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Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) exchanges a fist bump with catcher Austin Barnes after throwing three innings with five runs, 6 hits and four strikeouts in his second career spring training start against the Chicago White Sox in Glendale, Arizona, on March 6, 2024.

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Darvish ties career-high with 14 strikeouts

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Boston Red Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on May 5, 2013. Darvish tied his career high with 14 strikeouts in the Rangers' 4-3 win, allowing three runs and four hits in seven innings.

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Darvish ties career-high with 14 strikeouts

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Boston Red Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on May 5, 2013. Darvish tied his career high with 14 strikeouts in the Rangers' 4-3 win, allowing three runs and four hits in seven innings.

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Darvish ties career-high with 14 strikeouts

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Boston Red Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on May 5, 2013. Darvish tied his career high with 14 strikeouts in the Rangers' 4-3 win, allowing three runs and four hits in seven innings.

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Baseball: Okajima helps Red Sox take 2-0 lead in World Series

BOSTON, United States - Hideki Okajima (photo) threw 2-1/3 innings of perfect relief on Oct. 26 as the Boston Red Sox edged the Colorado Rockies 2-1 in Game 2 to lead the World Series two games to none. Okajima struck out four of the seven batters he faced, including Kazuo Matsui in the first matchup between a Japanese pitcher and a Japanese batter in World Series history. The Rockies second baseman went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts at Fenway Park.

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Wang picks season's first win

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Taiwan-born right-hander Wang Chien-ming (R) races with Seattle Mariners infielder Yuniesky Betancourt, who hit a grounder to the first base in the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium on May 5. Wang allowed one run on two hits with no walks and four strikeouts in eight innings to notch his first win of the season. (MLB)

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Kuroda holds Swallows to four hits

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Carp starter Hiroki Kuroda threw his second consecutive complete game, holding the Yakult Swallows to one run and four hits with six strikeouts and no walks at Jingu Ball Park on May 3. Hiroshima beat Yakult 6-1.

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Kuroda holds Swallows to four hits

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Carp starter Hiroki Kuroda threw his second consecutive complete game, holding the Yakult Swallows to one run and four hits with six strikeouts and no walks at Jingu Ball Park on May 3. Hiroshima beat Yakult 6-1. (Kyodo)

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Iwakuma cruises to 9th win as Mariners thrash Royals 11-2

Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners pitches against the Kansas City Royals on Sept. 22, 2015, in Kansas City, Missouri, racking up his ninth win of the season against four losses. He scattered three hits and a walk over seven innings with 10 strikeouts as the Mariners won 11-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kuroda pitches 1st major league shutout in win over Cubs

LOS ANGELES, United States - Los Angeles Dodger Hiroki Kuroda of Japan (L) shakes hands with team manager Joe Torre after pitching his first shutout in the major leagues at Dodger Stadium on June 6. He allowed just four hits with a career-high 11 strikeouts as the Dodgers blanked the Chicago Cubs 3-0. (Kyodo)

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Wang picks season's first win

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Taiwan-born right-hander Wang Chien-ming (R) races with Seattle Mariners infielder Yuniesky Betancourt, who hit a grounder to the first base in the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium on May 5. Wang allowed one run on two hits with no walks and four strikeouts in eight innings to notch his first win of the season. (MLB) (Kyodo)

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Matsuzaka throws 7 solid innings for 6th win

MINNEAPOLIS, United States - Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches seven solid innings to win his sixth straight decision as the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on May 10. Matsuzaka held the Twins to two runs and six hits with three walks and seven strikeouts at Metrodome, tying with four other pitchers for the AL lead in wins and becoming the first Japanese pitcher since Kazuhisa Ishii in 2002 to start a season with a 6-0 record. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Okajima helps Red Sox take 2-0 lead in World Series

BOSTON, United States - Hideki Okajima (photo) threw 2-1/3 innings of perfect relief on Oct. 26 as the Boston Red Sox edged the Colorado Rockies 2-1 in Game 2 to lead the World Series two games to none. Okajima struck out four of the seven batters he faced, including Kazuo Matsui in the first matchup between a Japanese pitcher and a Japanese batter in World Series history. The Rockies second baseman went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts at Fenway Park. (Kyodo)