Munetaka Murakami homers as Japan’s WBC team edges Fighters

Triple Crown winner Munetaka Murakami hit one of the three home runs belted by Japan’s World Baseball Classic team in its 5-4 win over the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in an exhibition game Saturday.

Slugging catcher Tomoya Mori turned a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead for Japan with a two-run homer in the fourth inning before Murakami added a solo blast into the right-field seats in the sixth at Tokyo Dome.

In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.
By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.

SUBSCRIBE NOW

Source : Baseball – The Japan Times

Japonologie:
Leave a Comment