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Baseball: Shohei Ohtani handed 1st loss despite 5th straight quality start
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (233+ words) LOS ANGELES - Two-way star Shohei Ohtani was tagged with his first loss of the season Tuesday in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 2-1 defeat against the Miami Marlins, still leading the majors with his 0. 60 ERA after his fifth straight quality start. Solely…...
Baseball: Murakami hits 12th homer to take sole MLB lead
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (345+ words) CHICAGO - Munetaka Murakami blasted his 12th homer of the season to take the sole Major League Baseball lead and propel the Chicago White Sox to an 8-7 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. Murakami belted a go-ahead three-run shot to…...
Football: Former Nadeshiko Japan defender Iwashimizu to retire
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (166+ words) TOKYO - Former Japan international Azusa Iwashimizu, a key member of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning side, will retire when the domestic football season ends next month, her club Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza said Monday. The 39-year-old defender has spent her…...
Baseball: Ohtani hits 6th homer as Dodgers beat Cubs
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (13+ words) Japan Wire by Kyodo News...
Baseball: Sasaki earns 1st win of season as Dodgers hammer Cubs 12-4
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (347+ words) LOS ANGELES - Roki Sasaki earned his first win of the season for the Los Angeles Dodgers after allowing four runs over five-plus innings in Saturday's 12-4 victory against the Chicago Cubs. The Japanese right-hander was backed by an offensive explosion from…...
Baseball: Munetaka Murakami hits 11th homer as White Sox beat Nationals
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (15+ words) Japan Wire by Kyodo News...
Baseball: Suzuki homers for 3rd game in row as Cubs walk off Phillies
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (194+ words) PHOENIX, Arizona - Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki homered for the third straight game on Thursday in an 8-7 walk-off win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Batting fourth, Suzuki hit a go-ahead solo homer to left center in the eighth inning off Phillies…...
Baseball: Murakami homers for 5th game in row, 10th home run at record pace
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (350+ words) PHOENIX, Arizona - Chicago White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami went deep for a fifth consecutive game in Wednesday's 11-7 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, reaching 10 home runs in a season faster than any other Japanese-born Major League Baseball player. The Samurai Japan…...
Baseball: Murakami homers in 4th straight game as White Sox beat D-backs
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (543+ words) PHOENIX, Arizona - Chicago White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami homered Tuesday for a fourth straight game in an 11-5 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks, taking his tally to nine for the season. The Samurai Japan slugger went 3-for-5 at Chase Field amid…...
Baseball: Ohtani extends on-base streak to 52 games in win over Rockies
1+ week, 1+ day ago (213+ words) DENVER - Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani logged his 52nd consecutive game reaching base safely on Monday, extending the longest streak by a Japanese-born major leaguer and closing in on the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise record in a 12-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies....