The Korea Herald

Dodgers dump Giants 4-1

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― A.J. Ellis didn’t have to do much guessing when he came up to face Giants closer Sergio Romo with the bases loaded in the ninth. Having been a part of this rivalry his entire big league career, Ellis knew exactly what to expect.He was right.Ellis hit a three-run double off Romo to back a third straight stellar start by All-Star Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat slumping San Francisco 4-1 on Sunday.“It’s a great thing about the Dodgers and Giants, there’s no se

July 8, 2013

LG Twins sweep All-Star positions

The LG Twins became only the second team in league history to be represented in all starting positions at an All-Star Game.The Korea Baseball Organization announced on Monday the LG Twins will have all 11 starting players in the Western League: eight positions players, one starting pitcher, one relief pitcher and one designated hitter.The Twins have joined the 2012 Lotte Giants as the only clubs to sweep all starting positions at the midsummer affair in the league’s 31-year history.In the nine-t

July 8, 2013

Davis tops vote

NEW YORK (AP) ― Chris Davis’ first-half power surge made him one popular All-Star.Baltimore’s first baseman with the cool nickname “Crush” slugged his way past Detroit’s Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera in the final week to claim the most fan votes in All-Star game balloting. Washington outfielder Bryce Harper used a final push to win a spot in the National League’s starting lineup.Right-hander Max Scherzer was one of a major league-best six Tigers chosen for the All-Star game July 16 at Citi

July 7, 2013

Reds cruise past Mariners after rally

CINCINNATI (AP) ― Cesar Izturis drove in three runs, matching his season total, and Mat Latos doubled home two more on Saturday, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to a 13-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners.The Reds got only their second win over Seattle in interleague play. The Mariners are 9-2 overall in the series.Manager Dusty Baker decided to give Izturis his ninth start at shortstop so he could get some at-bats and stay sharp. Izturis singled home a run in the second and doubled home two more i

July 7, 2013

Choo’s single in 11th lifts Reds over Giants 3-2

CINCINNATI (AP) ― Choo Shin-soo’s two-out single in the 11th inning drove in Todd Frazier from second base, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.Frazier walked to lead off the 11th against Javier Lopez (1-1) and went to second on Chris Heisey’s sacrifice. After Devin Mesoraco was intentionally walked, pinch-hitter Ryan Hanigan popped out before Choo came up with the hit that gave the Reds three straight wins for the first time since June 10-12

July 4, 2013

Choo’s single in 11th lifts Reds over Giants 3-2

Baltimore Orioles sign Korean pitcher Yoon Jung-hyun

The Baltimore Orioles have signed South Korean pitcher Yoon Jung-hyun, a U.S. media report said Thursday, Korean time, the latest Korean acquisition by the team that had earlier botched the signing of a high school pitcher here.The Baltimore Sun reported that the Major League Baseball club signed the 21-year-old left-hander for his “smooth delivery” and “a solid curveball with significant upside.” Financial terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed.Yoon dropped out of Dongguk University i

July 4, 2013

Reds’ Bailey throws his 2nd career no-hitter

CINCINNATI (AP) ― Homer Bailey fretted for a moment as first baseman Joey Votto reached to pluck the ball out of the air for the final out. What next? Raise both arms in celebration.Bailey has this no-hitter celebration down pat ― just like his idol, Nolan Ryan.Another hard-throwin’ Texan who wears No. 34 made some no-hit history Tuesday night. Bailey threw his second in 10 months and led the Cincinnati Reds’ infield celebration with arms raised after a 3-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants.

July 3, 2013

Reds’ Bailey throws his 2nd career no-hitter

Reds rough up Giants in rain-shortened game

CINCINNATI (AP) ― Things had gotten so bad for Cincinnati’s offense that the Reds couldn’t even remember the last time anything amounted to a rally. Finally, they got a reference point.Todd Frazier homered and drove in four runs Monday night, leading the Reds out of their offensive slump to an 8-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants in a game shortened to six innings because of rain.Frazier had an RBI single and a three-run homer off left-hander Michael Kickham (0-3), who has been hit hard in

July 2, 2013

Puig’s 4-hit game lifts Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― June was a month to savor for Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig and one to forget for Philadelphia Phillies’ slumping first baseman Ryan Howard.Puig ended his sensational first month in the major leagues with his first four-hit game, Stephen Fife scattered four hits over seven scoreless innings and the Dodgers beat the Phillies 6-1 Sunday to take three of four in the series.“Puig’s definitely brought an energy and a spark to us, and his skill level, I think, is a little m

July 1, 2013

Ryu, Dodgers clip Phillies 4-3

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A.J. Ellis hit an RBI single in the ninth inning, Hanley Ramirez hit a tape-measure, three-run homer in the first against Cliff Lee and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 on Saturday night.Philadelphia’s Chase Utley homered in his first two career at-bats against Ryu Hyun-jin. But the Dodgers won for the seventh in eight games, bouncing back from a 16-1 loss Friday that was the franchise’s most lopsided at home since a 19-2 rout by the New York Giants o

June 30, 2013

Choo goes deep in win

PHOENIX (AP) ― Mat Latos matched his career high with 13 strikeouts and the Cincinnati Reds salvaged the finale of their three-game series in Arizona with a 4-2 victory over the Diamondbacks on Sunday.Choo Shin-soo hit a leadoff home run and Brandon Phillips added a two-run shot in the first inning off Randall Delgado (0-1).That was plenty of offense for Latos (7-1), who allowed a run on six hits with one walk in 7 2/3 innings.Latos, coming off his first loss in 21 starts, didn’t strike anyone o

June 24, 2013

Greinke, Dodgers end Padres’ home win streak

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

June 23, 2013

Ryu takes loss in the Bronx

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

June 20, 2013

Ryu’s Dodgers fall short as Yankees prevail

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

June 20, 2013

Ryu’s Dodgers fall short as Yankees prevail

Rainy season may impact KBO standings

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

June 19, 2013

4 solo HRs lead Reds’ victory

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

June 18, 2013

Cole leads Pirates past Dodgers

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

June 17, 2013

Dodgers’ Uribe drives in winning run in 11th inning

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

June 16, 2013

Dodgers’ Uribe drives in winning run in 11th inning

Samsung’s Lee Seung-yeop ties Korean home run record

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

June 16, 2013

Samsung’s Lee Seung-yeop ties Korean home run record

Nexen players penalized for DUI charge, throwing ball at umpire

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

June 14, 2013