The San Diego Padres’ fall baseball hopes have faded. The Padres fell 4-5 to the 2023 Major League Baseball St. Louis Cardinals on Aug. 31 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. San Diego struck first. Kim Ha-seong, who started at second base and batted first, singled in the first at-bat and scored the …
Month: August 2023
South Korea’s baseball team, led by Ryu Jung-il, will face ‘nemesis’ Chinese Taipei in the same group at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. According to the Korean Baseball Softball Association (KBSA), which received the draw from the Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee on Wednesday, South Korea will be paired with Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and …
Unstoppable. Los Angeles Dodgers living legend Clayton Kershaw, 35, is second on the Dodgers’ all-time wins list. Now he’ll have a chance to move up to second place on the Major League Baseball’s all-time wins list. Kershaw improved to 12-4 on the season with five innings of three-hit ball (one home run), five strikeouts, three …
There is an indispensable presence on the Hanwha mound. It’s veteran Lee Tae-yang. He even has a story to tell. Lee was selected by Hanwha in the fifth round, 36th overall, in the 2010 rookie draft. He bounced back and forth between the starting rotation and the bullpen until 2019. Then, during the 2020 season, …
The sleepless nights continue in Seattle. The Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball have been on a tear, winning a whopping 20 of their last 23 games. They’re within striking distance of an elusive postseason berth. The Mariners have been eating up wins in August. A 6-3 home win over the Boston Red Sox on …
The Bears dropped to sixth place after suffering back-to-back upset losses to SSG Landers, but the coach expressed hope. Doosan Bears manager Lee Seung-yeop expressed hope that his best players would be able to play normally before the rain-canceled game against Jamsil LG on the 29th. Doosan lined up with Jung Soo-bin (center fielder), Kim …
Klinsmann’s team is in a ‘state of emergency’ ahead of their first European trip. A series of injuries have left key players unavailable for selection. This is compounded by the recent actions of head coach Jürgen Klinsmann (GER), who has been embroiled in a ‘foreign oil controversy’ and has been heavily criticized for neglecting his …
The big pitcher is back. He took the mound when it counted and led his team to victory. Tied the all-time record for most starts. KIA’s Yang Hyun-jong, 35, lived up to his name. Yang pitched six innings of five-hit, one-walk, four-strikeout, two-run Quality Start (QS) ball against Hanwha in the 2023 KBO League regular …
The SSG Landers, the “Home Run Corps,” showed their prowess as a home run corps for the second consecutive day, ending a three-game weekend series with a winning series. SSG won its 11th game of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League against the Doosan Bears 8-5 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on Sunday, …
Toronto Blue Jays’ Hyun-jin Ryu (36) was hit by two home runs but was able to get his third win of the season. A series of defensive errors prevented him from closing out the sixth inning. Hyun-jin Ryu pitched five innings of four-hit ball, striking out five and allowing three runs (two earned) on five …