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Yokohama – Troubled former Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer surrendered seven runs and the Hiroshima Carp held off the Yokohama DeNA BayStars 7-5 in the Central League on Tuesday. Bauer (1-2) came to Japan under a cloud following a 194-game suspension for violating MLB’s domestic violence, sexual abuse and […]

Baltimore, Maryland – Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani earned his fifth win after he struggled on the mound but went 4-for-5 with a three-run homer in a 9-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. Ohtani (5-1) gave up five runs on four hits, three of them homers, […]

Toronto Blue Jays starter Yusei Kikuchi surrendered three home runs and lasted only four-plus innings, but the southpaw avoided the loss as his team rallied late to earn a 6-5 win against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. Danny Jansen’s two-run walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth completed the […]

NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Pref. – Left-hander Kotaro Otake continued his impressive start to the season with six innings of one-run ball Saturday as the Hanshin Tigers beat the Yokohama DeNA BayStars 7-2 and tied with them for first place in the Central League. Otake (5-0) has won all five of his […]

Japan’s World Baseball Classic-winning member Hotaka Yamakawa was removed from the Seibu Lions active roster Friday, a day after weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported in its online edition that the power hitter had allegedly sexually assaulted a woman. The 31-year-old, three-time Pacific League home run champion allegedly assaulted a female […]

Cincinnati – New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga surrendered a season-worst five runs in five innings of work in a 5-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday. Senga (4-2) gave up eight hits, five of them in a four-run first inning, while striking out seven and walking one at […]

A documentary film about Japan’s 2023 World Baseball Classic victory will be shown at theaters around the country for three weeks from June 2, NPB Enterprise Inc. said Thursday. “I hope fans will watch the behind-the-scenes of our run to the title, and this movie will serve as one page […]

Three-time Pacific League home run champion Hotaka Yamakawa is being investigated over an allegation of sexual assault, Tokyo police revealed Thursday, following a report published in Bunshun Online. The 31-year-old pro baseball star allegedly assaulted a female companion in her 20s at a Tokyo hotel. Asked about the report at […]

The Lotte Marines’ Roki Sasaki was named the pitcher of the month in Japan’s Pacific League for March and April on Thursday. It was the second monthly honor for the fireballing right-hander. The 21-year-old Sasaki previously won for March and April 2022, when he became Japan’s youngest perfect-game pitcher and […]

LOS ANGELES – Standing less than a mile from Dodger Stadium on a recent Saturday afternoon, Vincent Montalvo could hear the roar of the crowd inside the ballpark. It was Jackie Robinson Day, and more than 50,000 fans were nestling into their seats for a matchup against the Chicago Cubs. […]