Roki Sasaki gave up only one run in five sturdy innings, but the Cubs blew the game open with a five-run seventh to hand the Dodgers an 16-0 loss.

As for his other baseball skills, Sasaki developed those in northeastern Japan. The left-handed hitter clubbed a Japanese high school record 140 career home runs at Hanamaki Higashi High School in ...

Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki set the bar too high from the moment he was introduced to the Los Angeles Dodgers, stating that he wanted to become the first pitcher from his country to win the Cy ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Rintaro Sasaki didn’t so much choose baseball as it chose him: Born to a legendary high school coach in Japan, gifted with a massive frame that generates prodigious ...