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Summary and runs of Italy 3-9 Japan in World Baseball Classic
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Mastrobuoni's batting
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Change of pitcher in Japan: Taisei Ota n enters;
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The eighth inning is over;
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Change of pitcher in Italy: Mitchell Stumpo enters;
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The eighth round in Italy, where he has added a race, is over;
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Do Fletcher's home run to score the third run for Italy
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End to the last inning where Japan has extended the lead;
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Genda bats and Murakami scores
Yoshida's home run
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Yoshida's home run to score Japan's eighth run;
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The last shift of the Italian National Team is over;
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Change of pitcher in Japan: Yu Darvish enters;
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The sixth inning is over;
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Change of pitcher in Italy: Marciano enters;
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Italy's sixth shift is over;
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Nootbaar and Kondoh miss the ball;
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The fifth inning is over;
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Okamoto batted in, Murakami and Yoshida scored;
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Murakami bunts and Ohtani scores
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Change of pitcher in Italy: Nittoli enters;
This is how the first two races in Italy went
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Italy's turn is over and it has managed to reduce the distance on the scoreboard
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Italy's turn is over and it has managed to reduce the distance on the scoreboard
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Change of pitcher in Japan, Hiromi Itoh n enters;
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Fletcher bunts and scores Da Fletcher and DeLuzio
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Fletcher hit bunt and DeLuzio grounded out to third base
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End of fourth inning
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Change of pitcher in the Italian National Team: Pallante enters;
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Italy's fourth inning ends with Mastrobuoni's hit that goes high;
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López batting
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The third inning ended with a score of 0-4 favorable to Japan;
Okamoto's home run was like this
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Okamoto homered and Ohtani and Murakami also scored;
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Kondoh wins the first race for Japan;
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Italy's third inning ended with no runs and no hits
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End of second inning
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End of Italy's second shift
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Friscia failed to hit the ball;
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End of first inning
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Nootbaar batting
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The first round in Italy is over, where he did not manage to start with a race.
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Fletcher batting to center field
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The match starts with a turn for the Italian National Team;
All set
In a few minutes the match between Italy and Japan will start where we will know the second semifinalist in the World Baseball Classic
Road to Japan
Japan's journey to the quarter-finals
Japan 8-1 China
Japan 13-4 South Korea
Japan 10-2 Czech Republic
Australia 1-7 Japan
Road to Italy
The Italian National Team is in the quarterfinals, after a group stage where it achieved these results
Cuba 3-6 Italy
Chinese Taipei 11-7 Italy
Italy 0-2 Panama
Italy 7-1 Netherlands
The first semifinalist has already been selected
Cuba beat Australia 4-3 in the first game of the quarterfinals
Japan's roster
L. Nootbaar
K. Kondoh
S. Ohtani
M. Yoshida
M. Murakam
K. Okamoto
S. Maki
S. Genda
T. Kai
Italy's roster
S. Frelick
N. Lopez
D. Fletcher
B. Sullivan
V. Pasquantino
M. Mastrobuoni
V. Friscia
B. DeLuzio
D. Fletcher
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What time is the Italy vs Japan match?
This is the start time of the match between in several countries:
Argentina: 06:00 hrs.
Bolivia: 04:00 hrs.
Brazil: 05:00 hrs.
Chile: 04:00 hrs.
Colombia: 04:00 hrs.
Ecuador: 04:00 hrs
Spain: 11:00 hrs.
Mexico: 04:00 hrs.
Paraguay: 05:00 hrs.
Peru: 04:00 hrs.
Uruguay: 06:00 hrs.
France: 11:00 hrs.
Sweden: 11:00 hrs.
Japan Roster
Coach: Kuriyama Hideki
Two-way player: Ohtani Shohei
Pitchers: Darvish Yu, Kuribayashi Ryoji, Imanaga Shota, Itoh Hiromi, Matsui Yuki, Miyagi Hiroya, Ota Taisei, Sasaki Roki, Takahashi Hiroto, Takahashi Keiji, Togo Shosei, Udagawa Yuki, Yamamoto Yoshinobu, Yuasa Atsuki
Catchers: Kai Takuya, Nakamura Yuhei, Ohshiro Takumi
Infielders: Genda Sosuke, Maki Shugo, Murakami Munetaka, Nakano Takumu, Okamoto Kazuma, Shuto Ukyo, Suzuki Seiya, Yamada Tetsuto, Yamakawa Hotaka
Outfielders: Ondo Kensuke, Lars Nootbaar (Enokida Tatsuji in Japanese), Yoshida Masataka
Italy Roster
Coach: Mike Piazza
Pitchers: Vincenzo Aiello, Glenn Albanese Jr, Alex Bassani, Joe Biagini, Matteo Bocchi, Ryan Castellani, Tiago da Silva, Alessandro Ercolani, Nick Fanti, Matt Festa, Sam Gaviglio, Matt Harvey, Joe LaSorsa, Braxton Lorenzini, Joey Marciano, Brian Marconi, Vinny Nittoli, Andre Pallante, Jeffrey Pasantino, Nicolo Pinazzi, Claudio Scotti, Mitchell Stumpo, Vin Timpanelli, Michele Vassalotti, Stephen Woods Jr.
Catchers: Vito Friscia, Alberto Mineo, Dominic Miroglio, Brett Sullivan
Infielders: David Fletcher, Robel Garcia, Nicky Lopez, Miles Mastrobuoni, Vinnie Pasquantino, John Valente
Outfielders: Ben DeLuzio, Dominic Fletcher, Sal Frelick
How does Japan arrive?
The Japan National Team arrived at this World Baseball Classic as champions in the last Olympic Games, semifinalists in this tournament in 2017 and champions of the WBSC in 2019. They have started the 2023 edition by winning all four games of the group stage, all of them with considerable advantages, and have qualified for the quarterfinals as group winners.
How does Italy arrive?
The Italian National Team arrives at the World Baseball Classic after winning the bronze medal at the 2021 European Championship by beating Spain 2-0. In the semifinal round they fell to the champion Israel by 5-11. Italy in the ú last World Classic that disputed ó was in 2017 where he fell in the first round to finish ú last in the group with a victory and three defeats. They have debuted in this edition in 2023 winning 3-6 against Cuba, lost the next two against Chinese Taipei and Panama, but defeated the Netherlands to qualify for the quarterfinals as second in the group
Venue: The match will be played at the Tokyo Dome, which was inaugurated in March 1988 and has a capacity of 55,000 spectators.
Preview of the match
Italy and Japan will face each other in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic;
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