MLB All-Stars Rally Past Japan
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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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David Ortiz picked up where he left off &#151; this time on the other side of the world. Ortiz, who helped lead the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series title since 1918, drove in a pair of runs Friday at the Tokyo Dome to lead a team of major league stars to a 7-2 victory over Japanese counterparts in the opener of an eight-game exhibition series.
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Asian champion Japan overcame a lethargic first half display to outplay India 4-0 in an Asian zone World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
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Instead of a Barry Bonds splash shot, the defining hit at Tuesdayâs All-Star game was Ichiro Suzukiâs inside-the-park home run, the first in the gameâs history.
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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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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and the  United States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the  first time in 28 years on Monday.
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Eight and a half years ago, Daisuke Matsuzaka established his legendary status in Japan with a feat of endurance that is still hard to fathom in the context of Major League Baseball.
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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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Ryan Zimmerman was careful to touch home plate. Doug Mientkiewicz couldn&#039;t believe it happened. Carlos Lee made a special dedication. Zimmerman, Mientkiewicz and Lee all hit ninth-inning home runs Sunday to lift their teams to victory in interleague play.
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Ichiro Suzuki threw a strike from right field and countryman and catcher Kenji Johjima wasn&#039;t about to let it go to waste. Johjima held on to the ball despite being run over on the play at the plate by Josh Barfield in the fifth inning, a play that helped spark the Seattle Mariners to a 7-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.
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Ichiro Suzuki had the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history and added two singles to lead the American League over the National League.
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Ichiro Suzuki scored in each of the first four innings yesterday as the Seattle Mariners busted out of a long slump and defeated the host Detroit Tigers, 14-7, for their second victory in 15 games.
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Japan&#39;s all-professional team have overpowered newcomers Canada 11-2 to win the Olympic baseball bronze medal, restoring some of their pride following a shock 1-0 semi-final loss to Australia.
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SAN DIEGO -- Josh Beckett sure looks like the starting pitcher for the American League in the 2007 All-Star Game. He beat Jake Peavy and the Padres, 4-2, with eight innings of stellar work yesterday, improving to a major league-best 11-1.
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Boston's Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka overcame a bout of nausea to help the Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 10-6 and record his seventh win of the season on Friday.
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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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Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui  thumped back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to rally the  New York Yankees to a 9-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in  the American League Sunday.