Baseball: Darvish picks up 1st win, Ohtani leaves mound with cramps
Darvish (1-3) recorded his 204th combined win between Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball, breaking a first-place tie with Hiroki Kuroda for the most by a Japanese pitcher who has played on both sides of the Pacific.
The 38-year-old right-hander allowed only two hits, both singles, striking out seven and walking none in a 5-0 victory over the New York Mets at Petco Park. Darvish is now 111-91 in the majors.
The second-place Padres won their fifth straight game to cut the Dodgers' National League West lead to three games.
Meanwhile, Ohtani had to leave the mound in the middle of a plate appearance with the cramps in the Dodgers' 5-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park.
Ohtani got a no-decision after giving up two runs on five hits in three-plus innings. At the plate, he went hitless in five at-bats.
Of the other Japanese major leaguers who played Wednesday, Chicago Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga (8-4) picked up his eighth win after allowing three runs in five innings in a 10-3 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Masataka Yoshida, batting seventh as the Boston Red Sox's designated hitter, hit his first homer of the season in his two-hit, three-RBI outing in a 13-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
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