We needed an impeccable match, bordering on perfection, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case for the Italian baseball team, eliminated in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic 2023 today since Japan, who so deservedly wins a place in the semifinals of the aforementioned competition. The Japanese prevailed with a score of 3-9 and await, in the next round, the winner between Puerto Rico and Mexico; regardless of the defeat suffered today, however, the blues and Mike Piazza can be satisfied with what they did in the tournament, having passed the groups and reached direct qualification for the 2026 Classic. (OA Sport)
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Baseball: Italy ko with the Japanleaves the World Classic Italy was beaten 9-3 by Japan and thus eliminated in the quarter-finals of World Baseball Classic in Tokyo. Driven by Okamoto and Murakami, the Japanese advance to the semifinals where they will face the winner between Mexico and Puerto Rico in Miami. (Napoli Magazine)
Already a “starter” in the match played against Taipei, the pitcher born in 1996 has shown over the course of his career that he is not afraid of difficulties on a psychological level: therefore a pitcher with all the right characteristics to withstand the inevitable pressure from the Tokyo Dome. (OA Sport)
The quarter-final that Italy will play tomorrow against Japan ai World Baseball Classic it will be one of those matches that will mark the history of our movement, regardless of how it ends. It comes to the end of a journey that began well before this World Cup, more precisely in the previous edition of the competition, which was even held in 2017. (The Last Man)
– Italy was beaten 9-3 since Japan and is thus eliminated in the quarterfinals of World Baseball Classic in Tokyo. Driven by Okamoto and Murakami, the Japanese advance to the semifinals where they will face the winner between Mexico and Puerto Rico in Miami. (Sicily)
Italy’s time has comeJapansecond quarter-final of the World Baseball Classic 2023. Today (11:00 Italian time), the team of Mike Piazza will face not only the Japan of superstar Shohei Ohtani, but also an entire stadium, the Tokyo Dome. (OA Sport)
The group stage of the 2023 edition of the World Baseball Classic 2023. In fact, the two groups ended in Phoenix and Miami, which started out of phase, in daily terms, compared to those in Taichung and Tokyo. (OA Sport)
