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FUKUOKA – The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks made the most of having former ace Tsuyoshi Wada on the mound for the first time since 2017 in a 5-2 interleague win over the Chunichi Dragons on Wednesday. Wada, who has not pitched since the 2017 Japan Series due to shoulder issues, allowed […]

WASHINGTON – Stephen Strasburg didn’t turn in a vintage performance. He still did enough — with plenty of help from the Washington Nationals’ offense — to reach a career milestone. Strasburg earned his 100th victory, Anthony Rendon homered and drove in five runs and Washington rallied past the Chicago White […]

OSAKA – Hikaru Ito went 3-for-3 with a home run to lead the Yokohama BayStars to a 3-1 win over the Orix Buffaloes at the start of interleague play on Tuesday. The BayStars catcher finished with two runs, an RBI and a walk after opening the scoring for the Central […]

SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY – The Baltimore Orioles have selected Oregon State switch-hitting catcher Adley Rutschman with the No. 1 pick in the Major League Baseball draft. The announcement Monday night at MLB Network studios marks the second time the Orioles have led off the draft, and first since they took […]

PHOENIX – Walker Buehler’s second time on the mound against the Arizona Diamondbacks this season went far better than the first. Buehler held the Diamondbacks to a run on two hits in eight innings, matching the longest start of his career, and Corey Seager hit a three-run homer as the […]

NEW YORK – David Price picked an excellent time to erase his Boston zero in the Bronx. The left-hander finally won at Yankee Stadium for the first time with the Red Sox, backed by early homers from J.D. Martinez and Xander Bogaerts in an 8-5 victory over New York on […]

YOKOHAMA – Keiji Obiki drove in three early runs with a two-out, bases-loaded double on Sunday afternoon as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows snapped a three-week losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Yokohama BayStars. The Swallows had been one defeat away from eclipsing their Central League-record of 16 straight […]

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – Justin Verlander could hardly fathom his name being mentioned in the same breath as Cy Young. “Pretty cool, man,” the Astros ace right-hander said. Verlander struck out eight over eight innings and moved into a share of the major league lead with his ninth win and passed […]

FUKUOKA – Opening Day starter Takayuki Kishi allowed three runs over six innings to win his first game of the season for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, whose 6-5 victory over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Saturday put them alone at the top of the Pacific League. Kishi (1-0) was […]

LOS ANGELES – Kenta Maeda allowed two runs over six innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday. Maeda (7-2) scattered three hits and struck out six without a walk at Dodger Stadium. He retired the first nine Phillies hitters before Andrew […]