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Japan Forward
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Japan Forward
Basketball: Japan Women and Denmark Settle for Tie in Exhibition Match
Reporting on the Japan women's basketball team, Masataka Yoshida's injury rehab, rising golf star Shuri Sakuma and Mikki Fight's narrow win at Oi Racecourse. Japan guard Norika Konno shoots a layup in the first quarter against Denmark in the first game of the teams' Mitsui Fudosan Cup series on July 3, 2025, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. (©KYODO) The Japan women's basketball national team dominated the second and third quarters against Denmark on Thursday night, July 3. In the opener of the teams' Mitsui Fudosan Cup series, Japan and Denmark settled for a 65-65 tie. Japan overcame a 10-point deficit at the end of the first quarter, then outscored the visitors 41-24 in the middle two periods. Denmark trailed 54-47 entering the fourth quarter, but outplayed world No 9 Japan to avoid defeat. Minami Yabu, a 20-year-old small forward, paced Japan with 12 points off the bench. She sank 3 of 4 3-point shots in 10-plus minutes. Stephanie Mawuli added eight points and Kokoro Tanaka and Monica Okoye finished with seven apiece. Japan small forward Minami Yabu shoots a jumper over Denmark guard Michala Bork in the third quarter on July 3. (KYODO) Akatsuki Japan head coach Corey Gaines utilized a deep bench in this game, giving 15 players court time, with 13 players putting points on the board. Gaines' squad made 9 of 34 shots from 3-point range. Japan had 16 assists and 18 turnovers. It also made 11 steals. World No 55 Denmark outrebounded Japan 50-40. Guard Alberte Rimdal led Denmark with 20 points. Teammate Frida Formann poured in 19 points. "We made mistakes and uncharacteristic things we don't usually do, we did tonight," Gaines said, according to Kyodo News, after Thursday's game before adding, "we have a game tomorrow, which we'll play much better. [And] we won't make those mistakes." Japan defeated Denmark 89-55 in the second game of their Mitsui Fudosan Cup exhibition series on Friday night at the same venue. Yuki Miyazawa had a team-best 15 points for Japan. With a pair of games on back-to-back nights against Denmark, Japan began final preparations for the 2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, an eight-nation basketball tournament. Event dates: July 13-20 in Shenzhen, China. World No 4 China is the highest-ranked team in the tourney. Joining China in Group A for the preliminary round are South Korea, New Zealand and Indonesia. Group B is comprised of Japan, Australia, the Philippines and Lebanon. "The Asia Cup is important," Gaines told reporters. "We'll be ready to play our best basketball." In his first game for the Worcester Red Sox during a rehab assignment, Masataka Yoshida bats against the Syracuse Mets of the Triple-A International League on July 2 at Polar Park in Worcester, Massachusetts. (KYODO) Rehabbing Boston Red Sox slugger Masataka Yoshida appeared in his first regular-season game of the 2025 season in the opener of a Triple-A doubleheader on Wednesday, July 2. Yoshida, who had offseason surgery on his right shoulder, batted second and went 0-for-2 with a walk for the International League's Worcester Red Sox in a 5-2 home loss to the Syracuse Mets. In Wednesday's Game 2, Yoshida didn't play. The doubleheader was necessitated when Tuesday's game, which was to mark Yoshida's return to the field, was rained out. Yoshida was back in the lineup for Worcester on Thursday. He batted second once again and started in left field in Syracuse's 7-4 win over Worcester. The former Orix Buffaloes star went 1-for-3 and scored a run. He reached base on a first-inning force play at second and scored in the same inning. Yoshida stroked a line-drive single to left in the third. Wearing a first baseman's glove, Masataka Yoshida takes grounders during a defensive drill on July 2 in Worcester, Massachusetts. (KYODO) Boston management asked Yoshida to get some "light work" at first base during his injury rehab assignment, reported. He donned a first baseman's mitt and took grounders before Wednesday's doubleheader, getting some defensive work at a position he hasn't played in his 10 seasons as a pro. The website quoted Boston manager Alex Cora as saying that Yoshida is practicing at first base "just in case, in an emergency" he'd be available. Cora added, "I don't anticipate him starting at first base, but if something crazy happens, at least he can catch throws and knock down a ground ball." Masataka Yoshida Set to Start Triple-A Rehab Assignment with Worcester Shuri Sakuma holds the winner's memento after the Earth Mondahmin Cup on June 29 at Camelia Hills Country Club in Sadegoura, Chiba Prefecture. (©SANKEI) In the ongoing 2025 JLPGA Tour season, rising star Shuri Sakuma leads all golfers with three tournament titles. Twelve individuals have collected