Park Byung-ho of the Minnesota Twins drove in a pair of runs in the cleanup spot in spring training action Tuesday.In a split-squad game at Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida, Park went 1-for-3 with two RBIs as the Twins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5.After going hitless in his previous two games, the South Korean first baseman hit an RBI double off Jerad Eickhoff in the top of the first to put the Twins up 1-0.Park grounded into a 5-4-3 double play in the third but reached on an erro

The Samsung Lions have moved from the oldest baseball stadium in the country to the newest.The Lions hosted the LG Twins at Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) preseason game Tuesday, the first official contest in the brand new, 24,000-seat venue.They'd been playing at the 10,000-seat Daegu Citizen Baseball Stadium since the KBO's inception in 1982. The stadium itself opened in 1948 and was renovated in 1981 before the la

Oh Seung-hwan of the St. Louis Cardinals tossed a perfect inning in relief in his sixth spring training appearance in Florida on Monday.Oh retired the side in order in the top of the ninth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. The South Korean right-hander took over from Jordan Walden with the Cards trailing 4-1. He struck out Jordan Betts looking, and got Dan Butler to line out to left field. Oh then sat down Henry Ramos on a groundout to second.Oh needed

San Francisco Giants' shortstop prospect Lee Hak-ju was sent to the team's minor league camp on Sunday, a move that put his major league dream on hold yet again.  The Giants announced that they've reassigned Lee, 25, along with three other players to their minor league camp. Lee had signed a minor league deal with the Giants last November and earned an invitation to spring training.Lee batted .286 (4-for-14) with three RBIs and a steal in 13 spring appearances, but will have to start another sea

The South Korean baseball club Samsung Lions said Friday they remain undecided on what to do with their two pitchers that face gambling suspicions.The Lions were scheduled to announce on Friday whether or not they would use starter Yun Sung-hwan and reliever An Ji-man during the ongoing Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) preseason. Ahead of the Lions' game against the Kia Tigers in Gwangju, however, Samsung manager Ryu Joong-il said he would need to take more time."It's so tough because it's a se

Major League Baseball (MLB) has proposed a cap on the amount a big league club can bid on South Korean players in posting, baseball officials said Friday.The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) and MLB have been having discussions on the $8 million limit on players who are eligible for posting, according to a KBO official."The MLB Commissioner's Office recently suggested putting a cap on the posting fee," the official said. "They've come up with $8 million, but nothing has been decided. We'll soon

Oh Seung-hwan of the St. Louis Cardinals was touched for his first home run of the spring Thursday against the Detroit Tigers.The South Korean reliever allowed a run on three hits in 1 1/3 innings as the Tigers defeated the Cardinals 5-4 at Joker Merchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida.Oh, working on a string of 4 1/3 shutout innings, took over from starter Carlos Martinez with two outs in third and retired Jarrod Saltalamacchia on a groundout.Then after getting one out in the fourth, the South Ko

The SK Wyverns defeated the host Nexen Heroes 6-4 in the first Korea Baseball Organization preseason game at the new Gocheok Sky Dome on Tuesday.SK outfielder Kim Kang-min hit a grand slam for the first professional home run at the Seoul-based dome, as the Wyverns rallied from a 2-0 deficit to spoil the party for the Heroes.The Heroes got off to a promising start. Park Dong-won drove in Nexen's first run with a single in the bottom second. And Yoon Suk-min's RBI double to right-center in the bot

hen the Nexen Heroes signed American outfielder Danny Dorn last November, it was with expectations that he would add some pop to a lineup about to part ways with big bats.First baseman Park Byung-ho would leave the Korea Baseball Organization club via posting to sign with the Minnesota Twins in December, after hitting 53 homers in 2015. Outfielder Yoo Han-joon, who set a career high with 23 home runs, left Nexen as a free agent to sign with the KT Wiz three days after Dorn's signing.Their absenc

The Nexen Heroes boasted the most potent offense in the Korea Baseball Organization last year, as the league leader in both runs scored and home runs.And as they move into a new, more cavernous stadium, sans some big mashers from recent seasons, the Heroes are approaching the 2016 season with an altered game plan: after launching 203 home runs and scoring 904 runs in 144 games last year, they will stop swinging for the fences and will start trying to manufacture runs.The Seoul-based club will no

The South Korean baseball club Hanwha Eagles announced they signed right-hander Alex Maestri on Tuesday.The Korea Baseball Organization team disclosed the terms of the deal in Japanese yen: Maestri, who'd pitched for the Japanese club Orix Buffaloes the past four seasons, will make 20 million yen ($175,740) in salary and receive 30 million yen in a signing bonus.The native of Cesena, Italy, became the first Italian-born pitcher to be signed by a big league club in 2006, when the Chicago Cubs acq

The all-time South Korean saves leader struck out the country's home run king in their first U.S. showdown on Monday.St. Louis Cardinals reliever Oh Seung-hwan and Minnesota Twins designated hitter/first baseman Park Byung-ho faced each other with two outs in the top of the sixth inning at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. Oh, the usually stoic pitcher nicknamed "Stone Buddha" for his unflappable nature, flashed a little grin as Park came to the plate. The right-hander then got to work.Oh,

After going hitless in his first seven spring training games, Kim Hyun-soo of the Baltimore Orioles has now hit safely in three straight games.The South Korean, batting sixth and playing left field, went 1-for-2 with an RBI against the Minnesota Twins at CenturyLink Sports Complex in Fort Myers, Florida, on Sunday.He drove in the Orioles' third run of the first inning with a sacrifice fly off Minnesota starter Ricky Nolasco.After grounding out to second in the third, Kim hit a two-out single in

Minnesota Twins' Park Byung-ho extended his spring hitting streak to five games on Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles in Florida.Batting cleanup as designated hitter, Park went 2-for-3 at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida, to raise his batting average to .364 (8-for-22).Park hit two singles in his first two at-bats for his second multi-hit game of spring training. He flied out to center in the sixth and was lifted for pinch hitter Mitch Garver in the seventh.Park is in his first U.S. spr

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Kim Hyun-soo ended a long drought at the plate to pick up his first U.S. hit and RBI in preseason action Thursday.Kim snapped out of a 0-for-23 funk with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the seventh against the New York Yankees left-hander James Pazos in Sarasota, Florida.Kim's RBI made it 4-2 Yankees, and the O's scored two more runs in the same inning to draw the game even. It ended in a 4-4 tie.Kim ended the day 1-for-3 with an RBI, and he was also hit by a