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SANTO, DOMINGO – Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back at nearly point-blank range Sunday night in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said. Dominican National Police Director Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte said Ortiz was […]

Yomiuri Giants fans used their cheers to welcome ace pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano back to the diamond. The Giants players did it with their bats. Yoshiyuki Kamei, Akihiro Wakabayashi and Shinnosuke Abe all homered and Sugano made a winning return as the Kyojin beat the Chiba Lotte Marines 11-3 in front […]

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – Shohei Ohtani and Yusei Kikuchi sensed the excitement around Angel Stadium each time they dug in against each other. The Japanese stars also realized millions of eyes were on them from across the Pacific as they faced each other in the major leagues for the first time. […]

The Chiba Lotte Marines were on the road, missing some key players because of injuries, down a run and three outs away from a loss. But when they got their shot at a win, they managed to make the most of it. Daichi Suzuki drove in the tying run, Shogo […]

HOUSTON – Robinson Chirinos hit an RBI double with two outs in the 11th inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 4-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday. Yuli Gurriel singled with one out in the 11th before Chirinos hit a line drive to left field off Branden […]

HIROSHIMA – Kodai Senga struck out eight over seven scoreless innings as the Pacific League’s Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat the three-time defending Central League champion Hiroshima Carp 6-3 on Friday in a rematch of last year’s Japan Series. “It’s been a while since I’ve pitched at Mazda Stadium, so my […]

CLEVELAND – Max Kepler homered three times and Jose Berrios (8-2) locked up Cleveland’s lineup into the seventh inning as the Minnesota Twins avoided a sweep — and their first three-game losing streak — by beating the Indians 5-4 on Thursday night. Kepler, who entered hitless in his previous 21 […]

NEW YORK – It appears free agent pitcher Dallas Keuchel has finally found a home. Keuchel and the Atlanta Braves agreed to a one-year contract that would pay the 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner about $13 million, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person […]

SENDAI – Kazuma Okamoto’s home run lifted the Yomiuri Giants to a 2-1 win over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Thursday, helping the club claim its first interleague series of the season. With the game tied 1-1 at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi, Okamoto connected on his first pitch from […]

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – Shohei Ohtani blasted a home run for the second straight game and drove in a major league career-high four RBIs on Wednesday in the Los Angeles Angels’ 10-9 win over the Oakland Athletics. Ohtani, batting third as the Angels’ designated hitter, gave Los Angeles a temporary lead […]