Games from the 25th:

Texas Rangers 12 - Seattle Mariners 5
Ichiro Suzuki started in right and batted first.  He went 2-for-5: ground out to second, infield single, ground out to second, ground out to second, single to center.

Oakland A's 6 - LA Angels 5
Hideki Matsui was the starting DH and batted third.  He went 1-for-5: fly out to left, fly out to left, single to center, fly out to left, fly out to right.

Hisanori Takahashi entered the game in the top of the 9th (bases loaded, 1 out, scored tied at 5) and allowed one of the inherited runs to score on a sac fly to center before getting out of the inning.  Final line: 0.2 IP, 2 BF, 3-2 NP-S, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR.

Minnesota Twins 6 - Cleveland Indians 4 (10 innings)
Kosuke Fukudome started in right and batted first.  He went 2-for-5: single to right, single to right, strikeout swinging, fly out to center, pop out to second.

Philadelphia Phillies 9 - New York Mets 4
Ryota Igarashi entered the game in the top of the 7th, with the Mets down 9-0, and tossed a shutout inning in relief.  Final line: 1 IP, 5 BF, 20-12 NP-S, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR.

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The latest on Hiroki Kuroda and whether or not he plans on returning to Japan next season, via MLB.com's Ken Gurnick:

Kuroda told reporters earlier this month that he intends to continue playing. He reiterated Sunday that if he ever returns to pitch in Japan, it would be with Hiroshima, his club for 11 seasons before coming to the Dodgers.

But he said he never said he would play a farewell season in Japan before retiring.

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"I'll tell you one thing: I tend to go the other way. At this moment, I really don't know. I might stay here, I might go to Japan. It's 50-50."

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