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Shohei Ohtani tossed his third straight quality start, but the Los Angeles Angels allowed the Texas Rangers to come back to win the game 6-5 in 10 innings and sweep the three-game series at Globe Life Park on Wednesday. Ohtani was not involved in the ...

Playing against his former team, Kikuchi walked three and struck out six of the 22 batters he faced at Rogers Center in his seventh start of the season.

A day after becoming the third Japanese player ever to reach 100 home runs in MLB, Ohtani sent No. 101 soaring deep to right-center in the first inning.

The Pirates became just the sixth team to secure a win without getting a hit and the first since the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Angels in 2008.

Sports leagues and broadcasters are struggling to accommodate both streaming-savvy younger fans as well as older fans still tethered to traditional TV packages.

The Angels star became only the third Japanese player to achieve the mark following former Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui and retired Mariners great Ichiro Suzuki.

The 35-year-old right-hander struck out four and was charged with five runs on nine hits and a walk.

The 27-year-old's next homer will make him the third Japanese-born player to reach 100 career home runs in the majors, after Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki.

Kikuchi has struggled in his first season with Toronto, lasting less than five innings in three of his four April starts for a 5.52 ERA.