Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Yu Darvish (also spelled Yū Darvish) (; born August 16, 1986, in Habikino, Osaka) is a Japanese starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers.
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The latest challenge in his season-long education of pitching in the majors did not go well."I wasn't able to go deep in the game as a starter should," Darvish said through a translator.Ichiro Suzuki and the Seattle Mariners chased Darvish after just four innings in his shortest start of the season, and the Mariners rolled to their fourth straight win in a 6-1 victory over the Rangers on Monday night.Seattle became the first team Darvish (6-2) had to face a second time, and for the second time he struggled to solve the Mariners. The Japanese rookie labored through 96 pitches and a season-high six walks, failing in his bid to become the first seven-game winner in the majors.Only Seattle's inability to take advantage of a bases-loaded situation in the fourth kept Darvish's line from being worse. He was inconsistent and, combined with a Seattle lineup that knew his penchant for being a bit wild, it added up to the worst outing ...Mariners shortstop Brendan Ryan knows it's a play he will never forget, even though he was denied an inside-the-park home run.Once his liner to right-center bounced ...
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Yu Darvish impressed the Texas Rangers with his big body, durability and desire.The two-time defending AL champions were so impressed that they have invested more th...
Yu Darvish is coming to America to pitch.Japan's best pitcher and the Texas Rangers agreed before Wednesday's deadline to a $60 million, six-year contract. In additi...
Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish ended months of speculation Thursday by saying he intends to make a move to Major League Baseball.The 25-year-old right-hander, considere...
The Texas Rangers won the Yu Darvish sweepstakes with a record bid of $51.7 million. Now they'll try to agree on a contract with Japan's top pitcher.Major League Bas...
Adrian Beltre homered during a seven-run second inning, Yu Darvish posted his seventh victory and the Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 12-6 Sunday for a ...
Felix Hernandez spun eight innings of one-run ball Monday as the Seattle Mariners downed the Texas Rangers, 6-1, in the opener of a three-game set at Safeco Field.He...
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The Texas offense made it an easy day for starting pitcher Yu Darvish as the Rangers crushed the Toronto Blue Jays 12-6 on Sunday.The American League-leading Rangers...
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No extra-inning heroics were needed for the Texas Rangers on Sunday.A day after Josh Hamilton clubbed a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the 13th inning, ...
Ichiro Suzuki and the Seattle Mariners chased Texas' Yu Darvish after just four innings in his shortest start of the season, and the Mariners rolled to their fourth ...
With one big swing of the bat, Jason Kipnis led the struggling Cleveland Indians to a 7-1 win over the Minnesota Twins in the first of a three-game series.Kipnis' fo...
Yu Darvish acknowledged it felt strange to face the Blue Jays. That didn't stop him from shutting down their lineup.Darvish won his third straight start, Mitch Morel...
Yu Darvish won his third straight start, Mitch Moreland and Craig Gentry homered and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 Monday night.Darvish (4-0) allo...
A glaring problem cost Yu Darvish and the Texas Rangers.Ubaldo Jimenez pitched seven scoreless innings and Asdrubal Cabrera hit a two-run double after the Rangers lo...
Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish did just fine without a scouting report on the Colorado Rockies.He struck out 11 in six innings in a 5-3 victory over the Rocki...
Mike Napoli and Nelson Cruz both homered before combining on a big defensive play, and Matt Harrison pitched eight strong innings to lead the Texas Rangers past the ...
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