Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Austrian Thomas Morgenstern has won a World Cup ski jump event in Japan for his second victory of the season.

SAPPORO, Japan - Former major league player Terrmel Sledge drove in five runs as the Nippon Ham Fighters defeated the Rakuten Eagles 9-4 in Game 5 of the Pacific League championship series to advance to the Japan Series.

SAPPORO, Japan - Former major league player Terrmel Sledge hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday to lift the Nippon Ham Fighters to a 9-8 win over the Rakuten Eagles in the first game of Japan's Pacific League championship series.

SAPPORO, Japan - All players and staff of the Nippon Ham Fighters baseball team will be tested for swine flu after two players and a coach contracted the virus, the Japanese Pacific League team said Wednesday.