Major Leaguers Take 3-0 Lead in Japan
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The Japanese won the pregame home run derby. Then the game started and the major league All-Stars put their bats to work. Back-to-back home runs by Moises Alou and Vernon Wells in the fourth inning and by Johnny Estrada and Brad Wilkerson in the ninth powered the major leaguers past the Japanese stars 7-3 Sunday for a 3-0 lead in the eight-game series.
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Ichiro Suzuki's relentless assault on   Major League Baseball's (MLB) record books has given sport in   Japan a huge lift after a disappointing year.
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Newspapers and TV are giving a daily  count-down, and Japanese from salarymen to politicians are  holding their breath as Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro  Suzuki challenges one of the oldest records in major league  baseball.
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NEW YORK - Hideki Matsui hit a three-run double off Curt Schilling and had four RBIs, helping the New York Yankees build a 6-0 lead over the Boston Red Sox after four innings in Game 1 of the AL championship series Tuesday night.    Mike Mussina shut down Boston's powerful lineup, retiring all nine batters as the teams resumed their storied rivalry with a rematch of last year's thrilling ALCS...
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Daisuke Matsuzaka hit a two-run single during Boston's big third-inning outburst and pitched the Red Sox to a 6-0 lead over the Colorado Rockies after five innings Saturday night in Game 3 of the World Series.
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Tom Cruise threw out the ceremonial first pitch, but Alex Cabrera was the biggest star of Game 3 of the Japan Series.
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Hideki Okajima became the first Japanese pitcher to take the mound in a World Series on Thursday, the reliever helping the Boston Red Sox pick up a 2-1 Game Two win over the Colorado Rockies.
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The San Diego reliever gave up a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday and the Japanese all-stars rallied for a 3-2 walkoff win over the touring major leaguers in Game 7 of an eight-game exhibition series.
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Tiger Woods shot a 67 and kept his three-stroke lead Friday in Japan&#39;s Dunlop Phoenix tournament. Woods had a score of 8-under 132 at the halfway mark of the Japanese tour event.
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Japan&#39;s baseball players and owners averted a strike Friday, reaching a last-minute agreement that will allow teams to continue playing through the weekend, the Kyodo News service and national broadcaster NHK reported.
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Ken Griffey Jr. hit an RBI single from the cleanup spot after Barry Bonds was unable to move a runner over like a No. 2 hitter should, and the National League took a 1-0 lead over the American League after three innings of the All-Star game Tuesday night.
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The Nippon Ham Fighters, managed by Trey Hillman, are going back to the Japan Series. The former Montreal Expos player Fernando Seguignol hit a three-run homer to help the Fighters to a 6-2 victory against the Chiba Lotte Marines, managed by Bobby Valentine, to win the Pacific League championship series, three games to two. Hillman, formerly a successful manager in the Yankeesâ minor league system, has been mentioned as a successor to Joe Torre.
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Miyazaki, Japan (Sports Network) - Tiger Woods posted a five-under-par 65 on Thursday to take a three-shot lead after the first round of the Dunlop Phoenix.
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The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki  registered three singles to tie, break and then add to the  Major League hits record with his 259th of the season in a game  against the Texas Rangers Friday.
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The Dodgers took a 3-0 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals after four innings in Game 3 of the NL division series on Saturday.
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Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki stole his AL single-season record 33rd consecutive base in the third inning and extended another major league record in the Kansas City Royals' 7-4 victory over Seattle on Saturday night.
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MINNEAPOLIS The New York Yankees coughed up a 9-to-3 lead before rallying in the ninth inning to beat Minnesota 13-to-10.