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Seishu Hatake nearly tosses shutout to lead Giants past Dragons

Seishu Hatake lamented the fact he couldn’t pitch until the end of the Yomiuri Giants’…

Shohei Ohtani goes deep, gets three hits again in Angels loss

Kansas City, Missouri – Shohei Ohtani continued his hot offensive start to the season Tuesday…

Lotte’s Ayumu Ishikawa hands Rakuten first back-to-back defeats

Ayumu Ishikawa held the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles to a run over seven innings in…

Yu Darvish earns first win with Padres after two no-decisions

New York – Yu Darvish pitched seven innings of three-hit, one-run ball to earn his…

Umpire Joe West wins $500,000 from ex-player in defamation suit

Umpire Joe West was awarded $500,000 plus interest on Monday after winning a defamation lawsuit…

Tigers hit ground running as Teruaki Sato continues to excite

Let’s all stand back for a minute and marvel at Teruaki Sato.The Hanshin Tigers rookie…

Rookies spell relief as Carp get past Giants

Rookie relievers Haruki Omichi and Ryoji Kuribayashi each worked a scoreless inning on Saturday to…

Leonys Martin, Manabu Mima help Marines tame Lions

Chiba – Leonys Martin attended the introductory news conference for new Chiba Lotte Marines infielder…

NPB strikes out with move to eliminate extra innings

Just before the Yomiuri Giants and Yokohama BayStars went into the bottom of the ninth…

Joe Musgrove stymies Rangers for first no-hitter in Padres history

In the franchise’s 53rd season, the San Diego Padres finally have a no-hitter.Right-hander Joe Musgrove…