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The game was played on March 21, 2023, at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, United States, [1] between hosts and defending champion United States and two-time champion Japan. Japan won 3–2 to earn a record-extending third World Baseball Classic title. Shohei Ohtani won the most valuable player award.
Unlike North American baseball, Japanese baseball games may end in a tie. [3] If the score is tied after nine innings of play, up to three additional innings will be played; this includes the playoffs, but not the Japan Series going beyond Game 7. If there is no winner after 12 innings, the game is declared a tie; these games count as neither a ...
The Japan-Italy quarterfinal game broke the Japanese WBC viewership record. It drew an average 48.0% household viewership in Japan and averaged 38.2 million viewers. [37] [38] In the United States, the World Baseball Classic was carried by Fox Sports for the first time, with games split among
Team USA is looking to repeat as champions, while Japan is looking for its third overall title in five tournaments. It’s USA vs Japan in the World Baseball Classic championship. Breaking down ...
Aside from an early Trea Turner homer, Team USA wasn’t able to muster any offense.
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The MLB Japan All-Star Series is an irregular end-of-the-season tour of Japan made by an All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1986, contested in a best-of format against the All-Stars from Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) or recently as of 2014 their national team Samurai Japan (SJP).
The 2023 World Baseball Classic knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament of the 2023 World Baseball Classic took place from March 15–21. [1] The top two teams from each pool automatically qualify for the top eight knockout stage, beginning with the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, and LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida.