MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hisashi Iwakuma struck out five in 7 2-3 innings and Kendrys Morales homered to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 3-0 victory over the Minnesota
On Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Yu Darvish once again hit double-digit strikeouts. Normally, that wouldn’t be news—it’s the fourth time he’s done it in 11 starts
CINCINNATI — A revelation who has already exceeded high expectations, center fielder Shin-Soo Choo has been everything and more than the win-now Reds had hoped he’d be from
During the 2011 offseason, the Baltimore Orioles signed a couple of lefties from the Pacific Rim in Wei-Yin Chen and Tsuyoshi Wada. They have been pleasantly surprised in
Munenori Kawasaki is your new favorite Blue Jay. (Frank Gunn, AP/The Canadian Press) Do you know who Munenori Kawasaki is? If you didn’t before Sunday, you do now
05/16/13: Norfolk’s Travis Ishikawa hits two home runs in the Tides’ 8-6 win over Lehigh Valley. Ishikawa is currently on a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles.
Hiroyuki Nakajima (hamstring) is expected to be added to the major league roster when his 20-day rehab window expires on Wednesday. Nakajima is batting just .250 with a
PITTSBURGH – Norichika Aoki had three hits and three RBIs with a pair of stolen bases Monday to spearhead the Milwaukee Brewers’ 5-1 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
NEW YORK (AP) — Hiroki Kuroda pitched two-hit ball for eight dominant innings and the New York Yankees again beat Mark Buehrle and the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-0
Norichika Aoki finished 3-for-5 with two doubles, three RBI and two steals against the Pirates on Monday. Aoki filled the boxscore tonight with his seventh multihit game in
Kurt Suzuki will catch blistering right-hander Jordan Zimmermann for the seventh consecutive start tonight. That, Nationals Manager Davey Johnson said, is coincidence. It has more to do with
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu is looking pretty good in his first MLB season, after being imported from South Korea for more than $60 million. While he’s
Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Choo Shin-soo of the Cincinnati Reds both make cameo performances in Kim Yong-hwa’s film soon-to-be-released “Mr. Go.” The two came
It’s tough to get much attention when AL ERA leader Felix Hernandez is your teammate, but Hisashi Iwakuma is quietly emerging as a formidable sidekick at the top
Hisashi Iwakuma cruised to an easy victory against the Blue Jays on Saturday, surrendering just one run on five hits over his seven innings of work. Iwakuma walked
Orioles rehabbing starter Tsuyoshi Wada went six innings in an extended spring training start Saturday, MLB.com reports. Wada was only expected to go five innings, but kept his pitch count
Ichiro Suzuki is amazed at how quickly Munenori Kawasaki has been drawn to the bosom of the baseball fans in Toronto. “I thought he handed out free pizza
From Todd Frazier‘s three-run triple, to Joey Votto‘s third homer of the 2013 season, you’ll find no shortage of offensive heroes after the Cincinnati Reds‘ 10-6 (not as
BALTIMORE — On the night the Baltimore Orioles honored Earl Weaver, they did a lot of things the late former manager might have liked. Manny Machado hit a
Who would have thought that a little-known minor league depth piece was just what the Toronto Blue Jays needed? Yes, after the team’s 4-6 start, and the devastating
At least for now, Munenori Kawasaki, once a Japanese League version of Jose Reyes, becomes the Blue Jay shortstop in the wake of Reyes’s ankle injury in Cleveland
Hiroki Kuroda gave the Yankees a start they could lean on right when they needed it. Kuroda pitched a five-hitter for his fifth major league shutout and Brett
Brewers outfielder Norichika Aoki had a career-high four hits in Sunday’s series finale against the Diamondbacks. Aoki slapped a two-run double in the third inning and singled in
The second batter of the game doubled off Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma, then the fourth one hit a long home run. But after that, the Japanese veteran retired
Jessica Gomes Michael Morse put Seattle ahead with a line-drive, three-run homer, his first since re-joining the club from the Washington Nationals during the off-season, and the Mariners
In the sixth inning of his greatly anticipated major league debut, Hyun-Jin Ryu was booed at home after he loafed to first base on a groundout. Minutes later,
PHOENIX – Hyun-Jin Ryu is scheduled to make his major league debut April 2 in the Dodgers’ second game of the regular season. The Dodgers had the choice
When the Athletics signed Hiroyuki Nakajima to a two-year, $6.5 million contract over the winter, the assumption was that he would open the season as the team’s starting
You knew it was coming, so it’s not exactly news, but Tanakamania is going to have to wait a few weeks. Kensuke Tanaka was a .300-hitting second baseman
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The first curveball Yu Darvish threw Saturday afternoon was taken for a strike by Joey Votto, and the Goodyear Ballpark crowd delighted in the pitch’s
The New York Yankees have brought back a familiar face, signing Taiwanese pitcher Chien-Ming Wang to a minor league contract.The Yankees said on Saturday that Wang would report
SAN FRANCISCO — Ichiro Suzuki isn’t here. Yu Darvish isn’t here. Daisuke Matsuzaka isn’t here (which might be a good thing given his recent ERAs). The Italian team
World Baseball Classic Game is Most Viewed Program in Cable History in Taiwan Tournament Game is Most Viewed Sporting Event in Japan In Last 12 Months As the
