NEW YORK – Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz remained in the intensive care unit at Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday as he continues to recover from surgery to repair gunshot wounds, the result of what authorities say was an orchestrated plot to kill him. “Yesterday and this morning, […]
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Top draft pick Kosei Yoshida makes winning debut as Fighters edge Carp
SAPPORO – Kosei Yoshida, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters’ first pick in last year’s NPB draft, got the win in his professional debut Wednesday as the Fighters beat the Hiroshima Carp 2-1 in interleague play. Taishi Ota blasted a solo homer and Haruki Nishikawa added an RBI single to help […]
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Ohtani takes Maeda deep in victory
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – Shohei Ohtani homered off Kenta Maeda and robbed his countryman of a chance for an eighth win Tuesday as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 to complete a two-game Freeway Series sweep. Ohtani, who homered off fellow Japanese and Seattle Mariners rookie Yusei […]
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Reliever Scott Mathieson happy to be back on mound for Giants
Scott Mathieson had appeared in 393 games for the Yomiuri Giants entering this season. Over the past seven years, he’s come out the Yomiuri bullpen mostly tasked with either protecting leads, keeping the Kyojin in games or closing out wins. Mathieson has been a vital member of the club since […]
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Emergency starter Yasuo Sano, reliever Kyle Martin guide Lions past Giants
TOKOROZAWA, SAITAMA PREF. – Yasuo Sano threw four innings in an emergency start, then Kyle Martin added three innings of relief as the Seibu Lions shut out the Yomiuri Giants 4-0 in interleague play on Tuesday. Sano made his first start of the season after scheduled starter Tatsuya Imai developed […]
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Tampa Bay starter Charlie Morton improves to 8-0
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – Charlie Morton is proving his worth to the Tampa Bay Rays. The 35-year-old right-hander, signed to a $30 million, two-year contract in free agency, remained unbeaten with his new team on Monday night, limiting the Oakland Athletics to two hits over seven shutout innings of a […]
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David Ortiz returns to Boston after being shot in Dominican bar
SANTO, DOMINGO – David Ortiz was back in Boston on Monday night for medical care, a day after authorities said the former Red Sox slugger affectionately known as Big Papi was ambushed by a gunman at a bar in his native Dominican Republic. A plane carrying the 43-year-old retired athlete […]
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Suspect in custody in ambush shooting of retired Red Sox slugger David Ortiz
NEW YORK – Police in the Dominican Republic were investigating on Monday why a man shot and wounded former Boston Red Sox slugger David “Big Papi” Ortiz as he sat in a nightclub late on Sunday, according to police and the team. Ortiz, a 43-year-old retired baseball player still beloved […]
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Walker Buehler, Max Muncy lead Dodgers to shutout of Giants
SAN FRANCISCO – Walker Buehler and two relievers combined on a five-hitter, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat ace Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants 1-0 on Sunday. Max Muncy homered into McCovey Cove off Bumgarner (3-6) in the first inning, then exchanged words with the ace as he […]
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Hanshin’s Fumihito Haraguchi has already written inspiring story in comeback from cancer
The past week was one of returns in Japanese baseball. Interleague play is back, with the annual competition between the Central and Pacific Leagues having kicked off on June 4. So is Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks pitcher Rick van den Hurk, who returned from a nagging ailment, and his teammate Tsuyoshi […]