He was indeed the favorite to win the title. Japan beat Taiwan to move one step closer to winning the Premier 12 title in a row.카지노사이트
Japan defeated Taiwan 9-6 in the final match of the World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier 12 2024 Super Round held at Tokyo Dome, Japan on Sunday. With the victory, Japan not only won eight consecutive games from the group league of this year's event but also won 27 consecutive international competitions based on professional player participation.
As the U.S. won the match against Venezuela 6-5, Taiwan decided to advance to the final ahead of the U.S. in the TQB, which calculates the difference between score and loss rates between teams tied at the same rate regardless of the result of the match against Japan. However, as the two teams lost in the final, they lost in the final, which dampened their spirits ahead of the final match. The final match between the two teams will take place on Monday at the same venue.
Japan succeeded in gaining the upper hand in the bottom of the first inning with a leadoff home run by leadoff hitter Murabayashi Itsuki against Taiwanese starting pitcher Chen Bo-ching. Then, Toshiya Sato's walk and Ryosuke Tatsumi's hit ball gave him a chance to hit the first and second bases with no outs, and Shota Morishita's two-run double broke out. Later, with one out and third base, Kotaro Kurebayashi hit a sacrifice fly against Chang Guohao, a changed pitcher, to lead 4-0.
Taiwan launched a counterattack in the top of the third inning. With two outs, Lin picked up a walk, followed by an RBI double by Tseng Song-en to make up for one run. In the top of the fifth inning, Jang Jung-wi and Chiu Zheng drew consecutive walks to make first and second bases with no outs, and Lin Li's timely RBI hit occurred. With the bases loaded with no outs and Zeng Song-en's walk, Ji Rizirao got a pushy walk to lead the team to 3-4. However, with the bases loaded with no outs, Pan Zekai hit a double play and Zhang Kun-yu struck out, which failed to come from behind.
Japan fought back in the bottom of the fifth inning, widening the gap again. Keita Sano's hit and Kurebayashi's walk made the bases loaded, with two outs and runners on the first base, and Kotaro Kiyomiya's sweeping triple hit made the run 7-3. However, Taiwan's pursuit was persistent. Chiu Zheng's two-run double with runners on the second and third bases with one out in the top of the sixth inning pushed the team to a 5-7 lead.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Japan's leadoff hitter Ryota Isovata got on base with a bunt hit, and Sato hit a single after one out to make it to first and third base. Then, Tatsumi's two-run double hit made it 9-5 to go.
Japan then defended its lead by blocking Taiwan's attacks well. Yokoyama Rikuto, who took the mound in the top of the ninth inning, gave up a solo home run to Taiwan's leadoff hitter Lin Anker, but he did not give up any more points and finished the game.