NEW YORK – Masahiro Tanaka claimed his seventh win of the season and 170th of his career, between Japan and North America, as the New York Yankees beat the Colorado Rockies 11-5 on Saturday. Tanaka (7-5) pitched five scoreless innings at Yankee Stadium as the hosts built a nine-run lead […]
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Hiroshi Urano, three Fighters relievers combine to toss five-hit shutout against Marines
SAPPORO – Hiroshi Urano threw six scoreless innings to pace the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters to a 4-0 win over the Chiba Lotte Marines on Saturday. It was the Fighters’ fifth consecutive victory. The right-hander struck out seven, while allowing two hits and one walk to improve to 3-1. Pitching […]
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Mariners’ Mike Leake tosses one-hitter in rout of Angels
SEATTLE – Mike Leake of the Seattle Mariners lost his bid to pitch a perfect game on a leadoff single in the ninth inning by rookie Luis Rengifo, then finished off the Los Angeles Angels for a 10-0 win Friday night. A week after the worst start of his career, […]
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BayStars starter Kentaro Taira stifles red-hot Dragons
YOKOHAMA – Yokohama BayStars manager Alex Ramirez knew his team was going to need a big performance in order to slow down the streaking Chunichi Dragons and their star pitcher Yuya Yanagi. With BayStars starter Kentaro Taira leading the way, Ramirez’s club delivered. Taira (2-2) threw six shutout innings, Jose […]
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Eagles’ Manabu Mima loses perfect game in ninth, hangs on for victory
SENDAI – Manabu Mima carried a perfect game into the ninth inning as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 5-1 on Friday, handing the Pacific League leaders their fifth consecutive loss. Mima (6-3) allowed two hits and a walk, while striking out six in a 117-pitch […]
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Intense Yankees pounce on rival Rays in doubleheader sweep
NEW YORK – Gio Urshela homered and drove in three runs as the New York Yankees topped the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 in the opener of a doubleheader on Thursday. Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected after directing a profane rant toward rookie plate umpire Brennan Miller. Boone’s outburst occurred […]
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Umpire Mike DiMuro retires after two-plus decades in big leagues
NEW YORK – Mike DiMuro, among two father-son duos to work home plate in a major league no-hitter, is retiring after two decades as an umpire. He is being replaced on the big league staff by Chad Whitson, the commissioner’s office said Thursday. The 51-year-old DiMuro made his major league […]
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Zoilo Almonte ignites red-hot Dragons in triumph over BayStars
YOKOHAMA – Zoilo Almonte went 4-for-4 and doubled in the go-ahead run as the Chunichi Dragons beat the Yokohama BayStars 7-3 on Thursday. By winning eight straight games for the first time in 10 years, the Dragons moved into a tie with the BayStars for second place in the Central […]
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Elijah ‘Pumpsie’ Green, first black player on Boston Red Sox, dies at age 85
BOSTON – Former Boston Red Sox infielder Elijah “Pumpsie” Green, the first black player on the last major league team to field one, has died. He was 85. The Red Sox said Green, who lived in California most of his life, died Wednesday at in a hospital in San Leandro, […]
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Cubs’ Yu Darvish earns first home victory of season
CHICAGO – Yu Darvish finally had a reason to celebrate at Wrigley Field. Darvish tossed six innings of two-hit, shutout ball to earn his first win at the iconic ballpark as a Cub and lead Chicago past the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 on Wednesday. Kris Bryant and Addison Russell homered for […]