CINCINNATI – Kenta Maeda fouled a ball off his left thigh in his last start, leaving a bruise that prompted the Los Angeles Dodgers to put him on the 10-day injury list. Maeda gave up only three hits and struck out a dozen batters in 6⅔ innings of a 2-0 […]
Médaille de bronze au Japon: ils s'étaient déjà entraînés à LLN
Une partie de la famille Borlée, dont le père Jacques, était présente lors de l'inauguration de la salle d'athlétisme. «Ce qu'elle représente? Le sport … Pour en savoir plus : Source
Akiyoshi Katsuno loses shutout in sixth inning as Dragons fall to Giants
NAGOYA – Akiyoshi Katsuno took a one-hitter into the sixth inning of his first professional start on Friday but gave up three runs and took the loss as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Chunichi Dragons 4-1. Katsuno (0-1) pitched five dominant innings at Nagoya Dome until getting himself into a […]
Tigers’ Pierce Johnson striving to improve his Japanese
Sitting in the Hanshin Tigers’ bullpen has given Pierce Johnson a chance to pick up some new things. Namely, his teammates have been teaching him some Japanese during their downtime, and he’s already imagining the possibilities of having a new language in his arsenal. “This is such a unique language […]
Brewers slugger Christian Yelich whacks two homers in rout of Phillies
PHILADELPHIA – Christian Yelich took advantage of the few pitches he saw in the zone. Yelich hit his major league-leading 17th and 18th homers to help Zach Davies and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-3 Thursday. Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas also went deep as the Brewers won […]
Shota Hiranuma lifts Fighters with RBI double in seventh, earns first post-game hero interview
For a second, Shota Hiranuma thought he might’ve hit the first home run of his pro career. He came up a few centimeters short, but being responsible for the run that helped give his team a win isn’t a bad consolation prize. Hiranuma broke a scoreless tie with an RBI […]
Dodgers’ Kenta Maeda fans 12, drives in both runs in victory over Padres
LOS ANGELES – Kenta Maeda struck out 12 batters and drove in both runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Wednesday night. The right-hander gave up three hits in 6⅔ innings and reached double-digit strikeouts for the fifth time in the majors. He finished […]
Eagles rally from eight runs down to beat Fighters
SENDAI – Kazuya Fujita scored the winning run in the 11th inning Wednesday as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles rallied from eight runs down to beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 9-8 in a dramatic sayonara victory. Hideto Asamura tied the game with a ninth-inning, solo home run against right-hander […]
Shohei Ohtani reaches 100th MLB hit with three-hit day in Angels loss
MINNEAPOLIS – Shohei Ohtani notched his 100th major league hit in a 3-for-4 effort Tuesday but was tagged out in pivotal innings as the Los Angeles Angels were unable to overcome an early deficit and fell 4-3 to the Minnesota Twins. Batting third as the Angels’ designated hitter, Ohtani singled […]
Fighters hurler Kohei Arihara improves to 5-1 with banner performance against Eagles
SENDAI – Kohei Arihara threw four-hit ball over eight innings behind a strong defense on Tuesday as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters opened a three-game series against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles with a 13-1 win. The Fighters starter fanned seven at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi while holding the home […]