SUWON (Yonhap News) ― Cho Beom-hyun, freshly named the inaugural manager of the expansion baseball club KT Wiz, said Monday he will try to turn the team into a playoff contender by his third season.Cho held his first press conference as the Wiz’s manager in Suwon, the club’s hometown in Gyeonggi Province, about 45 kilometers south of Seoul. The Wiz announced their signing of Cho to a three-year deal worth 1.5 billion won, including a signing bonus, last Friday.The team will join the Korea Baseba

South Korea’s oldest active pro baseball manager Kim Euong-yong won his 1,500th victory on Saturday, becoming the first to pull off the landmark feat in the country’s pro baseball history, as his Hanwha Eagles beat the NC Dinos 4-2.Kim, 73, started his Korean Baseball Organization managerial career with the predecessor of the Kia Tigers in 1983, leading the club to 1,164 wins until he left the team in 2000. From 2001 to 2004, Kim headed the Samsung Lions and won 312 games before returning this y

CHICAGO (AP) ― Chris Capuano scattered six hits over 6 1/3 innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers set a team record with their 13th straight road win, 3-0 over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.The Dodgers, who haven’t lost on the road since July 6 in San Francisco, eclipsed the 1924 mark set by the Brooklyn Robins.Carl Crawford broke open a 1-0 game by driving in two runs with a single in the sixth inning. Jerry Hairston Jr. singled in the first run in the third for NL West-leading Los Angeles, which i

Cho Beom-hyun, who guided the Kia Tigers to the South Korean baseball championship in 2009, was named the inaugural manager of the expansion club KT Wiz on Friday.The Wiz, which will join the Korea Baseball Organization in 2015, announced the signing of Cho to a three-year deal worth 1.5 billion won ($1.3 million), a figure that includes a signing bonus.The 52-year-old former catcher managed the Tigers to the 2009 Korean Series title over the SK Wyverns. The following year, he led South Korea to

SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Homer Bailey gave the struggling Cincinnati Reds exactly what they needed.The right-hander came within two outs of a five-hit shutout to end his four-start losing streak and the Reds beat the San Diego Padres 4-1 Wednesday to snap a five-game skid.Brandon Phillips homered and Joey Votto hit a two-run double for the Reds, who avoided a three-game sweep and ended San Diego’s four-game winning streak.“Before the game I said the law of averages were on our side to win on the road, a

NEW YORK (AP) ― Alex Rodriguez might not make it back to the Yankees this year. Or ever.Major League Baseball is threatening to kick A-Rod out of the game for life unless the New York star agrees not to fight a lengthy suspension for his role in the sport’s latest drug scandal, according to a person familiar with the discussions.The person spoke to the Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because no statements were authorized.Whether commissioner Bud Selig would actually issue

ATLANTA (AP) ― Andrelton Simmons drove in Dan Uggla from first base with a triple off Edgmer Escalona in the 10th inning, and the Atlanta Braves won their fourth straight game with a 9-8 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.After Uggla led off with a walk, Simmons hit the ball too deep into the gap in left-center field for Carlos Gonzalez and Dexter Fowler to keep it from reaching the wall.Scott Downs (1-0) earned the win after being acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Angels e

Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin held Choo Shin-soo of the Cincinnati Reds hitless in three at-bats en route to his ninth win on Saturday in the all-South Korean showdown in Major League Baseball (MLB).At Dodger Stadium, Choo went 0-for-2 with a walk against Ryu in their first big league meeting. Ryu earned the ninth win of his rookie season by pitching seven strong innings, giving up only one earned run on two hits and a walk while striking out nine.The Dodgers defeated the Reds 4-1.R