Astros got a huge head start on October. On a dizzying day that featured two dozen trades, the Astros pulled off the biggest and most startling deal, adding ace Zack Greinke to an imposing rotation already loaded with All-Stars Justin Verlander and […]
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Toshiro Miyazaki’s sayonara single lifts BayStars to win over Swallows
YOKOHAMA – Toshiro Miyazaki hit a sayonara single in the bottom of the ninth to give the Yokohama BayStars a 4-3 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the Central League on Wednesday. Kazuki Kamizato singled off right-hander Kazuki Kondo, with Keita Sano and Tomo Otosaka on first and second, […]
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Darvish takes loss as Cards top Cubs
ST. LOUIS – Yu Darvish was tagged with his fifth loss of the season as the St. Louis Cardinals snatched the division lead away from the Chicago Cubs with a 2-1 victory in their series opener on Tuesday. Darvish (3-5) was pleased with his six-inning effort in which he gave […]
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Benches-clearing brawl breaks out during Pirates’ win over Reds
CINCINNATI – Jared Hughes’ errant pitch threw a load of fuel on one of the majors’ most flammable rivalries. Call it Pirates vs. Reds, round two — and a fitting farewell for Yasiel Puig. Hughes hit Starling Marte with his first pitch in the ninth inning Tuesday night, setting the […]