Brandon Laird took advantage of Wade LeBlanc's implosion in the fourth inning with a go-ahead two-run single to help rally his team as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters routed the Seibu Lions 6-1 to win their seventh in a row on Wednesday night. The first-place ...
Japanese baseball officials appear headed for the trenches after a court's unprecedented decision to force a team to compensate a female spectator who was blinded in one eye when she was hit by a line drive at a ballgame. The decision handed down by the ...
Standing on the horizon of yet another historic moment in his illustrious career is nothing new for the lord of the raised ring. But for yokozuna Hakuho, claiming his career 33rd Emperor's Cup promises to be a monumental event on the scale of Joe DiMaggio's ...
Hiroshima Carp ace Kenta Maeda pitched five shutout innings to lead Samurai Japan in a 2-0 victory over a group of visiting major league stars in Game 1 of the Japan All-Star series on Wednesday night in Osaka. Eight years ago under Bruce Bochy, this ...
Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria hit a grand slam and New York Yankees left-hander Chris Capuano threw four shutout innings as the Major League Baseball All-Stars edged a mixed team from the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers 8-7 in an exhibition Tuesday ...
Kenji Otonari threw seven scoreless innings and Toru Hosokawa homered as the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks defeated the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4-1 in Game 6 of the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage on Monday night to book a spot in the Japan Series. Softbank, ...
Sho Nakata hit a game-tying solo homer in the eighth inning and Takuya Nakashima broke the balance with a two-run single in the top of the 11th as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 6-4 in Game 5 of the ...
Kenichi Nakata threw five innings of two-run ball, Nobuhiro Matsuda delivered a two-run single in a 4-for-4 outing, and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 5-2 to win Game 4 of the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage on Saturday ...
Daikan Yoh broke out with a pair of homers, Eiichi Koyano hit a three-run blast, and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters stomped the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 12-4 in Game 3 of the final stage of the Pacific League Climax Series on Friday night. With the ...
Sho Nakata hit a two-run homer to key a four-run sixth inning, Hokkaido Nippon Ham's defense got the team back in the ballgame, and the Fighters rallied to beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 5-1 in Game 2 of the final stage of the Pacific ...
