Japanese Baseball

There is intent and there is common sense. The issue for Seibu Lions pitcher Takeru Sasaki is there was none of either on Friday night at MetLife Dome. The second start of Sasaki's career came to an abrupt end after just three pitches against the Orix ...

Ito (5-4) allowed four hits, walked two and hit a batter while striking out two on a rainy Saturday at Mazda Stadium.

The Seibu reliever pitched his 38th game without giving up a run during Monday's outing against the Hawks.

Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. That safety warning, or some version of it, appears on the passenger side mirrors of vehicles in several nations, including the United States. It's a warning the Hanshin Tigers should heed. They may still be driving at ...

The rookie took over midway through the first inning after starting pitcher Koichi Takada was ejected for hitting a batter in the head.

Taiwan's Wang Po-jung drove in two runs, and rookie right-hander Hiromi Ito allowed two runs over six innings as the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters beat the Orix Buffaloes 5-2 on Thursday, snapping the Pacific League leaders' streak of 11 straight winning decisions. Kensuke Kondo doubled ...

The Pacific League-leading Orix Buffaloes rode solo home runs from rookie Kotaro Kurebayashi, Olympic team member Masataka Yoshida and slugger Yutaro Sugimoto to beat the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3-1 on Wednesday and win their 11th consecutive decision. The win streak is the franchise's longest ...

Family was the dominant theme in NPB last week. The Japanese baseball world received some stunning news on Thursday, when it was revealed Yomiuri Giants infielder Justin Smoak was leaving the team, and Japan, in order to be with his family. Justin Smoak left the Giants ...

"His love of family outweighed everything else," said Atsuhiro Otsuka, the club's assistant representative to NPB.