TOKYO—Tetsuto Yamada takes his responsibility as the leadoff hitter seriously and that showed Tuesday. Yamada slammed a pair of home runs and drove in three runs as Japan improved to 5-0 in the World ...

Two-time World Baseball Classic champions Japan take the lead in Pool E after rallying to victory over Cuba. After tying the game three different times, Japan rallied in the eighth to beat Cuba 8-5.

TOKYO -- Tetsuto Yamada hit two home runs to lead Japan to an 8-5 win over Cuba in the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday. Seiichi Uchikawa broke a 5-5 tie on a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and ...

Japanese baseball's interleague interlude gave Central League pitchers a brief respite from having their ERAs ruined by Tetsuto Yamada. But on a somewhat wet Friday night at Jingu Stadium, the Tokyo ...

Aa-ha! I missed that result and the "two-game lead after game 3" had me confused.