Games from September 23:

Oakland A's 5 - New York Yankees 4 [Daily Sports]
Ichiro Suzuki (NYY) started in left and batted second.  He went 1-for-5: pop out to third, line out to right, single to right (stole second), ground out to short (force), fly out to left.  Ichiro's multi-hit hitting streak ended at five games. [Nikkan Sports, Nikkan Sports, Daily Sports, Sponichi]

Hiroki Kuroda (NYY) started the game and gave up five runs (four earned) over 5.2 innings of work.  He took the loss and is 14-11.  Final line: 5.2 IP, 102-62 NP-S, 27 BF, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 2 WP. [Nikkan Sports, Nikkan Sports, Daily Sports, Sponichi]

Arizona Diamondbacks 10 - Colorado Rockies 7
Takashi Saito (ARI) entered the game in the bottom of the 9th, with the Diamondbacks up 10-4, and gave up three runs before leaving the game with a runner on first and two out.  Final line: 0.2 IP, 19-14 NP-S, 6 BF, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR. [Nikkan Sports, Nikkan Sports, Daily Sports, Sponichi]

Boston Red Sox 2 - Baltimore Orioles 1
Junichi Tazawa (BOS) entered the game in the top of the 8th, with the score tied at one, and tossed a shutout inning relief.  Tazawa got the win and is 1-1.  Final line: 1 IP, 6-6 NP-S, 3 BF, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 HR. [Nikkan Sports, Nikkan Sports, Daily Sports, Sponichi]

Milwaukee Brewers 6 - Washington Nationals 2
Norichika Aoki (MIL) started in right and batted first.  He went 0-for-5: ground out to the catcher, GIDP, fly out to right, fly out to right, reached on fielding E4 (run scored).  Aoki's hitting streak ended at twelve games. [Nikkan Sports, Daily Sports, Sponichi]

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Yu Darvish (TEX) threw thirty-five pitches in the bullpen on Sunday in preparation for his next start on Tuesday.  Darvish also threw about twenty pitches in the bullpen on Saturday.  Source: Nikkan Sports 9/24/2012, Sponichi 9/24/2012