TOKYO — Defending champion Japan hit four home runs – two from chicago cubs slugger Seiya Suzuki — Remained undefeated in Pool C of the World Baseball Classic by defeating Korea 8-6 on Saturday.
shohei ohtani And masataka yoshida Also made home for Japan. Ohtani’s homer followed his grand slam in Friday’s 13-0 win over Chinese Taipei.
Both teams showed more power than pitching, especially in a slugfest over the first four innings, when they combined for five home runs, with Suzuki topping the pair in the Tokyo Dome.
Japan and Australia lead 2-0 in Pool C play and will face off on Sunday as two favorites to reach the quarter-finals. Korea (1-1) will face Chinese Taipei (1-2) in Sunday’s other game.
Korea took a 3-0 lead in the beginning of the first innings. Yusei Kikuchi With consecutive singles by Do Yeong Kim, Jahmai Jones And Jung Hoo Lee and a two-run double by Bo Gyeong Moon.
Suzuki hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning to put Japan up 3–2.
Japan went ahead 5–3 in the third on solo home runs by Ohtani, Suzuki and Yoshida.
Korea had its own home run derby in the top of the fourth, tying it 5–5 on Hyesong Kim’s two-run homer off Japan’s sophomore pitcher Hiromi Itoh. It was the fifth home run in four innings between the two teams.
Japan took an 8-5 lead in the seventh minute. Young Kyu Kim, who entered in relief in the beginning of the inning, loaded the bases with a walk to force Suzuki to score a run, and Yoshida scored two more runs with one out.
The Koreans scored one in the eighth to make the score 8–6, but Yuki Matsumoto struck out to keep the pressure on the bases. Hyesong Kim.
Atsuki Taneichi was the winning pitcher with the save for Taise Ota. Yeong-Hyun Park faced defeat.
new England Patriots quarterback drake may Was at the game on Saturday. On Friday, Timothée Chalamet and Bad Bunny arrived.
Fairchild’s grand slam leads Chinese Taipei to 14-0 win
Stuart Fairchild’s second-inning grand slam gave Chinese Taipei a 14–0 win over winless Czechia.
It was Chinese Taipei’s first win in the tournament and came a day after Japan defeated them 13–0.
The game was stopped due to a mercy rule when Chinese Taipei led by 10 or more after seven innings.
Chinese Taipei played small ball to take a 2–0 lead in the first inning, taking advantage of two bunt singles, a double steal and a throwing error by Czech catcher Martin Cervenka. These were Chinese Taipei’s first two runs of the tournament.
This was a big ball in the second innings.
With two outs, Czechia pitcher Jan Novak gave up one run and scored two runs, setting the stage for Fairchild’s blast. Fairchild, who qualified for the team through her Taiwanese mother, plays cleveland patron Organization.
Chinese Taipei added two runs in the fourth, one more in the fifth and five runs in the sixth. It also set a WBC tournament record with seven stolen bases.
Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang got the win, and Novak was the losing pitcher.
