Shota Imanaga struck out seven over as many shutout innings as the second-year lefty picked up his 10th win of the season in the Yokohama BayStars' 4-1 victory over the Chunichi Dragons on Thursday. Imanaga (10-5) got early run support, with sluggers Yoshitomo Tsutsugo and Jose Lopez hitting back-to-back RBI doubles ...
Padres right-hander Jered Weaver announced his retirement before San Diego played the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. Weaver, a three-time All-Star, battled ...
Yu Darvish gave up three homers in his home debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers and missed out on a ...
Toshihiko Kuramoto doubled home the game-ending run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Yokohama BayStars came from behind to edge the Chunichi Dragons 3-2 on Wednesday. BayStars starter Joe Wieland did not figure in the decision but held the Dragons to two ...
All eyes are on Giancarlo Stanton and he keeps delivering. Baseball's $325 million man homered in his sixth consecutive game to give him a major league-leading 44, but the Miami Marlins fell 9-4 to the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. "Obviously very dangerous right now," ...
Kenji Akashi went 2-for-4 with three RBIs to help power the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' 5-3 win over the Orix Buffaloes on Tuesday. Akahashi drove in the game's first two runs with one out in the second. With runners on first and second and Orix ace ...
The Chicago Cubs waited all season for a hot streak from NL MVP Kris Bryant. Now that he's on one, they want it to last a while. "My history with him is when he gets it, it stays there," manager Joe Maddon said. Bryant and Anthony ...
With their big guns struggling, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters got big games from the backups on Monday, snapping a six-game losing streak with a 7-1 win over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Before 35,961 at Kyocera Dome, Journeyman right-hander Toru Murata pitched out of a ...
The Panda is living amongst the Tigers in Osaka. At least that's how the Hanshin Tigers and their fans refer to the team's newest addition, first baseman Jason Rogers. When it's not "Panda," his nickname, it's "Rogers," and the East Point, Georgia, native wonders, somewhat ...
Kenta Maeda allowed four runs but nevertheless won his fifth consecutive decision as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 6-4 on Sunday. Maeda (11-4) was charged with three earned runs and four hits, including two homers to Cory Spangenberg, and matched a ...
Shinnosuke Abe, a key member on seven pennant-winning Yomiuri Giants teams and the Central League's 2012 MVP, reached Japan's iconic 2,000-hit milestone on Sunday. Now a first baseman, the 38-year-old Abe was the Giants' catcher from his rookie year in 2001 until 2014. He is ...
Wataru Karashima pitched into the seventh inning as the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles got past the Orix Buffaloes 4-2 in the Pacific League on Sunday afternoon. Karashima (8-5) allowed two runs on four hits. Locating his fastball and throwing his changeup for effect, the lefty ...
Hall of Fame catcher Tsutomu Ito said Sunday he will step down as manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines at the end of the season. Ito, in his fifth year at the helm of the Pacific League club, has finished third in three of his ...
Miami Marlins president David Samson says a signed $1.2 billion agreement has been submitted to Major League Baseball to sell the franchise to a group that includes former New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter, and the team expects to close on the deal in ...
Leadoff home runs are fun. Most can probably agree on that. A leadoff home run is a rush, an unexpected jolt of energy at the outset of a game. There have been 26 in Japan this season, the last coming off the bat of the ...
