Outfielder Yuhei Takai made up for an earlier miscue by singling home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning
Posts tagged as “World Baseball Classic”
Home runs this year are being hit at a rate double that of 2012
Infighting within the defending champion Japan could be making a repeat title increasingly challenging
The last time two heroes from Japan clashed in a much-anticipated head-to-head match-up in the major leagues, Hideo Nomo plunked Ichiro Suzuki in the back
The pitch that requires a pivot at the hips and a twirl of the ball off the tips of the fingers may or may not be real