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The Japan team defeated the United States 3-2 and managed to lift its third trophy of the World Baseball Classic after a closed duel that ended in the hands of the Japanese team with a Shohei Ohtani who took the mound in the ninth inning and faced Jeff McNeil, Mokie Betts and Mike Troutthis being the last one who delivered the out number 27 commitment by way of the strikeout.
He matchup ended up centering on a power duel between teammates and friends, Ohtani and Trout, who leaned to the Japanese side after reaching the maximum count of three balls and two strikes. Nevertheless, The Asian star was not afraid and sent a delivery to 87 miles to force his opponent to swing and the American could not make contact.
For the first move on the scoreboard came thanks to the long home run hit by Trea Turner to left field in the second inningthus being the first stripe of the commitment, and what meant the fifth home run connected by the 29-year-old shortstop.
Nevertheless, Munetaka Murakami was in charge of matching the actions quickly. The Japanese connected the ball and deposited it between the right and center gardens to place the tie on the board in the Loan Depot Park of Miami.
Later, in the same entry Lars Nootbaar grounded out with bases loadedand although he was out, iboosted Kazuma Okamoto to move the score again and place it 2-1 in favor of Japan.
Also, in the bottom of the fourth inning Kazuma Okamoto said ‘sayonara’ to the ball between left-center fields in order to give the Japanese team a little more comfort and which also meant his second home run in the World Baseball Classic. 3-1 the board.
Then, after many innings without clear plays of danger, Kyle Schwarber found several back-to-back drives that hit near the home run postand after 10 pitches, the designated hitter managed to make the necessary adjustments to get the ball out of the right field sides in order to adjust the score 3-2.
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