Shohei Ohtani throws curveballs for first time since Tommy John surgery
Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani made further progress in his recovery from a right elbow injury, throwing curveballs in a bullpen session on Saturday for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery last October. "I felt good throwing. I think it will ...
Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka bounces back from worst start of career
Masahiro Tanaka provided a solid but unspectacular start Wednesday, bouncing back from the worst performance of his career to help the New York Yankees beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5. Tanaka threw four scoreless innings but exited with none out in the fifth at Yankee Stadium ...
Astros acquire Zack Greinke from Diamondbacks ahead of trade deadline
Out of nowhere, the Houston Astros got a huge head start on October. On a dizzying day that featured two dozen trades, the Astros pulled off the biggest and most startling deal, adding ace Zack Greinke to an imposing rotation already loaded with All-Stars Justin ...
Dodgers' Walker Buehler stifles Diamondbacks in 11-strikeout effort
Walker Buehler's second time on the mound against the Arizona Diamondbacks this season went far better than the first. Buehler held the Diamondbacks to a run on two hits in eight innings, matching the longest start of his career, and Corey Seager hit a three-run ...
Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka surrendered three runs over four innings on Wednesday, and suffered his third loss of the season, in the New York Yankees' 3-2 defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Tanaka (2-3) struck out six of the 18 batters he faced, but allowed the aforementioned ...
Yu Darvish settled down after a shaky start. He got some help from David Bote. Darvish pitched six effective innings and Bote homered twice, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 9-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night. Anthony Rizzo also connected for the Cubs, who ...
Christian Walker continued his remarkable late-innings production with a two-run homer in the seventh, Luke Weaver got Arizona off to a good start and the Diamondbacks beat Atlanta 4-1 to complete a three-game sweep on Thursday. Walker lined the opposite-field homer to right-center off Chad ...
D-Backs closer Yoshihisa Hirano blows save in ninth against Rockies
Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Yoshihisa Hirano surrendered a two-run homer to DJ LeMahieu in the bottom of the ninth inning as the National League West-leading Colorado Rockies rallied for a 5-4 victory Wednesday night. Hirano (4-3) came on with the Diamondbacks leading 4-3 in the ...
Arizona Diamondbacks retake NL West with win over Seattle Mariners
Paul Goldschmidt and Zack Greinke are two of the players Arizona counts on most, and they came through when sorely needed on Sunday. Goldschmidt hit his 30th homer, Greinke won for the first time in almost a month and the Diamondbacks avoided a three-game sweep ...
Right-handed pitcher Shumpei Yoshikawa has signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks and broken amateur baseball rules in the process, informed sources said Friday. The 23-year-old Yoshikawa was expected to go high in Nippon Professional Baseball's amateur draft this October. He is the first marquee amateur to ...
