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Swallows’ Munetaka Murakami caps batting triple crown with 56th home run
Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami became the first player in 18 years to win a battin...
October 4, 2022
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Shohei Ohtani extends his career-best hitting streak to 17 games
Livan Soto's two-run double highlighted a six-run first inning, sparking the Los Angeles Angels to t...
October 3, 2022
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Shohei Ohtani extends hitting streak to 16
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — José Suarez fell short in his bid for a perfect game, but Livan Soto made sur...
October 2, 2022
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Shohei Ohtani agrees to $30 million deal for 2023 with Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has agreed to a $30 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels fo...
October 2, 2022
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Shohei Ohtani has no-hitter broken up in 8th vs Athletics
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels phenom Shohei Ohtani took a no-hitter into the eighth inni...
September 30, 2022
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‘Judge-ment’ day as Yankees slugger hits 61st home run
TORONTO (Reuters) – New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge smashed his 61st home run of the year on We...
September 29, 2022
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Yakult grabs back-to-back Central League titles
Tokyo Yakult clinched Nippon Professional Baseball’s Central League title as the Swallows defeated t...
September 26, 2022
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Ward homers twice, Ohtani earns win as Angels beat Twins 4-2
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Taylor Ward homered twice and Shohei Ohtani took a no-hitter into the fifth innin...
September 24, 2022
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Ohtani, Angels win 2-1, drop Mariners in wild-card standings
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani pitched seven scoreless innings, drove in one run and scored an...
September 18, 2022
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Swallows’ Munetaka Murakami slugs 55th home run to match Oh’s record
Munetaka Murakami of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows matched one of Nippon Professional Baseball’s most re...
September 14, 2022
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Alex Bregman helps power Astros past Angels
Shohei Ohtani followed with a two-run homer, his 34th of the season, for a 2-0 Angels lead....
September 12, 2022
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Trout HR 6th game in row; Ohtani blister, Angels top Astros
HOUSTON (AP) — Mike Trout homered in his sixth straight game to set an Angels franchise record, Shoh...
September 11, 2022
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Ohtani, Trout homer again, but Tigers rally past Angels 5-4
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout homered in the same game for the eighth time thi...
September 8, 2022
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Shohei Ohtani socks two homers as Angels blank Tigers
Shohei Ohtani homered twice, Mike Trout finished a triple shy of the cycle and Jose Suarez threw sev...
September 6, 2022
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Ohtani reaches 400 MLB strikeouts, Angels beat Astros in 12
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Matt Duffy’s bloop single in the 12th inning drove in Taylor Ward with the wi...
September 4, 2022
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