Baseball

Los Angeles – Old-school Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa said Wednesday he still thinks rookie Yermin Mercedes should not have swung at a 3-0 pitch on Monday night when the White Sox had a huge ninth-inning lead — even if some players in his own clubhouse and around […]

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani homered for the third straight game to bring his season home run total to 14, but the Los Angeles Angels were unable to keep their winning streak alive with a 6-5 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday. The Angels, who won their last two […]

Anaheim, California – Shohei Otani took the outright lead in the MLB home run race Monday with his 13th long bomb of the season and his second in as many days, as the Los Angeles Angels overpowered the Cleveland Indians 7-4. Ohtani extended the Angels’ lead to 6-1 with the […]

Fukuoka – The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks will play their home games behind closed doors while Fukuoka Prefecture remains under a state of emergency to curb coronavirus infections, the Pacific League club said Tuesday. The reigning Japan Series champions have decided to shut spectators out of Fukuoka’s PayPay Dome on a […]

Slugger Albert Pujols signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team announced Monday. Right-hander Tony Gonsolin was transferred to the 60-day injured list to make room on the 40-man roster for Pujols, who was added to the active roster later Monday. Pujols, 41, cleared waivers last Thursday […]

The “monster” finally made landfall on May 16. Pitcher Roki Sasaki was Japan’s most-hyped rookie in some time when the Chiba Lotte Marines won his rights in the 2019 draft. He didn’t pitch on the top team in 2020, but that didn’t slow the swell of anticipation among baseball fans. […]

Boston – Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday at Fenway Park. Ohtani went 1-for-5 and is now tied with three others for the MLB lead in […]

Masataka Yoshida turned Masahiro Tanaka’s impressive start on its head with a come-from-behind three-run homer that lifted the Orix Buffaloes to a 4-3 win over the Pacific League-leading Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on Saturday. Tanaka (2-3) cruised through the first five innings but surrendered back-to-back one-out sixth-inning singles to Shuhei […]

Anaheim, Calif. – Seventy-two years after his death, Babe Ruth, again, is having a moment. So, too, are Ted Radcliffe, Harvey Haddix, Sudden Sam McDowell, Bullet Joe Rogan, Leon Day and many others. These baseball relics are rushing past like freeway signs while going 99 mph — which is how […]

Boston – Shohei Ohtani launched his first career home run over the famed Green Monster at Boston’s Fenway Park, but the Los Angeles Angels came up short Friday in a tight 4-3 contest against the Red Sox. Looking fresh after an off day on Thursday, the Angels’ two-position star went […]