Two top pitchers suspected of match rigging, gambling

Two top pitchers in professional baseball are suspected of fixing games and gambling on the results, prosecutors said Tuesday as they widened their investigation into a snowballing match-rigging scandal across the sports industry.

The pitchers, whose names were withheld, allegedly agreed with a gambling broker surnamed Kang to walk a batter during games last year in return for a share of the winnings, prosecutors in the eastern city of Daegu said.