Baseball / MLB Sep 20, 2021
Shohei Ohtani strikes out 10, comes up short in quest for 10th win
Showing no sign of the arm soreness that pushed back his start by two days, the two-way sensation looked sharp on the mound for the Angels.
Baseball / MLB Jun 17, 2021
Shohei Ohtani connects on 19th homer in Angels' loss to Athletics
Shohei Ohtani hit his 19th home run of the season and stole his 10th base of the year on Wednesday, but the Los Angeles Angels blew an early lead in an 8-4 loss that allowed the Oakland Athletics to complete a series sweep. The Angels ...
MLB May 30, 2021
Shohei Ohtani drove in a pair of runs and starter Alex Cobb dominated over seven innings Saturday as the Los Angeles Angels blanked the Oakland Athletics 4-0. A day after taking his first loss of the season as a pitcher, two-way star Ohtani returned to ...
Baseball / MLB May 28, 2021
Shohei Ohtani scratched from start because of Bay Area traffic
Shohei Ohtani batted second as the team's designated hitter and went 0-for-3 with a walk instead of pitching in the Los Angeles Angels' 5-0 loss against the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, after being forced to take public transportation to Oakland Coliseum. Ohtani was not scheduled ...
MLB May 25, 2021
Yusei Kikuchi got his first win in nearly a month and his second of the season Monday as the Seattle Mariners ended a six-game losing streak by beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2. Kikuchi (2-3) — who had not won a game since April 29 — ...
Baseball / MLB Mar 6, 2021
California's MLB teams get go-ahead to open season with limited number of fans
The California Department of Public Health gave baseball teams and fans cause for spring fever Friday when it announced that spectators can return to the state's baseball stadiums in gradually increasing numbers starting on opening day as the coronavirus pandemic subsides. Since the state's five ...
MLB Jul 28, 2020
Shohei Ohtani goes hitless one day after horror pitching debut
Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts as designated hitter on Monday as the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 to win three out of four and take the teams' season-opening series. A day after he was chased after 30 pitches in his ...
Japanese Baseball May 3, 2020
Matt Keough, who won 45 games for the Central League's Hanshin Tigers from 1987-89 and whose father also played professionally in Japan, has died at the age of 64, MLB's Oakland Athletics said Saturday. Keough, a special assistant with Oakland, was a member of the ...
Baseball / MLB Mar 20, 2019
Ichiro hitless, but Mariners outslug Athletics in MLB season-opening game
by Jason Coskrey
Ichiro Suzuki began jogging in from right field shortly before the bottom of the fourth. He was almost at the area near the dugout before the crowd caught on to what was happening and started to cheer. The Mariners waiting to take the field took ...
Baseball / MLB Mar 20, 2019
Mariners newcomer Yusei Kikuchi eager to make first MLB start
by Jason Coskrey
When Yusei Kikuchi makes his first start as a major league player at Tokyo Dome on Thursday, he won't be too far away from Seibu Dome, where he stood on the mound for the first time as a professional in June of 2011. "In terms ...
Baseball / MLB Mar 19, 2019
Seattle left-hander Marco Gonzales maintains normal focus for first Opening Day start
by Jason Coskrey
Opening Day is a celebratory time for baseball fans. It's when a long winter gives way to spring and the familiar crack of balls ricocheting off wooden bats. The atmosphere promises to be even more jubilant than usual for Seattle Mariners fans, for whom the ...
Baseball / MLB Mar 18, 2019
MLB players revel in Japan's 'carnival' stadium atmosphere
by Jason Coskrey
Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball aren't really so different on the field. Everyone is playing the same game and the rules are more or less the same, with some exceptions. But as the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics found out during their exhibitions ...