June 2019

Shohei Ohtani and Yusei Kikuchi sensed the excitement around Angel Stadium each time they dug in against each other. The Japanese stars also realized millions of eyes were on them from across the Pacific as they faced each other in the major leagues for the first time. When Ohtani’s homer sailed into the night sky,

Slava Fetisov called Vladimir Tarasenko midway through the second round of the playoffs to deliver an important message. “I said, ‘Listen, you’ve got a good chance to win this year, so you’re gonna play 100 percent, maybe a little more,’” Fetisov recalled Friday. “‘You get all your talents and your skill and you can win

Max Scherzer struck out nine in seven strong innings and Brian Dozier hit a two-run home run for his 1,000th career hit to lead the Washington Nationals to a 4-1 victory against the San Diego Padres on Saturday night. Scherzer (4-5) allowed six hits and issued only one walk, an intentional pass. He got into

Corey Seager didn’t question the San Francisco Giants’ strategy of avoiding the National League’s most dangerous hitter. He just made sure it backfired. Seager had three of his four hits and three of his four RBIs following intentional walks to Cody Bellinger, and the Los Angeles Dodgers went on to beat the Giants 7-2 on

A look at what’s happening around the majors Sunday: KEEP IT COOL Royals right-hander Glenn Sparkman pitches against the White Sox at Kauffman Stadium — in his last outing, he was ejected for hitting Chicago sparkplug Tim Anderson in the helmet with a pitch. Sparkman was tossed in the second inning on May 29 in