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ANAHEIM, California – Los Angeles Angels sensation Shohei Ohtani became the first player in MLB history to be named an All-Star as both a position player and a pitcher when the All-Star Game rosters were finalized Sunday. Ohtani was selected as a pitcher after being voted into the game earlier […]

ANAHEIM, California – Los Angeles Angels sensation Shohei Ohtani became the first player in MLB history to be named an All-Star as both a position player and a pitcher when the All-Star Game rosters were finalized Sunday. Ohtani was selected as a pitcher after being voted into the game earlier […]

ANAHEIM, California – Shohei Ohtani hit his major league-leading 31st homer of the season for the Los Angeles Angels in the team’s 6-5 walk-off victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, tying the record for the most homers in a Major League Baseball season by a Japanese-born player. With his […]

Los Angeles – Yu Darvish took his third loss of the season Saturday after giving up all four runs in the San Diego Padres’ 4-2 defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies. Darvish (7-3) struck out eight over six innings at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park while allowing a walk and six hits, […]

Rookie right-hander Masashi Ito worked seven innings, and two relievers completed the four-hit shutout, as the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers beat the Hiroshima Carp 5-0 on Saturday. At rainy Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima, Ito (5-4) allowed four hits, walked two and hit a batter while striking out two. With the […]

Jared Walsh singled home Shohei Ohtani with two outs in the ninth to lift the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-7 win against the visiting Baltimore Orioles in the opener of their three-game series on Friday night. Earlier, Ohtani homered twice to give him a major league-leading 30 on the […]

ANAHEIM, California – Los Angeles Angels two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani has been named the American League Player of the Month for June, Major League Baseball said Friday. Ohtani, who received the monthly honor for the first time in his four-year MLB career, batted .309 with an .889 slugging percentage, 13 […]

Buffalo, New York – Yusei Kikuchi pitched seven strong innings and matched his MLB career-high with his sixth win on Thursday in the Seattle Mariners’ 7-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. For the first time in his three-year career in the majors, Kikuchi (6-3) has won five straight decisions […]

New York – Shohei Ohtani will start in Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, the MLB announced Thursday, making him the first Japanese player voted to start since Ichiro Suzuki made his final all-star appearance in 2010. Voted the American League’s starting designated hitter in a fan ballot, the Los Angeles […]

New York – Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani recorded just two outs on the mound Wednesday in an 11-8 win over the New York Yankees, allowing seven runs in a poor start on a steamy 33-degree Celsius night in the Bronx. Ohtani, who hit leadoff as the starting […]