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Kodai Senga allowed a run over seven innings to win his fifth straight start as the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks exploited their opponent's mistakes in a 2-1 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters on Saturday. Trailing 1-0 in the fifth inning, Go Kamamoto reached on ...

Kris Bryant matched a career high with three home runs and drove in five as the Chicago Cubs routed the Washington Nationals 14-6 on Friday. Albert Almora Jr., Kyle Schwarber and Willson Contreras also homered to help the NL Central-leading Cubs snap a two-game skid. ...

Kenta Maeda fouled a ball off his left thigh in his last start, leaving a bruise that prompted the Los Angeles Dodgers to put him on the 10-day injury list. Maeda gave up only three hits and struck out a dozen batters in 6⅔ innings ...

Akiyoshi Katsuno took a one-hitter into the sixth inning of his first professional start on Friday but gave up three runs and took the loss as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Chunichi Dragons 4-1. Katsuno (0-1) pitched five dominant innings at Nagoya Dome until getting ...

Sitting in the Hanshin Tigers' bullpen has given Pierce Johnson a chance to pick up some new things. Namely, his teammates have been teaching him some Japanese during their downtime, and he's already imagining the possibilities of having a new language in his arsenal. "This ...

Christian Yelich took advantage of the few pitches he saw in the zone. Yelich hit his major league-leading 17th and 18th homers to help Zach Davies and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-3 Thursday. Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas also went deep as the ...

For a second, Shota Hiranuma thought he might've hit the first home run of his pro career. He came up a few centimeters short, but being responsible for the run that helped give his team a win isn't a bad consolation prize. Hiranuma broke a scoreless ...

Kenta Maeda struck out 12 batters and drove in both runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Wednesday night. The right-hander gave up three hits in 6⅔ innings and reached double-digit strikeouts for the fifth time in the majors. ...

Kazuya Fujita scored the winning run in the 11th inning Wednesday as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles rallied from eight runs down to beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 9-8 in a dramatic sayonara victory. Hideto Asamura tied the game with a ninth-inning, solo home ...