Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Orix Buffaloes pitches during a Pacific League game against the Seibu

SoftBank Hawks ace Kodai Senga pitches against the Lotte Marines in an 11-3 Pacific League loss at

Left-handed starting pitcher Hiroya Miyagi earns his 10th win for the Pacific League-leading Orix

Brandon Laird, right, homers with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pacific League-leading Lotte Marines to a 3-2 walk-off win over the Rakuten Eagles at Chiba's Zozo Marine Stadium on Sept.... For eight innings, the game at Zozo Marine Stadium east of Tokyo belonged to former Yankee Masahiro Tanaka and hard-throwing Lotte rookie Roki Sasaki.... " He left a forkball up in the zone and I didn't miss it," said Laird....

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Hiroya Miyagi earns his Japan-best ninth win in a game against the Seibu

2009, sending five.... Designated hitter J.D. Martinez, starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi and reliever Matt

contributed to a 6-2 victory over the Pacific League-leading Orix Buffaloes at Hokkaido's Obihiro

took the lead in a tremendous pitchers' duel on catcher Ryutaro Umeno's second home run, a sixth

11, 2019 photo, Daisuke Matsuzaka speaks at a press to announce that he has rejoined the Seibu Lions, in Tokyo.... The 40-year-old right-hander with 114 career wins in Japan and another 56 in the major leagues, decided to call it quits due to a lack of progress in coming back from neck surgery last July.... After the 2006 season, the Red Sox were the top bidders for him when he moved to the majors via the posting system, and he joined them on a six-year contract....

U.S. softball ace Monica Abbott pitches in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, in April 2021.... " In