Seishu Hatake lamented the fact he couldn’t pitch until the end of the Yomiuri Giants’ game against the Chunichi Dragons. While he didn’t the shutout he was looking for, a win isn’t a bad consolation prize. Hatake held the Dragons scoreless into the ninth and got all the run support […]
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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 with his team-leading fourth homer, but the Los Angeles Angels suffered a narrow 3-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals. The Angels had 12 hits but produced only two runs, one courtesy of their two-way […]
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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 his first start of the season as the Chiba Lotte Marines won 6-2 on Tuesday, handing the first back-to-back loss of the season to the Pacific League-leading club. Ishikawa (1-0) gave up two-out doubles to […]
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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 first win of the season and first with the San Diego Padres in a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. In his third start of the season, […]
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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 against former major league player Paul Lo Duca. Judge John Kelley of the Manhattan (N.Y.) Supreme Court rendered the decision. Lo Duca had said on « The Favorites » podcast on the Action Network in April 2019 […]
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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 is just 15 games into his career and already among the players generating the most buzz in NPB. Sato produced one of the early highlights of the season on Friday night, hitting a ball […]
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Rookies spell relief as Carp get past Giants
Rookie relievers Haruki Omichi and Ryoji Kuribayashi each worked a scoreless inning on Saturday to preserve the Hiroshima Carp’s 4-2 Central League win over the Yomiuri Giants. Starting pitcher Aren Kuri (3-0) allowed two runs, one earned, over seven innings, while leadoff man Ryosuke Kikuchi singled three times, stole a […]
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Leonys Martin, Manabu Mima help Marines tame Lions
Chiba – Leonys Martin attended the introductory news conference for new Chiba Lotte Marines infielder Adeiny Hechavarria on Saturday morning and said he was happy his friend and fellow Cuban was joining the team. Then he went out and celebrated against the Seibu Lions. Martin homered in his first two […]
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NPB strikes out with move to eliminate extra innings
Just before the Yomiuri Giants and Yokohama BayStars went into the bottom of the ninth tied 7-7 on March 26, the first night of the season, there was an announcement over the PA system at Tokyo Dome. It was a reminder there would not be any extra innings played and […]
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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 made history Friday, striking out 10 and walking none in a 3-0 win over the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers got their only baserunner when Joey Gallo was hit by a pitch […]