The Dodgers starter pitched five scoreless innings. Solo homers in the second and seventh innings carried his team past Yu Darvish and the Padres.
Along with Darvish, Japanese MLB pitchers Kodai Senga and Shintaro Fujinami of the Mets and Red Sox slugger Masataka Yoshida are also sidelined with injuries.
Along with Yu Darvish, Hiroki Kuroda, who had 203 career victories, and Hideo Nomo, who earned 201, are the other members of the elite pitching fraternity.
Returning to the starting rotation after a 15-day stint on the injured list, Yu Darvish pitched five scoreless innings against the Cincinnati Reds.
The Seoul Series was overshadowed by Shohei Ohtani's interpreter being fired for allegedly stealing millions of dollars from him to pay gambling debts.
Japanese star Shohei Ohtani delivered a big hit in the four-run eighth inning and looked right at home in Dodger blue at Seoul's Gocheok Sky Dome.
Starting with the Seoul Series, skipper Dave Roberts has a heavy responsibility to make sure the two Japanese stars have a seamless transition to the Dodgers.
Superstar Shohei Ohtani is set to make his regular-season debut for the Dodgers against the Padres in Seoul as MLB seeks to grow the game in...
NPB is contributing 100 million yen to help relief efforts in Ishikawa Prefecture. Also, NPB will stage an All-Star Game in neighboring Toyama in 2026.
The Buffaloes ace set a Japan Series record for strikeouts (14) in what was likely his last game as a Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.
Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani bashed 15 home runs in June, a month in which he batted .394 and took the MLB lead in homers.
The games at the 2023 World Baseball Classic were of such high caliber that they conveyed the inherent joy of baseball at its finest.