one win apiece. The 22-year-old Sakuma, who has played in 15 tournaments to date, sits atop the money rankings chart with ¥116 million JPY ($804,000 USD) in earnings this season. Sakuma has had eight top-10 finishes, which is tied for the JLPGA Tour lead with Sakura Koiwai. JLPGA Tour golfer Shuri Sakuma hits a tee shot in the final round of the Earth Mondahmin Cup on June 29. (©SANKEI) A native of Saitama Prefecture, Sakuma made her pro debut in June 2021. She's won one tournament in each of the past three months. In April, Sakuma triumphed in the KKTcup VANTELIN Ladies Open, a three-round event, with an 11-under 205. She won May's Bridgestone Ladies Open with a 20-under 268, shooting under 70 in all four rounds. Then she won the Earth Mondahmin Cup on June 29 with an 11-under 277. Christophe Lemaire pilots Mikki Fight to a win in the Teio Sho at Oi Racecourse in Tokyo on July 2. Outrange, ridden by Kohei Matsuyama, finished second. (©SANKEI) In a midweek evening showcase event of older horses (ages 4 and up) at Oi Racecourse in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward, Mikki Fight, ridden by veteran French jockey Christophe Lemaire, won the Teio Sho by a neck. Mikki Fight covered the 2,000 meters in 2 minutes, 3.1 seconds. Outrange, guided by Kohei Matsuyama, placed second on Wednesday, July 2. Japanese racing legend Yutaka Take was third aboard Notturno, 2½ lengths behind the runner-up. The Teio Sho, which is contested on dirt, was first run in 1978. Japan Racing Association and National Association of Racing (local) horses and jockeys compete against one another. Wednesday's race included thoroughbreds from Oi Racecourse, Urawa Racecourse and Kochi Racecourse. Author: Ed Odeven Find Ed on JAPAN Forward' s dedicated website, SportsLook . 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Fox Sports
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Royals prospect Jac Caglianone homers for 4th straight game, hitting pair that include 459-footer
Associated Press SOITH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Kansas City prospect Jac Caglianone homered for the fourth straight game, hitting a pair that included a 459-foot drive to help the Omaha Storm Chasers beat the Salt Lake Bees 5-3 in 10 innings on Sunday in the Triple-A International League. A 22-year-old first baseman who bats left-handed, Caglianone hit the long drive in the first off left-hander Sammy Peralta and added a two-run shot in the 10th against Buck Farmer. Caglianone had three hits and is batting .346 with five homers and 10 RBIs in six games for Omaha since his promotion from Double-A Northwest Arkansas on May 20. He is hitting .346 overall in the minors this season with 14 homers and 53 RBIs in 44 games. Selected sixth overall by Kansas City in last year's amateur draft from the University of Florida, Caglianone signed for a $7,497,500 bonus. ___ AP MLB: recommended in this topic
Winnipeg Free Press
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Royals prospect Jac Caglianone homers for 4th straight game, hitting pair that include 459-footer
SOITH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Kansas City prospect Jac Caglianone homered for the fourth straight game, hitting a pair that included a 459-foot drive to help the Omaha Storm Chasers beat the Salt Lake Bees 5-3 in 10 innings on Sunday in the Triple-A International League. A 22-year-old first baseman who bats left-handed, Caglianone hit the long drive in the first off left-hander Sammy Peralta and added a two-run shot in the 10th against Buck Farmer. Caglianone had three hits and is batting .346 with five homers and 10 RBIs in six games for Omaha since his promotion from Double-A Northwest Arkansas on May 20. He is hitting .346 overall in the minors this season with 14 homers and 53 RBIs in 44 games. Selected sixth overall by Kansas City in last year's amateur draft from the University of Florida, Caglianone signed for a $7,497,500 bonus. ___ AP MLB:
Epoch Times
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Epoch Times
Iowa Cubs' Bernabe Major Success as Minor League Lifer
There's much to be jealous of Sam Bernabe's baseball life. As president and general manager of the Iowa Cubs of the Triple-A International League, whether during business hours at the ballpark on game day or when the club is on the road in far-off cities as Syracuse, N.Y., or Toledo, Ohio, Bernabe is at the ready. Joining the club some 42 seasons back after college graduation, little did the Iowan know at that time that a lifetime employment decision had already been made. From his first year with the Cubs in 1983 to this week's six-game homestand at Principal Park, beginning on Tuesday with the visiting Buffalo Bisons, Bernabe is hard at work ensuring baseball memories will be made. Minor league ballparks are beacons of summertime entertainment. The game and promotions are lined up for between innings, as well as after the last out has