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Greinke, Dodgers end Padres’ home win streak

Jun 23, 2013

SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Zack Greinke doesn’t have fond memories of his last outing at Petco Park. His return went off without hitch.Greinke allowed one run in eight sharp innings, Adrian Gonzalez ended a wild Edinson Volquez’s no-hit bid with a homer in the sixth and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 6-1 Saturday night.In his first outing in San Diego since breaking his collarbone in a brawl with Carlos Quentin April 11, Greinke had a season-high eight strikeouts. He allowed four hits a
Ryu takes loss in the Bronx

Jun 20, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) ― Yankees fans showed Don Mattingly the love from the moment he took the lineup card to home plate Wednesday. Hiroki Kuroda, though, wasn’t feeling nostalgic when facing his old team.Kuroda shut down Los Angeles into the seventh inning, Ichiro Suzuki homered and drove in three runs, and the New York Yankees spoiled Mattingly’s return to the Bronx with a 6-4 victory over the sloppy Dodgers in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.“Once the game started I didn’t really focus too muc
Ryu’s Dodgers fall short as Yankees prevail

Jun 20, 2013

Hiroki Kuroda shut down his former team into the seventh inning, Ichiro Suzuki homered and drove in three runs, and the New York Yankees spoiled Don Mattingly's return to the Bronx with a 6-4 victory over the sloppy Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Lyle Overbay hit a two-run double against South Korean rookie Hyun-Jin Ryu (6-3) in the first game in New York between the old October rivals since Los Angeles clinched the 1981 World Series title with a vict
Rainy season may impact KBO standings

Jun 19, 2013

Heaps of baseball game cancellations are expected to shake up the standings of Korea’s top professional baseball league following the start of the monsoon season on Tuesday.The Korea Meteorological Administration forecast heavy rain from Monday through Thursday, and predicted the rainy season would continue until mid-July. Most teams at the Korea Baseball Organization are likely to be forced into long breaks as many of their games are likely to be canceled over the next four weeks.The KBO cancel
4 solo HRs lead Reds’ victory

Jun 18, 2013

CINCINNATI (AP) ― Zack Cozart and Todd Frazier hit upper-deck homers off left-hander Francisco Liriano, and the Cincinnati Reds moved a season-high 15 games over .500 by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Monday night.The Reds (43-28) hit four solo homers in all, extending their best start since 1995, the last time they won a playoff series.Cozart connected in the fourth and Frazier in the sixth off Liriano (5-3), who hadn’t allowed a homer in his seven previous starts. He opened the season o
Cole leads Pirates past Dodgers

Jun 17, 2013

PITTSBURGH (AP) ― Gerrit Cole is off to a perfect start in the major leagues. The rookie, however, feels he has been far from perfect.Cole won again, getting home run help from Pedro Alvarez and pitching the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 Sunday.Cole (2-0) allowed three runs on seven hits and no walks in 5 2/3 innings. The top pick from the 2011 draft won in his big league debut last week.“I’m really happy to be able to come up here and pitch well enough to help the team win
Dodgers’ Uribe drives in winning run in 11th inning

Jun 16, 2013

PITTSBURGH (AP) ― Juan Uribe singled home Andre Ethier in the top of the 11th inning to rally the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.Ethier doubled off Vin Mazzaro (3-1) leading off the 11th then raced home when Uribe’s chopper went over the head of third baseman Pedro Alvarez. Nick Punto drove in Uribe with a double to the gap one batter later to provide some insurance.Peter Moylan (1-0) picked up the win after escaping a bases-loaded jam in the 10th. B
Samsung’s Lee Seung-yeop ties Korean home run record

Jun 16, 2013

Lee Seung-yeop of the Samsung Lions on Saturday tied the career home run record in South Korean professional baseball.In the Korea Baseball Organization action in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Lee launched his 351st career home run off Lee Jae-hak of the NC Dinos in the top of the eighth.Lee, 36, has now pulled even with Yang Joon-hyuk, who retired in 2010 after 18 seasons.Despite Lee’s home run, a solo shot, the Lions lost the game 8-3.Lee is playing in his 11th season in the KBO, all of
Nexen players penalized for DUI charge, throwing ball at umpire

Jun 14, 2013

Two more Nexen Heroes players received penalties from the Korea Baseball Organization on Friday for their actions on and off the field, raising the total number of players disciplined this week on the second-place team to three.The KBO announced that pitcher Kim Byung-hyun has been fined 2 million won ($1,780) for his “unsportsmanlike conduct.” As he was leaving the game against the Lotte Giants on Wednesday, Kim flung the ball over the head of the home plate umpire, Moon Seung-hoon, and toward
Japan baseball boss apologizes for ball switch

Jun 14, 2013

The Japanese baseball commissioner apologized on Friday for the confusion caused by introducing a new ball this season without notifying players. Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato held a meeting with representatives of the 12 teams and apologized for the mess while saying his management of the situation was insufficient.“I've caused a lot of trouble for the fans, players and people connected to the game,” Kato said. “Baseball is very important in Japan's sporting culture and I
D-backs outlast Dodgers in 12

Jun 13, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Martin Prado had two RBIs, including a run-scoring double during a four-run 12th inning, to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-6 on Wednesday night. There was no repeat of the brawl that occurred in the seventh inning of the Dodgers’ 5-3 victory a night earlier, when six players and coaches were ejected. No batters were hit by pitches this time. Prado put the Diamondbacks ahead 5-4 with a ground-rule double to left field off Ronald Belisario (3-5), wh
Career derailed by injuries, SK’s Kim only looks forward

Jun 13, 2013

Not so long ago, Kim Kwang-hyun of the SK Wyverns in the Korea Baseball Organization was one of the country’s premier pitchers. His career has been derailed by assorted injuries in the past three years, but Kim, 24, said earlier this week that he will not dwell on his painful past.In a three-year stretch from 2008 to 2010, Kim was one of the most dominant starters in the KBO and was voted the league MVP in 2008. He and Ryu Hyun-jin, now the lefty starter for the Los Angeles Dodgers, often found
Maverick pitcher denies intentionally throwing ball at umpire

Jun 13, 2013

Nexen Heroes pitcher Kim Byung-hyun on Thursday denied allegations that he intentionally threw the ball at an umpire during a game.“I just answered ‘yes’ to an umpire telling me he was ejecting me from the game, but I did not admit to throwing the ball at him,” Kim said via team officials. “Aiming and throwing a ball at an umpire is something that just cannot happen.”During the fourth inning of Wednesday’s game against the Lotte Giants, Kim was taken out with the score tied at 3-3. As he walked
Dodgers beat D-backs 5-3 in brawl-filled game

Jun 12, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Ian Kennedy hit Yasiel Puig and Zack Greinke with high pitches, sparking a heated brawl that involved players and coaches and resulted in five ejections in a game in which the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 Tuesday night.Kennedy, Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson and coach Turner Ward, along with Puig and Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire were ejected in the seventh inning after the prolonged scuffle that nearly spilled into the stands.In the
Kim Tae-kyun apologizes for insensitive remarks

Jun 11, 2013

Korean baseball All-Star Kim Tae-kyun has apologized for insensitive remarks on an African-American pitcher delivered on a baseball radio show.In the radio program that aired online on Monday, Kim, the slugging first baseman for the Hanwha Eagles in the Korea Baseball Organization, was quoted by one of the show’s two hosts as mocking the skin color of Shane Youman, a starting pitcher for the Lotte Giants. Youman, 33, is a native of New Iberia, Louisiana, and is pitching in his second KBO season.