Chiba – Akito Takabe’s RBI single capped a three-run ninth-inning rally that lifted the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 5-4 win over the Seibu Lions on Thursday. With the top five Pacific League teams packed tightly together, Lotte’s win at Zozo Marine Stadium kept the fourth-place Marines just 2½-games back […]
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Shohei Ohtani named top male athlete at ESPY Awards
Los Angeles – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani was named best male athlete of the year at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday, beating out luminaries including NBA star Stephen Curry and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Ohtani, the reigning American League MVP, also won the Best Major […]
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Buffaloes rookie Ren Mukunoki falls one strike short of no-hitter
OSAKA – Ren Mukunoki, the Orix Buffaloes’ top draft pick last fall, allowed his only hit with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning in a 2-0 Pacific League win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Wednesday. Nippon Ham’s Ryusei Sato lined a high 2-2 slider to […]
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Giancarlo Stanton takes MVP honors as American League wins MLB All-Star Game
Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton and Minnesota’s Byron Buxton hit back-to-back home runs to key the American League’s 3-2 victory in the 92nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday. Stanton, who has 24 homers in the first half of the season, belted a 457-foot game-tying two-run home run off Dodgers […]
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Juan Soto uses power to defeat Julio Rodriguez in Home Run Derby win
LOS ANGELES – Juan Soto put contract talks and trade rumors behind him for one night as the Washington Nationals star won the Home Run Derby on Monday at Los Angeles with a 19-18 advantage in the finals over Seattle Mariners rookie Julio Rodriguez. Soto didn’t hit his first home […]
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Juan Soto turns uses power to edge Julio Rodriguez in Home Run Derby win
LOS ANGELES – Juan Soto put contract talks and trade rumors behind him for one night as the Washington Nationals star won the Home Run Derby on Monday at Los Angeles with a 19-18 advantage in the finals over Seattle Mariners rookie Julio Rodriguez. Soto didn’t hit his first home […]
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Juan Soto on Nationals negotiations: ‘Don’t know what to trust’
In light of a report that he turned down a 15-year, $440 million contract offer, Washington Nationals star Juan Soto faced questions about his future with the club Monday during media availability for the MLB All-Star Game in Los Angeles. Soto called the leak “pretty frustrating,” but said his motivation […]
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It’s time to rescue Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani
Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani – baseball’s would-be saviors – need rescuing themselves. Their Los Angeles Angels are headed toward another dreadful finish, another missed postseason. They’ve got an interim manager, a long-shot plan to build a contender one day and a 39-53 record. In a time of both misinformation […]
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Lions beat Fighters to stay in hunt for first place
Aito Takeda scored a run and drove in another Monday as the Seibu Lions kept up their pursuit of the Pacific League pennant with a 5-1 comeback win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. The Lions, who started the day a half-game back from the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the […]
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Shota Dobayashi hits grand slam to help Carp complete sweep of Giants
The Hiroshima Carp and their fans had a grand old time at Tokyo Dome over the weekend. Shota Dobayashi hit a pinch-hit, come-from-behind grand slam in the fourth inning, and the Carp finished off a sweep of the Yomiuri Giants with a 10-5 win on Sunday afternoon at the Big […]