been caught; fireworks are the gold standard from Class-A to Triple-A, and connecting with the fan base is paramount. Here's your bumper sticker message, not only befitting the magic created in Iowa, but what drives all minor league clubs in their quest to be tops in a community-minded world: 'Minor League Baseball Equals Fun.' From Des Moines, and loving the game since attending his first professional game of any kind with his grandpa at Sportsman's Park in 1966, to watching the St. Louis Cardinals host the Pittsburgh Pirates, Bernabe and the Cubs were a match waiting to meet. Related Stories 4/21/2025 4/26/2025 Before the Cubs landed their top affiliate in Des Moines, Bernabe would watch the best of the Oakland Athletics' prospects at Sec Taylor Stadium developing into an organization that would soon have them the talk of the sport by winning back-to-back-to-back World Series in the early 1970s. 'It was Little League Night at the ballpark,' Bernabe told The Epoch Times on Monday. 'It's one of my best memories, getting to see Vida Blue pitch. These were the teams that featured Joe Rudi, Gene Tenace, and many of the great A's.' Bernabe is keeping put in his hometown by choice. The awards racked up over the decades: Baseball America MiLB Executive of the Year, American Association Executive of the Year, and the John H. Johnson President's Award winner from Minor League Baseball in 2002, all proof that the Iowan has the chops to move up the ladder with big league clubs. Being civic-minded, Bernabe had the best of both worlds right, smack in front of him. There have been no regrets about not changing baseball addresses. In his younger days, Bernabe earned a Master's degree in sports management at Western Illinois University. 'After grad school, I'm in my hometown dating a girl, who later became my wife, and the Cubs were there. I was in the right place at the right time. I got lucky. Being able to come back and work in Des Moines has worked out.' Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs shields his eyes from the sun against the Cincinnati Reds at Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa, on Aug. 11, professionally and learning all the positions required to get the ballpark up and running for when the gates opened on game day has molded Bernabe into the overseer of the Cubs that he is today. Driving the freeway to his office at Principal Park each day, still, after four decades-plus, excites the leader of the organization. It's the noise at a game that stimulates Bernabe. The sound of a crowd's eruption after a walk-off victory, followed by fireworks exploding from beyond the outfield wall, is nirvana to him. The fan in Bernabe, thankfully, has never weaned. During Bernabe's tenure, the Iowa Cubs won the American Association championship in 1993. When the parent club Chicago Cubs finally reversed the Billy Goat Curse in 2016 and won their first World Series championship since 1908, the fine work put in Iowa wasn't forgotten. Cubs' owner Thomas Ricketts paid Bernabe the ultimate baseball-workplace compliment by presenting him a World Series ring. 'It's the best,' says Bernabe of the ring made from 14-karat white gold. 'Mr. Ricketts was kind enough to give one to me. If I'm sitting in a restaurant and I see someone with a Cubs shirt, I'll take the ring out. I show it to them, then strike up a conversation.' Armed with his wealth of experience, Bernabe talks of still learning while on the job. There isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't pick up on something new. He makes it a point to learn much about his staff members. 'I teach them to give them options. It's a democracy until it's a dictatorship,' explains Bernabe of empowering his staff. We're all about learning lessons. There are no making mistakes.' With the Iowa Cubs currently in third place in the International League's West, Bernabe does take interest in the West's Gwinnett Stripers. The Atlanta Braves' Triple-A affiliate, planted nearly 1,000 miles southeast of downtown Des Moines, has a familiar-sounding last name in their company directory. Baseball Diamond Holdings, Inc., owner of both the Iowa Cubs and Stripers, has two Bernabes at the helms of their properties. Nick Bernabe, now in his ninth year in pro ball and his first as assistant general manager with Gwinnett, is Sam's son. As one could imagine, having Nick follow in his father's footsteps has his family back home proud. 'In baseball, we work for the people,' Bernabe states of the motto in Iowa. Maybe, just maybe, when actor Kevin Costner in his role as Ray Kinsella in 'Field of Dreams' was trying to figure out why he plowed over a corn field on his Iowa farm to build a ball field, the Academy Award winner was channeling a young Sam Bernabe. Beginning with the Iowa Cubs from the ground up, first as an intern, the organization's growth and sustainability through its history has had one constant through all the years: Sam Bernabe.
