Once the brightest star in Japan’s amateur baseball constellation, 20-year-old Roki Sasaki has overcome a slow start to his pro career and has now pitched perhaps the world’s greatest nine-inning game. On April 10, the Chiba Lotte Marines’ lanky 190-centimeter right-hander blew past the Nippon Professional Baseball record of nine […]
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Shohei Ohtani smacks two homers to end drought
ARLINGTON, Texas – Two-way star Shohei Ohtani blasted his first two home runs of the season Friday as the Los Angeles Angels came from behind to beat the Texas Rangers 9-6. The reigning American League MVP had not homered in his first seven games of the season for the first […]
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Shohei Ohtani surrenders six runs, takes second straight loss
Arlington, Texas – Two-way star Shohei Ohtani was stung for six runs over 3⅔ innings Thursday as he started his pitching season with two straight defeats and the Los Angeles Angels lost 10-5 against the Texas Rangers. Ohtani (0-2), the reigning American League MVP, was given a two-run first-inning lead […]
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‘This is American history’: Baseball’s Hall of Fame reconsiders race
Jackie Robinson lived only a decade as a Hall of Famer. He suffered from diabetes and died of a heart attack at age 53, in 1972. Robinson had integrated the major leagues a quarter-century before, and he never stopped striving for social justice. “I marvel at how much this man […]
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Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki stays red hot with early-season hit streak
Chicago Cubs’ rookie Seiya Suzuki extended his hit streak to five games to begin the season, but the visitors were beaten by the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Wednesday for a two-game series split. Suzuki, who has nine RBIs already, hit an RBI single to center in the fourth inning to […]
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Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki hits two solo homers against Pirates
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – The Chicago Cubs’ off-season acquisition of Seiya Suzuki is paying big dividends already with the Japanese slugger homering in back-to-back at-bats in the team’s 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday. In the fourth regular season game of his major league career, the 27-year-old, who joined […]
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Roki Sasaki moves on from perfect game to focus on next start
The Lotte Marines’ 20-year-old pitcher Roki Sasaki said he enjoyed basking in the afterglow of his perfect game — Nippon Professional Baseball’s first in 28 years — but woke up ready for a fresh start on Monday. “The reality is slowly starting to sink in. I spent last night immersing […]
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Brewers stave off Cubs as Seiya Suzuki hits first big league homer
Mike Brosseau hit a pinch-hit, go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning and Willy Adames and Rowdy Tellez also homered as the visiting Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Sunday afternoon to avoid a three-game sweep in the season-opening series. Christian Yelich added two hits — including […]
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Lotte pitcher Roki Sasaki throws Japan’s 16th perfect game
Chiba – Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki set a Japanese pro baseball record by striking out 13 consecutive batters en route to Japan’s 16th perfect game on Sunday in a 6-0 Pacific League win over the Orix Buffaloes. The 20-year-old right-hander, whose father was killed in the March 2011 earthquake […]
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Seiya Suzuki gets first MLB hit as Cubs win on opening day
Chicago – Seiya Suzuki went 1-for-2 and drew two walks on his majors debut Thursday as the Chicago Cubs outfielder helped his new team edge the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on MLB’s opening day. Welcomed by a huge cheer from the home crowd at Wrigley Field, the 27-year-old former Hiroshima Carp […]