Yu Darvish allowed three first-inning runs, then settled down and went the distance, coming up on the losing end of a 3-1 decision to Tohoku Rakuten Eagles. Darvish hurled 121 pitches in the complete game, allowing just the three earned runs on 8 hits, striking out 5 and walking none. Hisashi Iwakuma, Darvish’s teammate in [...]
Japan defeats Korea in 10 innings to successfully defend WBC title. Japanese icon Ichiro hit a game-winning two-run single to propel Japan to its second World Baseball Classic championship in two tries.
Korea scored 1 run in the bottom of the ninth inning off Yu Darvish, but Japan countered with two runs in the top of [...]
Japan defeated the United States 9-4 to advance to the WBC finals against Korea. The teams split two games in Pool A at the Tokyo Dome and split two games at PETCO Park in the second round. Japan won the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006, while Korea captured gold in the 2008 Summer Olympics [...]
Team Korea scratched its way to three runs off of Team Japan ace Yu Darvish in the first inning, then cruised to a 4-1 win to put them into the semi-finals. Japan will face Cuba Thursday in a showdown for the last semifinal berth.
Darvish hurled 5 innings, allowing 4 hits and 1 walk while striking [...]
2006 WBC star Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched 6 scoreless innings, scattering five hits while striking out 8 versus no walks, as Team Japan gained a criticial victory over Cuba 6-0 on March 15. Japan will play Tuesday night, attempting to clinch a spot in the WBC semifinals in Los Angeles.
Japan (1-0) 6, Cuba (0-1) 0
March 15, [...]
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