NEW YORK – Bill Buckner was an All-Star and batting champion, a gritty gamer who was welcome on any team. A reliable fielder, too. But a little grounder forever changed his legacy. Buckner, who made one of the biggest blunders in baseball history when he let Mookie Wilson’s trickler roll […]
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Stewart’s bold move to Japan could shake up MLB, NPB
Hiroshima Carp pitcher Kyle Regnault doesn’t know what he’d do if he were in Carter Stewart’s cleats. Stewart, a 19-year-old pitcher from Melbourne, Florida, finalized a deal with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Saturday that has the potential to be groundbreaking. Stewart skipping the MLB draft — where he was […]
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Kenta Maeda wins in return from injury
PITTSBURGH – Kenta Maeda returned from the 10-day injured list and earned his sixth victory of the season, after the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with an 11-7 win on Sunday. Maeda (6-2) allowed three runs while striking out four over five innings at PNC […]
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Kensuke Kondo, Sho Nakata help Fighters rally past Lions
TOKOROZAWA, SAITAMA PREF. – Kensuke Kondo and Sho Nakata capped a late rally on Sunday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters fought back from a four-run deficit to claim a 6-5 win over the Saitama Seibu Lions. In the eighth inning at MetLife Dome, Kondo blasted a shot off Lions […]
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Athletics rough up Kikuchi, hold off Mariners
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – Yusei Kikuchi surrendered 10 hits and four earned runs against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, suffering his second loss of the season as his Seattle Mariners fell 6-5 on the road. The Mariners pushed across tying runs both times Kikuchi (3-2) gave up a run, in the […]
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Southpaw starter Kris Johnson helps Carp extend winning streak to 11 games
Left-hander Kris Johnson pitched into the eighth inning and drove in a run to help the Hiroshima Carp extend their winning streak to 11 games by beating the Yomiuri Giants 7-5 on Saturday. The Carp are now one victory shy of the franchise record for consecutive wins set in 1984, […]
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Hawks finalize deal with highly touted amateur pitcher Carter Stewart
CHIBA – The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks made history on Saturday by becoming the first NPB team to sign a highly rated American amateur by announcing their acquisition of 19-year-old pitcher Carter Stewart. Details of the contract were not revealed, but it has been reported in the United States as being […]
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Tigers put end to nine-game skid
NEW YORK – Winless for almost two weeks, the Detroit Tigers finally busted loose for nine runs and needed every last one of them. JaCoby Jones homered and had a career-high four RBIs, including a go-ahead double in the seventh inning, and Miguel Cabrera also connected as the Tigers halted […]
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Carp crush Giants to extend winning streak to 10
The first several weeks of the NPB season had many wondering how it was possible for the Hiroshima Carp to start off so slowly. Now the question is this: How on earth can anyone slow them down? Xavier Batista hit two home runs, Seiya Suzuki and Ryoma Nishikawa also went […]
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Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes likely to miss rest of season after undergoing ankle surgery
NEW YORK – The New York Mets say slugger Yoenis Cespedes is expected to miss the entire season after having ankle surgery. The Mets revealed that the 33-year-old Cespedes had the operation on Thursday. The team announced Monday that the oft-injured outfielder had broken his right ankle in an accident […]