Japan has gained the World Baseball Classic for the third time, beating the defending champion United States 3 to 2 within the remaining. It’s their first title since 2009.
Japan trailed by one run within the second inning when Murakami Munetaka tied the rating with a towering homerun. It was his first of the event. Japan tacked on one other run within the inning to take the lead.
Okamoto Kazuma added some insurance coverage within the fourth with a solo residence run of his personal. Japan’s bullpen protected the lead, limiting the US to only one run by way of the eighth.
Japan’s two-way star, Ohtani Shohei, took the mound within the ninth. He struck out his Los Angeles Angels teammate Mike Trout for the ultimate out.
Japan completed the event undefeated and Ohtani was named the Most Valuable Player.
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Japan wins World Baseball Classic title
NHK – Mar 22
Japan has gained the World Baseball Classic for the third time, beating the defending champion United States 3 to 2 within the remaining. It’s their first title since 2009.
Ohtani hits residence run from his knee in return to Team Japan
MLB – Mar 07
On Monday night inside a packed Kyocera Dome, as Japan took on the Hanshin Tigers in its first exhibition recreation earlier than the 2023 World Baseball Classic begins, Ohtani lastly placed on Japan’s iconic white pinstriped jersey once more.
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