Major League All-Stars Win 5-0 in Japan
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Vernon Wells went 3-for-4 with a homer, and David Ortiz also homered for the touring major leaguers in a 5-0 victory over the Japanese All-Stars.
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The country of Japan revels in Ichiro Suzuki's record-breaking season.
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Hard-hitting Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees headlines the American League squad for the 78th All-Star Game to be played in San Francisco on July 10, Major League Baseball announced on Sunday.
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OAKLAND, United States : Bobby Crosby belted a game-winning sacrifice fly as Oakland beat Seattle 6-5 but they couldn&#39;t prevent Japan&#39;s Ichiro Suzuki from posting his 252nd hit of the season.
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OSAKA, Japan (Sports Network) - Roger Clemens pitched well  just hours after winning his seventh Cy Young Award, but  Hisashi Iwakuma allowed just two hits to lead Japan to a 3-1  victory over the Major League All-Stars on Wednesday.
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Japan's Daisuke Matsuzaka was the winning pitcher in Boston's 10-5 victory over the Rockies in Game Three of the World Series on Saturday, bringing the Red Sox within one more victory of the Fall Classic crown.
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Jim Edmonds hit his 300th career home run, Jason Marquis won his 11th straight decision and the St. Louis Cardinals won their eighth in a row overall, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 Saturday night.
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Japan hustled, hurled, homered--and what would it be if it didn&#39;t bunt a few times--to a face-saving Olympic bronze medal in baseball.
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Akinori Iwamura stepped up to the podium, took a deep breath and smiled. The last time the five-time Japanese League All-Star remembered feeling so nervous, his country was facing the United States on the way to winning the inaugural World Baseball Classic last winter.
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ANAHEIM - Ichiro went 5-for-5 to break his own rookie mark with his 243rd hit this season as the Mariners overpowered the Angels 7-3 on Tuesday.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - America's NBA All-Stars stepped   up and took charge, leading the U.S. to a 96-81 win over   Argentina in the bronze medal game at the world basketball   championship on Saturday.
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Japan claimed a best ever fifth-place finish in the women's hockey World Cup when they beat the United States 1-0 in a playoff match in Madrid on Saturday.
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Los Angeles wins its 11th straight game with a 5-3 victory Sunday over the Giants, who don't get a from Barry Bonds during the entire series.
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In the aftermath of his 2-0 loss to Oakland Tuesday night, Daisuke Matsuzaka was asked about his chances of being selected an All-Star. It's a topic of some interest in the Bay Area, given that the All-Star Game will be played in AT&amp;T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants.
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In a baseball battle of gold-medal  contenders, Japan banged three home runs to defeat Cuba 6-3  Tuesday, as starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched into the ninth.
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TOKYO (Sports Network) - Roger Clemens pitched four-plus  solid innings and David Ortiz had a two-run single to highlight  a three-run sixth inning, as the MLB All-Stars downed the  Japanese All-Stars, 7-2, at the Tokyo Dome.
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Japan won bronze in Olympic baseball Wednesday with an 11-2 drubbing of Canada, but it was a bittersweet victory after high hopes of a gold with their &quot;Dream Team&quot; of pro players.