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Chiba – Roki Sasaki, whose 19-strikeout April 10 perfect game attracted worldwide attention, will make his next start Friday after an 11-day break, Chiba Lotte Marines manager Tadahito Iguchi revealed Monday. “That’s the plan, more or less,” Iguchi said Monday when Sasaki worked out with the Marines’ other starting pitchers […]

New York – Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki was named the National League’s Rookie of the Month for April, Major League Baseball announced Monday. The 27-year-old former Hiroshima Carp slugger batted .279 with four home runs and 14 RBIs during his first month in the big leagues. He is the […]

Reports of the Hanshin Tigers’ demise were, it seems, a little premature. A Tigers team that lost its first nine games and dipped as far as 16-games under .500 is now riding a six-game winning streak and finally giving their famously fervent supporters something to cheer about in 2022. The […]

Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-4 and doubled in an insurance run to end a 17-plate appearance hitless skid and help the Chicago Cubs snap a three-game losing streak in Sunday’s 2-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The hit came off last year’s Cy Young Award winner, Corbin Burnes (1-1), in the […]

Shohei Ohtani was pulled out of the Los Angeles Angels’ game against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday due to right groin tightness. His interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, told reporters after the game that Ohtani intended to play in the Monday afternoon series finale in Chicago, but Angels manager Joe Maddon […]

Osaka – Two-time defending Pacific League batting champion Masataka Yoshida hit a pair of late home runs to power the defending champion Orix Buffaloes to a 3-2 win over the Seibu Lions on Saturday. Considered by some MLB scouts to be Japanese baseball’s best pure hitter, Yoshida went 3-for-4 with […]

CHICAGO – Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani blasted his fourth home run of the season Friday while batting cleanup for the first time since September 2020 as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 for their sixth straight win. The reigning American League MVP went deep in the […]

There was a time when Nestor Cortes was scared to be himself. That reality is a bit hard to believe when it comes to a New York Yankees pitcher best known for the idiosyncrasies he brings to the mound. Cortes is a contortionist who thrives on disruption, an oddity among […]

Fukuoka – Kaito Yoza provided some clutch relief, helping the Seibu Lions to a 4-2 Pacific League win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Thursday. The submarine right-hander inherited a one-out bases-loaded pickle at Fukuoka’s PayPay Dome after Seibu’s starting pitcher, Burch Smith, left with an injury with the Lions […]

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani showed power at the plate and on the mound as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cleveland Guardians 9-5 in a 25-hit slugfest on Wednesday night. Ohtani (2-2), making his fourth pitching start this year, survived a rough beginning to deliver the win, the Angels’ […]