Yu Darvish is brilliant with ... though, and Darvish has a large family — seven children in all, five with his current wife, Seiko. Their youngest is 2. “I have a lot of kids,” he said.

LOS ANGELES--Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kike Hernandez and Teoscar Hernandez to ...

LOS ANGELES--Shohei Ohtani will get his wish to see Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto face off against San Diego’s Yu Darvish in Game 5 of the National League Division Series.

But it also featured an all-Japan pitching matchup with the Padres starting Yu Darvish and the Dodgers sending Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the mound. Yamamoto pitched five scoreless innings in picking ...