Japan's starting lineup vs Italy 1. CF Lars Nootbaar 2. RF Kensuke Kondo 3. DH Shohei Ohtani 4. LF Masataka Yoshida 5. 3B Munetaka Murakami 6. 1B Kazuma Okamoto 7. 2B Shugo Maki 8. SS Sosuke Genda 9. C Takuya Kai SP: Shohei Ohtani
All stats reflect Pool play only. Quarterfinal games NOT taken into account. BATTING Average .643 - Eugenio Suárez (Venezuela) .615 - Tyler O'Neill (Canada) .538 - Edouard Julien (Canada) .500 (8-16) - Nicky Lopez (Italy) .500 (7-14) - Randy Arozarena (Mexico) .500 (7-14) - Kang Baek-ho (Korea) .500 (6-12) - Benjamín Alegría (Nicaragua) .500 (6-12) - Jeimer Candelario (Dominican Republic) .500 (6-12) - Yadil Mujica (Cuba) .500 (6-12) - Shohei Ohtani (Japan) On-Base Percentage .722 - Tyler O'Neill (Canada) .684 - Shohei Ohtani (Japan) .667 - Eugenio Suárez (Venezuela) .667 - Edouard Julien (Canada) .632 - Randy Arozarena (Mexico) .600 - Kensuke Kondo (Japan) .588 - Mike Trout (United States) .579 - Lars Nootbaar (Japan) .579 - Jeimer Candelario (Dominican Republic) .571 - Roel Santos (Cuba) OPS 1.821 - Edouard Julien (Canada) 1.738 - Eugenio Suárez (Venezuela) 1.703 - Randy Arozarena (Mexico) 1.684 - Shohei Ohtani (Japan) 1.596 - Anthony Santander (Venezuela) 1.533 - Kensuke Kondo (Japan) 1.500 - Juan Soto (Dominican Republic) 1.491 - Tyler O'Neill (Canada) 1.438 - Yu Chang (Chinese Taipei) 1.438 - Mike Trout (United States) Home Runs 3 - Kim Ha-seong (Korea) 2 - 14 players tied RBIs 9 - Eugenio Suárez (Venezuela) 9 - Randy Arozarena (Mexico) 8 - Shohei Ohtani (Japan) 8 - Yu Chang (Chinese Taipei) 8 - Masataka Yoshida (Japan) 7 - Nicky Lopez (Italy) 6 - 5 players tied AVG with RISP (RBIs) 1.000 (5) - Lee Jung-hoo (Korea) 1.000 (4) - Tim Anderson (United States) 1.000 (4) - Enrique Hernández (Puerto Rico) 1.000 (4) - David Peralta (Venezuela) 1.000 (3) - Christian Vázquez (Puerto Rico) 1.000 (2) - Tommy Edman (Korea) 1.000 (2) - Filip Smola (Czech Republic) 1.000 (1) - Andrés Giménez (Venezuela) 1.000 (1) - Jacob Robson (Canada) 1.000 (2) - Aaron Whitefield (Australia) Stolen Bases 5 - Chavez Young (Great Britain) 3 - Ronald Acuña Jr. (Venezuela) 2 - 10 players tied PITCHING ERA (Innings Pitched) 0.00 (8.0) - Jesús Luzardo (Venezuela) 0.00 (6.1) - Miguel Romero (Cuba) 0.00 (6.0) - Park Se-woong (Korea) 0.00 (5.2) - José De León (Puerto Rico) 0.00 (5.0) - Noah Skirrow (Canada) 0.00 (4.1) - Richard Bleier (Israel) 0.00 (4.0) - Harold Araúz (Panama) 0.00 (4.0) - Carlos Estévez (Dominican Republic) 0.00 (4.0) - Taijuan Walker (Mexico) 0.00 (4.0) - Humberto Mejía (Panama) 0.00 (4.0) - Dean Kremer (Israel) WHIP 0.00 - José De León (Puerto Rico) 0.17 - Park Se-woong (Korea) 0.35 - Jeff Barto (Czech Republic) 0.40 - Lance Lynn (United States) 0.40 - Hiroya Miyagi (Japan) 0.43 - Marcus Stroman (Puerto Rico) 0.43 - Pablo López (Venezuela) 0.46 - Richard Bleier (Israel) 0.50 - Taijuan Walker (Mexico) 0.60 - 3 players tied Innings pitched 8.0 - Jesús Luzardo (Venezuela) 7.1 - Enmanuel De Jesús (Venezuela) 7.0 - Matt Harvey (Italy) 7.0 - Martin Schneider (Czech Republic) 7.0 - Robert Stock (Israel) 6.2 - Miguel Romero (Cuba) 6.1 - Che-Yuan Wu (Chinese Taipei) 6.0 - Daniel McGrath (Australia) 6.0 - Park Se-woong (Korea) 5.2 - 2 players tied Strikeouts 10 - Miguel Romero (Cuba) 10 - José De León (Puerto Rico) 10 - Jesús Luzardo (Venezuela) 10 - Enmanuel De Jesús (Venezuela) 9 - Park Se-woong (Korea) 8 - Mitch Neunborn (Australia) 8 - Roki Sasaki (Japan) 8 - Taijuan Walker (Mexico) 8 - Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Japan) 7 - 4 players tied Wins 2 - Jesús Luzardo (Venezuela) 2 - José Ruiz (Venezuela) 1 - 38 players tied Holds 2 - Enmanuel De Jesús (Venezuela) 2 - Kevin Kelly (Netherlands) 2 - Joe LaSorsa (Italy) 2 - José Quijada (Venezuela) 2 - Curtis Taylor (Canada) 2 - Franklin Van Gurp (Netherlands) 1 - 42 players tied Saves 2 - Wendell Floranus (Netherlands) 2 - Sung Chia-hao (Chinese Taipei) 1 - 12 players tied
