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Jerry Sands broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning with his ninth home run of the season, lifting the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers to a 2-1 win over the Chunichi Dragons on Thursday. Tigers’ starter Takumi Akiyama allowed one run over seven innings after he pitched out of a […]

Houston – Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 on the mound, singled at the plate and played right field in the Los Angeles Angels’ 5-1 loss to the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Ohtani, who batted second in the order and finished 1-for-4 with two strikeouts, threw seven strong innings and […]

New York – The Tampa Bay Rays designated infielder Yoshitomo Tsutsugo for assignment on Tuesday and removed him from the 40-man roster to make room for a different player. Tsutsugo was placed on a waiver list, which allows any other major league team to claim the player’s existing contract. If […]

There was something different about the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters during pregame warmups Friday at Sapporo Dome. The players were wearing their special Hokkaido appreciation tops — which are predominantly blue this year — with white pants for their matchup with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. They went through all […]

Veteran Yoshio Itoi broke a 1-1 fifth inning tie with his second home run of the season, leading the Central League-leading Hanshin Tigers to a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Sunday. Trailing 1-0 after 11 of the first 12 batters made out, rookie Teruaki Sato drew […]

Former NPB and MLB manager Bobby Valentine is running for mayor in his hometown of Stamford, Connecticut, he said Friday. Valentine, who was also a player and spent parts of five decades in baseball, announced his candidacy in a flashy campaign ad that features testimonials from several members of the […]

Los Angeles – The Los Angeles Angels designated slumping veteran Albert Pujols for assignment on Thursday. The 41-year-old Pujols was batting just .198 and slugging .372 through 24 games in 21st MLB season. Pujols, who is making $30 million this season, has five home runs and 12 RBIs. The star […]

Anaheim, California – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit his 10th home run of 2021 and reached double-digit homers in a single season in the majors for the third time as his team took an 8-3 loss against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday. A day after he […]

San Diego – Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani threw five-plus innings of one-hit ball, but was not involved in the decision as a solid pitching effort was wasted in a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday. The Angels went ahead early at Angel Stadium of […]

Angel Sanchez tossed seven shutout innings and Hiroyuki Nakajima drove in the decisive run as the Yomiuri Giants subdued the Hiroshima Carp 4-0 in the Central League on Wednesday. Right-hander Sanchez (2-2) gave up six hits but no walks as he largely kept the Carp batters out of scoring position […]