Masato Morishita goes distance as Carp blank Swallows Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Carp starter Masato Morishita pitches against the Swallows on Tuesday at Jingu Stadium. | KYODO
Kyodo Apr 7, 2021
Right-hander Masato Morishita was in command for the Hiroshima Carp on Tuesday, throwing the first complete-game shutout of the Central League season in a 2-0 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Last year’s CL Rookie of the Year improved to 2-0 after striking out five, while allowing six hits and two walks over the distance at Jingu Stadium.
Angels lose but Shohei Ohtani continues to roll Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts after hitting a single against the Astros on Tuesday in Anaheim, California. | USA TODAY / VIA REUTERS
Kyodo Apr 7, 2021
Anaheim, California – Shohei Ohtani continued to look like his old self on Tuesday with two hits and his third stolen base of the season in the Los Angeles Angels’ 4-2 loss to the Houston Astros.
Batting second as the designated hitter, the Japanese two-way star had a one-out single off star right-hander Zack Greinke and stole second before Mike Trout homered in the first inning at Angel Stadium.
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Shohei Ohtani threw a 101 MPH fastball and hit a 451-foot home run against the White Sox on Sunday.
Ohtani came to MLB in 2018 with the nickname The Japanese Babe Ruth.
He is living up to that nickname as one of the most versatile players in baseball.
Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani etched his mark in baseball history on Sunday night against the Chicago White Sox.
Ohtani, who pitches and hits for the Angels, hit a 451-foot home run with an exit velocity of 115.2 MPH, the same inning in which he threw a 100.6 MPH fastball. Ohtani has been one of baseball s anomalies as an impressive hitter and pitcher since coming over from Japan in 2018, but Sunday was the first time in his career that he hit and pitched in the same game.
Apr 5, 2021
When Daisuke Miura was a pitcher for the BayStars, which he was for 25 seasons, the game was often in his hands.
Of all the complexities that can go into winning and losing a baseball game, sometimes it was as simple as the way the ball flew out of Miura’s right hand and what he could make it do in the space between the pitcher’s mound and batter’s box. If Hama no Bancho was feeling good, then it might be a good day for the BayStars. If he didn’t have his stuff, things might not go Yokohama’s way.
Kohei Arihara makes big-league debut in Rangers loss to Royals Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/
Kyodo Apr 4, 2021
Kansas City, Missouri – Right-hander Kohei Arihara made a promising start to his big-league career for the Texas Rangers on Saturday, exiting with his team holding a one-run lead that soon vanished as the Kansas City Royals ran out with an 11-4 win.
The 28-year-old former Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ace threw four scoreless frames but was pulled after giving up three runs in the fifth inning of the American League contest at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium. He allowed six hits and no walks over the five innings, with one strikeout.