Oakland – Shohei Ohtani crushed a two-run homer for the second straight game, giving the Los Angeles Angels an early lead in their 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. A day after becoming the third Japanese player ever to reach 100 home runs in MLB, Ohtani sent No. […]
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Reds lose to Pirates despite allowing no hits
The Cincinnati Reds can’t seem to get a win no matter what. Reds rookie pitcher Hunter Greene took a no-hitter into the eighth inning and reliever Art Warren didn’t give up a hit either, but the Pittsburgh Pirates still eked out a run for a 1-0 victory that saw the […]
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Swallows and Carp draw Central League battle for first place
Hiroshima – In a game befitting a clash of the Central League’s top two teams, the first-place Tokyo Yakult Swallows held off the Hiroshima Carp in a 5-5 12-inning tie Sunday. Yakult closer Scott McGough pitched out of a tough spot after a fluke hit put two on with one […]
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Baseball’s streaming push leaves fans scrambling to find games
The dawn of the streaming era once promised a brighter future for sports fans, a blissful world of a la carte consumption in which everyone could break free of their overstuffed, overpriced cable subscriptions and pay only for what they really wanted to see. The reality, as baseball die hards […]
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Angels’ Shohei Ohtani joins MLB’s 100-homer club
Oakland, California – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit his 100th homer in Major League Baseball on Saturday with a two-run shot in the fifth inning against the Oakland Athletics. Ohtani became only the third Japanese player to achieve the mark, joining Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki in […]
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Shohei Ohtani joins MLB’s 100-homer club
Oakland, California – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit his 100th homer in Major League Baseball on Saturday, going deep with a two-run shot during a 9-1 doubleheader nightcap win against the Oakland Athletics. Ohtani, the reigning American League MVP, crushed a two-run home run into center field […]
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Yu Darvish gets no decision as Padres beat Braves in comeback
Atlanta – Yu Darvish got a no decision Friday in a start that lasted 5⅔ innings for the San Diego Padres, who came back to beat the Atlanta Braves 11-6. The 35-year-old right-hander struck out four and was charged with five runs on nine hits and a walk. He allowed […]
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Marines’ Roki Sasaki claims monthly pitcher award after perfect start
Chiba Lotte Marines flamethrower Roki Sasaki won the pitcher of the month award for March and April in Japan’s Pacific League on Friday after an electric start to the season that included becoming Japanese pro baseball’s youngest to throw a perfect game. The 20-year-old Sasaki, in the Marines’ starting rotation […]
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Marines hand Eagles first losing streak of season
Sendai – Hiromi Oka hit a two-run second-inning home run that helped power the Chiba Lotte Marines to a 5-2 win over the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Thursday. The defeat at Rakuten Seimei Park marked the first time this season the Eagles had lost consecutive games. Unable […]
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Nao Higashihama’s no-hitter adds to strong performance by NPB pitchers in 2022
Nao Higashihama was watching on a TV in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks’ weight room Wednesday morning, when the Los Angeles Angels’ Reid Detmers threw his first career no-hitter (on Tuesday night in Anaheim, California, accounting for the time difference between the U.S. and Japan). Little did he know, he was […]