As I post this, Japan Airlines chartered flight 8800 just crossed into U.S. soil over Northern California on their way to Miami. Arrival is expected to be just before 3:00am ET. https://www.flightradar24.com/JAL8800/2f8bb8ab Lars Nootbaar, Kensuke Kondo, Shohei Ohtani Kazuma Okamoto,Yoshinobu Yamamoto Hiroya Miyagi, Takumi Ohshiro, Takuya Kai Ippei Mizuhara (Ohtani's translator), Lars Nootbaar, Munetaka Murakami "Death, taxes, and Kensuke Kondo reaching base" Ippei Mizuhara, Roki Sasaki Munetaka Murakami Tetsuto Yamada, Kazuma Okamoto
Samurai Japan touched down in Miami at 2:52am local (3:52pm JT). The team will have 4 days to adjust to the 13 hour time difference. Their semifinal on Monday evening will start at 7:00pm ET, which will be Tuesday morning 8:00am in Tokyo. (All of their games in Tokyo began at 7pm Tokyo / 6am ET.)
Puerto Rico starting lineup vs Mexico 1. SS Francisco Lindor 2. CF Kiké Hernández 3. RF Nelson Velázquez 4. 3B Emmanuel Rivera 5. 2B Javier Báez 6. LF Eddie Rosario 7. DH Christian Vázquez 8. 1B Neftalí Soto 9. C Martín Maldonado SP: Marcus Stroman
Freakin love Adam Jones. What a 💩💩💩comment. Guess what. Turn off your freaking tv them numb nuts. Not hard. Guys like to play for their countries. Don’t like it. Guess what. WE DONT GIVE A 💩💩. People are again showing their true colors. We know what it’s really about. Do for me and not for others https://t.co/QBtGHa0L0f— 10 (@SimplyAJ10) March 16, 2023 I love the WBC. Wanna fight about it? But also it goes to show u how people in the USA really are. Do for “MY Team” ! Yea buddy there’s a bigger world that loves this. Puerto Rican kids are playing because of Diaz, Lindo, Baez so yea u know what by can do with yourself https://t.co/tRZEQXeZI7— 10 (@SimplyAJ10) March 16, 2023 6 years ago today, @SimplyAJ10 leaped into the night sky and made one of the most iconic plays in #WorldBaseballClassic history.Will there be more quarterfinal magic in store for @USABaseball tonight? 👀 pic.twitter.com/bpsseZfzWc— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) March 18, 2023
I already posted the highlight videos of the two quarterfinals played in Tokyo. Here are the two played in Miami.
Japan's starting lineup vs Mexico 1. CF Lars Nootbaar 2. RF Kensuke Kondo 3. DH Shohei Ohtani 4. LF Masataka Yoshida 5. 3B Munetaka Murakami 6. 1B Kazuma Okamoto 7. 2B Tetsudo Yamada 8. SS Sosuke Genda 9. C Yuhei Nakamura SP: Roki Sasaki
Murakami ends his big slump! MUNETAKA MURAKAMI WINS IT FOR TEAM JAPAN!!! #WorldBaseballClassic pic.twitter.com/LNROmpkkes— World Baseball Classic (@WBCBaseball) March 21, 2023
The excitement... the passion... I love it! Japanese TBS call on Murakami’s walk off pic.twitter.com/kAFImdINyx— Yakyu Cosmopolitan (@yakyucosmo) March 21, 2023
Apologies if it's old news by now, but the MLB and World Baseball Classic YouTube channels have been gradually uploading the full games from this year's WBC.
Japan's starting lineup vs United States 1. CF Lars Nootbaar 2. RF Kensuke Kondo 3. DH Shohei Ohtani 4. LF Masataka Yoshida 5. 3B Munetaka Murakami 6. 1B Kazuma Okamoto 7. 2B Tetsudo Yamada 8. SS Sosuke Genda 9. C Yuhei Nakamura SP: Shota Imanaga
On a side note: there was a recent article in The Guardian on the topic of the "baseball movie", suggesting that perhaps the WBC itself might be a good setting for such a film...