Ryan Dempster needed just three innings to walk four batters. The lack of control is becoming a bad habit. For his second straight start, wildness hurt him when the Boston Red Sox lost to the Cleveland Indians 12-3 as he left trailing 4-0 after ...

As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

There’s something about the Chiba Lotte Marines’ home field that brings out the best in Matt Murton. Murton doesn’t know what it is, but he’s not about to argue with success. Murton had another big day in the Pacific League park, coming up with ...

Highly touted Fighters rookie Shohei Otani, who passed up a chance to sign with a major league club to stay in Japan, allowed two runs in five innings on Thursday in his first-team pitching debut as Hokkaido Nippon Ham and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows ...

Los Angeles manager Don Mattingly has been sharply critical of his slumping team. For at least one day, everything was all right with the embattled Dodgers. Carl Crawford and Scott Van Slyke drove in two runs each and Ramon Hernandez hit his first home ...

Oakland rookie right-hander Dan Straily was well aware of the ace pitcher and the powerful lineup he was facing. Now everyone can take notice of Straily, who on television before his latest start saw plenty of highlights touting Yu Darvish being on the mound. ...

Patrick Corbin tossed a three-hitter and struck out a career-high 10 to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. “That’s what you’re trying to do every time you go out there,” Corbin modestly said. Starts like ...

The Yomiuri Giants have won the last 37 times Shinnosuke Abe has homered at Tokyo Dome. That’s an impressive streak, even if it is aided by a number of circumstances, not least of which the fact the Kyojin are normally very good at home. ...

Yusei Kikuchi was nearly untouchable with his heater over eight strong innings as the Seibu Lions defeated the Hanshin Tigers 5-1 in an interleague matchup on Monday. The Lions roared in a five-run fourth to send Hanshin starter Jason Standridge to an early shower, ...