Former NPB players Matt Clark, Efren Navarro revel in Mexico's triumph
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 ...
Efren Navarro's broken-bat single sends Mexico to Olympic baseball tournament
If one day Efren Navarro's bat from the bronze medal game of the 2019 Premier12 ends up in a hall of fame somewhere, it won't get there in one piece. Not that it'll matter in the least to Mexican baseball fans. Navarro and his shattered ...
Buffaloes mainstay Brandon Dickson playing pivotal role for U.S. bullpen at Premier12
Playing in Japan is probably a unique experience for many of the players on the U.S. team at the Premier12. The same can't be said for American reliever Brandon Dickson. The 35-year-old Montgomery, Alabama, native might be wearing the red, white, and blue, like the rest ...
Brent Rooker's two-run blast in seventh propels U.S. to victory over Taiwan
All Brent Rooker knew was that it wasn't going to be another slider. He'd already been beaten with that pitch during two at-bats and his mind was made up. If Wu Sheng-feng, who had already struck out Rooker twice, was going to beat him again, ...
Team Australia upsets U.S. with first-inning rush
Team Australia got all the runs it needed on one ball that just found a hole up the middle. As for the rest, manger David Nilsson entrusted that to his pitchers and fielders. They rewarded his faith with a superb effort and a big upset ...
U.S. hands Japan first loss at Premier12
Japan had usually been able to find a way to come up with the big hit or big play when it absolutely needed to at this Premier12. The difference on Tuesday night was the Japanese found themselves against an opponent who was always ready with ...
How Russia could force a nuclear war in the Baltics
The Kremlin's 'escalate to de-escalate' nuclear strategy could easily get out of hand.
U.S. tops Dominican Republic, moves on to second round of Olympic qualifying
Oakland's Mark Payton, Tampa Bay's Jake Cronenworth, Philadelphia's Alec Bohm and the New York Yankees' Erik Kratz homered as the United States built a six-run lead and hung on to beat the Dominican Republic 10-8 Monday night to advance to the second round of ...
Noah Perio scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball by the New York Yankees' Erik Kratz in the fifth inning, Ali Solis added a three-run homer in the eighth and host Mexico beat the United States 8-2 on Sunday night at Guadalajara in ...
Tonga beat the United States 31-19 on Sunday to avoid finishing last in Pool C at the Rugby World Cup, helped by a farewell try from retiring captain Siale Piutau on his birthday. Piutau scored Tonga's third try with just under 20 minutes to go. ...
Coach Toutai Kefu on Friday made three changes to his starting lineup as Tonga seeks to end its Rugby World Cup with a win. Tighthead prop Siua Halanukonuka and wings Viliami Lolohea and 'Ateli Pakalani are into the team against the United States in Osaka ...
France survives scare to beat United States in Rugby World Cup
France ran in three late tries against the United States on Wednesday to earn a vital bonus point with an erratic 33-9 win. Les Bleus were leading by just 12-9 with 13 minutes to go before Gael Fickou, Baptiste Serin and Jefferson Poirot dotted down ...
