Baseball

Osaka – Two teams have have for the first time bowed out of the ongoing summer edition of the national high school baseball tournament, citing coronavirus infections among members, organizers said. The organizers said Tuesday they accepted requests to leave the tournament from Miyazaki Commercial High School from Miyazaki Prefecture […]

Los Angeles – The Pittsburgh Pirates announced the signing Monday of Japanese outfielder Yoshitomo Tsutsugo to a major league deal. The Pirates, currently at the bottom of the National League Central, are Tsutsugo’s third major league club since leaving Japan to join the Tampa Bay Rays on a two-year, $12 […]

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani extended his hitting streak to six games Sunday, going 2-for-4 as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Houston Astros 3-1. Batting leadoff as designated hitter, the two-way star singled in the first and fifth innings but did not add to his major league-leading 39 home […]

In 2019, Carter Stewart Jr. became a one-of-a-kind Japanese pro baseball player. On Sunday he looked like he is poised to join the ranks of Japan’s other top pitchers, striking out nine in five hitless innings in his first start against the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. The eighth overall pick […]

Anaheim, California – Kenta Maeda fanned four batters over six shutout innings Saturday, earning his sixth win as the Minnesota Twins trounced the American League East-leading Tampa Bay Rays 12-0. Shohei Ohtani, meanwhile, blasted his MLB-leading 39th home run in the Los Angeles Angels’ 8-2 loss to the Houston Astros. […]

The Yomiuri Giants continued to put pressure on the Central League leaders on Saturday with a strong performance from Yoshihiro Maru, who homered twice in a 6-1 win over the Chunichi Dragons. Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the first, Maru hit his 11th home run after Japan Olympian Hayato […]

ANAHEIM, California – Shohei Ohtani delivered an RBI single in the eighth inning but the Houston Astros snuffed out hopes of a late rally by the Los Angeles Angels to win their series opener 4-1 on Friday. Batting leadoff and serving as the designated hitter, Ohtani singled off Kendall Graveman […]

Dyersville, Iowa – The Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa, will not be a one-time event, as MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday the league would return to the Hawkeye State next year. The Chicago White Sox earned a 9-8 victory over the New York Yankees amid the corn […]

Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani became the first starting pitcher since at least 1906 to open a game batting in the leadoff spot and earn a win during the Los Angeles Angels’ 6-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday in Anaheim, California. Ohtani (7-1) threw six innings of […]

SAPPORO – Nippon Ham Fighters slugger Sho Nakata has been suspended from all top team and farm team games indefinitely for an act of violence against a teammate, the Pacific League club said Wednesday. Team president Koji Kawamura said he has yet to decide the length of Nakata’s suspension. “I […]