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Scherzer strikes out 17 in second no-hitter of season NEW YORK – Max Scherzer pitched his second no-hitter this season for Washington, striking out a team-record 17 and leading the Nationals over the NL East champion New York Mets 2-0 Saturday night for a doubleheader sweep. Only one batter reached […]

Marines keep playoff hopes alive CHIBA – Yuta Omine allowed just three hits in seven innings to set the Chiba Lotte Marines up for a crucial 2-0 win over the last-place Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Saturday afternoon. Needing to win two of their remaining four games to secure the […]

Opportunistic Carp spoil Swallows’ celebration plans [ENGLISH] The Hiroshima Carp have more work to do during the regular season in order to get where they want to be. Now the Tokyo Yakult Swallows still do as well. Yoshihiro Maru tied the game with a homer in the fifth, Brad Eldred […]

Eagles finalize decision to offer managerial post to Nashida [ENGLISH] The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles board of directors on Tuesday decided to formally offer two-time Pacific League winner Masataka Nashida the manager’s job for next season. The 62-year-old Nashida, who won the PL title with the Kintetsu Buffaloes and the […]

Giants’ Aoki pleased to be back on field [ENGLISH] SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Giants outfielder Norichika Aoki said Monday it was great to be back as he resumed batting practice after a spell away from the team due to health issues. “It (practice) felt great. I knew there would […]

Tanaka set for return to rotation [ENGLISH] NEW YORK – New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka has been slated to pitch on Wednesday for the first time since he strained his right hamstring on Sept. 18. Tanaka skipped his last start and had felt discomfort after a bullpen session last […]

Angels boost playoff hopes [ENGLISH] ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA – David Murphy looked around at the loaded bases, the drawn-in infield and the left-handed Oakland pitcher on the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning of a crucial game for the Los Angeles Angels’ playoff hopes. Murphy saw nothing but a […]

Tsuyoshi Ueda had four hits, including a two-run home run to spark the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to a 6-2 win over the Chunichi Dragons that left Yakult one win away from its sixth Central League pennant. Ueda opened the bottom of the first with a single off Daisuke Yamai (4-12), […]

WASHINGTON – NL MVP front-runner Bryce Harper and teammate Jonathan Papelbon got into a fight during a game Sunday, when a Washington Nationals season that long ago spiraled out of control on the field also did so in the dugout. After a flyout in the eighth inning of what became […]

Before the 2015 NPB season, Nippon Television commentator Suguru Egawa, a former Yomiuri Giants pitcher, named the Tokyo Yakult Swallows as his pick to win the Central League pennant. Egawa has always been somewhat of an iconoclast, but picking a team breaking in a new manager and coming off consecutive […]