Korea’s Jeon Jin-woo slides to score a run in the second inning against Japan on Saturday. (AP-Yonhap)SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania (AP) ― Sin Dong-wan’s three-run single helped South Korea defeat defending champion Japan 12-3 Saturday in the Little League World Series international championship.South Korea had a seven-run second inning on just two hits. Leadoff batter Choi Hae-chan also brought in two runs on a double during the inning. He finished 2 for 4 with three RBIs.Thanks to three wal

The NL West-leading Dodgers placed pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin on the 15-day disabled list with a right hip strain. The move is retroactive to Thursday. He is 13-6 with a 3.28 ERA in 23 starts. (AFP-Yonhap)

Korean left-hander suffers right gluteus muscle strain

Korea manager Ryu Joong-il (Yonhap)Host South Korea should be able to take the gold medal in baseball at the upcoming Asian Games as long as it plays to its capabilities, the national team’s advanced scout said Tuesday. This year’s Asian Games will kick off in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Sept. 19, and South Korea will try to win its second straight baseball gold medal. It recently named its 24-man roster, with 23 players from the top-flight Korea Baseball Organization.Kim Jung-joon, a television

MILWAUKEE (AP) ― Clayton Kershaw has set the bar so high for himself that a six-hit outing over eight innings qualifies as a subpar effort for the two-time Cy Young Award winner.The Los Angeles Dodgers ace walked two and allowed leadoff hitters to reach base in four of his first five innings but still came away with his 11th straight victory in a 5-1 win Sunday over the Milwaukee Brewers. He struck out six, nearly five below his average per nine innings.This equates to “struggling” for Kershaw.

MILWAUKEE (AP) ― Mike Fiers held the Los Angeles Dodgers to three hits in his first big league start in more than a year, and Khris Davis and Carlos Gomez homered to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-1 win Saturday night.Fiers (1-1) struck out five in eight strong innings, filling in for injured veteran Matt Garza. The Dodgers mustered only a solo homer by Adrian Gonzalez into the second deck in right field.Fiers outdueled former Brewers pitcher Zack Greinke (12-8), who gave up Gomez’s homer off th

ANAHEIM, California (AP) ―Ryu Hyun-jin yielded two hits over seven dominant innings, Hanley Ramirez had a two-run single and the Los Angeles Dodgers wrapped up the Freeway Series with their third straight win, 7-0 over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.Angel Stadium was filled with its biggest crowd in 16 years, but the blue-clad fans had all the fun as the Dodgers won the Freeway Series for the first time since 2006. Ryu (13-5) was brilliant in his fourth victory in five starts, striking

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― Kennys Vargas hit a three-run homer in his first home game for Minnesota, powering the Twins past Jesse Hahn and the San Diego Padres 3-1 on Tuesday night.Phil Hughes had a season-high nine strikeouts in six innings to snap a three-start losing streak. Glen Perkins earned his 28th save in 31 attempts despite giving up a pair of singles in the ninth.Yonder Alonso hit his first home run almost two months after spending much of the summer on the disabled list but his drive to the

NEW YORK (AP) ― His nickname is Kung Fu Panda. The New York Mets probably have other, not so cute, monikers for Pablo Sandoval.Sandoval drove in three runs with three hits, including a go-ahead double with two outs in the ninth inning Monday that propelled the San Francisco Giants to a 4-3 victory over the New York Mets.“You know Pablo, he gets a little anxious sometimes,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “But you can tell he’s comfortable up there and seeing the ball well and he fought off some tough