Efren Navarro

Baseball Nov 17, 2019

Former NPB players Matt Clark, Efren Navarro revel in Mexico's triumph

by Kaz Nagatsuka

Mexico made history on Sunday, punching its first-ever Olympic ticket with a 3-2 win over the United States in the bronze-medal game of the Premier12. The win could not have occurred without the late-game heroics of Matt Clark and Efren Navarro, who have previously competed ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 9, 2018

Yoshio Itoi smacks go-ahead blast in eighth as Tigers down Giants

Yoshio Itoi capped a solid evening with an eighth-inning, tiebreaking home run that lifted the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Thursday. Itoi had twice singled with a runner in scoring position, but some solid defense by the Giants ...