USA vs. Japan Highlights | 2023 World Baseball Classic Championship

Team USA took on Japan for the 2023 World Baseball Classic Championship. Fireworks started early as Trea Turner hit a solo home run in the second to start the scoring. Munetaka Murakami would answer with a solo home run of his own. Kazuma Okamoto would hit a solo home run of his own in the fourth inning and Japan would take a 3-1 lead. In the 8th inning, Kyle Schwarber gave the USA some hope as he launched a solo home run. Shohei Ohtani would enter in the ninth inning where he would strike out h

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inside lone Depot Park in Miami Florida it's the match-up that a lot of people hope for and envision Team USA the defending champ takes on the only two-time champ in the tournament Japan swing and that result I'm sure turned him in to on fire lifts his spawn down the left field line as Trey Turner done to that you bet he has [Applause] murakami drives a ball on a deep right field and ties the game in the blink of an eye [Music] and now no two new bar muscles it to First scorchment was playing deep so his only play is at first and in a race to the back Luke just barely wins it Turner swings and misses and Togo finds it to get out of the jam until like two or three a.m High Drive left center field Mullins on his horse to the track at the wall it's gone okamoto goes deep and Japan grows its lead [Applause] [Music] [Applause] takes it flies it to Center but missed it Lars Newport settles underneath and ends the inning and USA strands two in the top of the