I CARNEXT SAMURAI JAPAN SERIES Global Baseball Games ended in Osaka with the world’s number 1 national team confirming its solidity in front of its fans. After a 5-0 victory the previous day, the Samurai defeated Team Europe 2-0 with a perfect game combined by six pitchers and a run scored in the second and eighth innings.
Solid performance on the mound also for Team Europe who fielded the German on the mound Markus Solbach, followed by six other pitchers. The Japanese have fielded the 20-year-old Yumeto Kanemaru (Kensai University) who was the author of two strikes with four strikeouts to open the game.
Team Europe she took the field like this in game 2:
In Delano Sela (RF); Marek Chlup (CF); Alex Liddi (3B); Martin Cervenka (DH); Daniel Jimenez (LF); Gabriel Lino (C); Sharlon Schoop (2B); Martin Music (1B); Edison Valerio (SS) e Markus Solbach (P).
The game opens with the home team’s first attack led by a single by Misho Nishikawa and a base earned by Kensuke Kondoh. The European defense responds present, with the third baseman Alex Liddi which opens the double game to the detriment of Shota Morishita then with a hold of Jimenez on the sprint of Munetaka Murakami.
The first point comes for the Samurai in the second attack. An error by Liddi allows a Shunsuki Tamura to reach second base. Tamura then advances to third base on the bat of Kurebayashi and scores on ‘s sacrifice fly Yuudai Yamamoto.
The game remains in the hands of the pitchers and defenses. The Japanese starter Yumeto Kanemaru eliminate on the plate Martin Cervenka e Gabriel Lino to complete a noteworthy 2-round performance, while Lars Huijer responds in turn with two clean innings, in which the only danger comes from the double of Takumu Nakano.
The Japanese continue to control the opposing clubs with pads Nakamura, Matsuyama e Watanabe in control beyond the fifth-inning hump. On the platform for Team Europe he also showed off a good performance Tiago Da Silva in the fifth inning, in which he strikes out quickly Misho Nishikawa and the pinch hitter Yasutaka Shiomi and induces a bouncing of Shota Morishita. The Italian-Brazilian also gets support from the defense in the sixth inning when Tamura, author of a single, is caught stealing by the European defense.
In the sixth offensive round of Team Europe the left-handed player takes center stage Chihiro Sumida which leaves the plate in the order Sharlon Schoop, Martin Music ed Edison Valerio. In the next inning the center fielder caught Misho Nishikawa puts his real signature on the Japanese defensive performance thanks to a diving catch on the serve of In Delano Sela. The eliminations of Chlup (strikeout) and Liddi (grounder to the shortstop) bring the match to 1-0 after 7 innings.
After a flawless seventh inning, Team Europe’s relief Fernando Baez grants a double a Chusei Mannami and a base on ball a Kaito Kozonoinducing the manager Marco Mazzieri to call into question the blue relief Matteo Bocchi. Eliminated Shunsuke Tamura with a harmless fly ball to first base, Kotaro Kuribayashi he fields a treacherous bounce that goes past the shortstop Valerio and allows Mannami to score the Samurai’s second point.
At this point it remained to be defined whether the Japan pitching staff could conclude the current perfecto after 7 rounds. He brought the first three bricks Atsuki Taneichi who got three bouncers on the diamond, including a tricky pinch hitter Ricardo Paolini defended excellently by the Japanese shortstop despite the pitcher’s deviation.
After a nice play at third base by Liddi in the clean sheet launched by Kevin Kelly, Atsuki Taneichi he returned to the pitcher’s mound and ended the perfect game with a flourish, scoring three consecutive strikeouts against Wander Encarnacion, Martin Music e Juremi Profar.
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Pictured WBSC: A runner to second base during the Global Baseball Games match
by Roberto Angotti
2024-03-07 15:22:58
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