Fukuoka – Rookie Masaru Fujii pitched out of a no-out bases loaded jam, allowing the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to come from behind in a 7-2 Pacific League win over veteran Tsuyoshi Wada and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Sunday. Fujii allowed an unearned run over four innings and did […]
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Shota Takeda outpitches Masahiro Tanaka as Hawks beat Eagles
FUKUOKA – Shota Takeda struck out eight over six-plus innings as he outpitched former New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka in the SoftBank Hawks’ 9-1 Pacific League win over the Rakuten Eagles on Saturday. Takeda (1-0) allowed just three hits and two walks against the Eagles, who could only manage […]
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Shohei Ohtani hits two of Angels’ seven home runs in loss to A’s
Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani blasted a pair of home runs as the Los Angeles Angels went deep a season-high seven times in an 8-7 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. The Angels scored all of their runs on solo homers and earned a dubious club record for the […]
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Rookie pitcher Iori Yamasaki leads Giants to win over Tigers
Rookie Iori Yamasaki pitched eight innings and singled in a run as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Hanshin Tigers 7-0 in the Central League to snap a four-game losing streak on Thursday. The win at Tokyo Dome was Yomiuri’s first since most of its roster became infected with COVID-19. The […]
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With Vin Scully in the booth, baseball took root in California
At the end of the 1957 baseball season, Brooklyn Dodgers management packed up for a long-threatened move across the continent. Into the hypothetical moving trunks went the home uniforms saying “Dodgers” across the front, the creaky old heroes of Flatbush and much of the front office, plus manager Walter Alston […]
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Pirates designate Yoshitomo Tsutsugo for assignment
New York – First baseman Yoshitomo Tsutsugo was designated for assignment by the Pittsburgh Pirates in order to make room on the 40-man roster on Wednesday. Signed to a $4 million contract this offseason, the 30-year-old former NPB slugger has struggled in 2022, his third season in MLB, hitting .171 […]
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Shohei Ohtani still looking for 10th win after loss against A’s
Anaheim – Shohei Ohtani came up empty in his third bid for history as the Los Angeles Angels fell to the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Wednesday, leaving the two-way star stuck at nine wins. No MLB player since Babe Ruth in 1918 has won 10 games as a pitcher and […]
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Marines star Roki Sasaki loses in return to mound
Sendai – Roki Sasaki returned to league action for the first time in over a month, but was knocked out in the sixth inning and took the loss as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 5-4 in the Pacific League on Wednesday. The 20-year-old Sasaki (6-2), […]
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Yu Darvish earns 10th win as Padres grab headlines with trade
San Diego – San Diego Padres ace Yu Darvish logged his 10th win of the year in a 13-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, reaching the benchmark for the first time since 2017. The Padres won the first game of the doubleheader at Petco Park after an eight-player […]
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Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully dies at 94
Los Angeles – Vin Scully, one of baseball’s most revered broadcasters who called Dodgers’ games for a record-breaking 67 years and narrated some of the sport’s greatest moments, died on Tuesday at the age of 94, the team announced. “We have lost an icon,” Dodgers President & CEO Stan Kasten […]