Baseball

Chicago – Yu Darvish pitched seven innings of one-run ball while making a strong start in a third consecutive game as the Chicago Cubs defeated the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Thursday night. Darvish (3-1) worked six no-hit innings, striking out nine and allowing three baserunners on two walks and […]

Milwaukee – Byron Buxton hit two solo home runs and Miguel Sano added another as the Minnesota Twins jumped to an early lead and routed the Milwaukee Brewers 12-2 on Wednesday night. The victory gave the AL Central-leading Twins a 2-1 series win over the Brewers, who dropped to 2-6 […]

There’s no launching of jet balloons during the seventh inning stretch or Yasuaki Jump for the closer at Yokohama Stadium amid the coronavirus pandemic. Unless it’s in cyberspace. The Yokohama DeNA BayStars and telecommunications operator KDDI have launched a virtual stadium experience project called “Virtual Hamasuta.” On Tuesday evening, they […]

Buffalo, New York – Bo Bichette, Travis Shaw and the wandering Toronto Blue Jays felt just fine in their new nest. In the first major league game in Buffalo since 1915, Shaw hit an RBI single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning as the Blue Jays settled into […]

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – Houston Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron received a 20-game suspension and a fine Tuesday for his role in a benches-clearing brawl at Oakland, while Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano was given a six-game suspension and a fine. Cintron’s suspension is the longest for an on-field transgression in 15 […]

Anaheim, California – Mike Trout is beginning to believe there might be something to the notion of having added power after the birth of a child. The reigning AL MVP has certainly been on a tear since son Beckham was born. Trout homered twice Monday night, including a tiebreaking shot […]

Anaheim, California – Oakland outfielder Ramon Laureano says Houston Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron made a crude remark about his mother that prompted a benches-clearing incident Sunday, and Athletics manager Bob Melvin wants Cintron punished harshly by Major League Baseball. Laureano said Monday he regrets charging toward Houston’s dugout to […]

Nishinomiya, Hyogo Pref. – The 32 teams that had been selected for the canceled spring invitational high school baseball championship will get their chance to play at Koshien Stadium starting Monday, but in a new format. The coronavirus outbreak has forced difficult decisions on the Japan High School Baseball Federation, […]

If Orix Buffaloes fans are wondering how their team let Stefen Romero get away, you can’t blame them. Fans of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, the main benefactors, certainly won’t. Romero signed with the Eagles as a free agent in January and he’s been a hit in Sendai so far. […]

Oakland, California – The Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros apparently were tired of playing nice. So following two quiet games at the Coliseum, true feelings seemed to come out and tempers flared Sunday, months after Houston’s sign-stealing scandal was brought to light by Oakland pitcher Mike Fiers. Things got so […]