Baseball "Premier 12" Japan beat Mexico 3: 1

Baseball "Premier 12" Japan wins 3: 1 against Mexico on November 13 at 23:35

In the international baseball tournament “Premier 12”, Japan won 3 to 1 in Mexico in the 3rd round of the 2nd league so far and won 3 to 1.

“Premier 12” is held for the qualifying of the Tokyo Olympics. In the secondary league, 6 teams will face 4 teams that were different groups in the primary league, and the top 2 teams will advance to the final.

Japan won 2 wins and 1 loss including the 1 win brought over from the first league on the 12th, and the 3rd round held at Tokyo Dome on the 13th. I played against Mexico.

In Japan, where the batting order other than No. 4 was rearranged, the No. 2 giant, Hayato Sakamoto, made a chance by hitting and stealing, and the No. 4 time of Hiroshima, Seiya Suzuki and No. 6 Nippon Ham, Kensuke Kondo I got 2 points first with a hit.

In the second round, Sakamoto hit the timely hit and expanded the lead to 3 points, taking the lead in the early stages.

Throwing, the starting pitcher of DeNA Shota Imanaga showed a perfect start that no one runner allowed until 3 times and lost 1 point in 4 solo home runs, but this was a hit that allowed up to 6 times Only one home run played one goal and one goal.

In Japan, the three relief pitchers won three-to-one after seven times with no hits.

As a result, Japan and Mexico are lined up with 3 wins and 1 loss in the 2nd league, Korea is 2 wins and 1 loss, Taiwan is 1 win and 2 losses, and Australia and the United States are 1 win and 3 losses.

Japan has no matches on the 14th and 15th, and will play against Korea in the 4th round of the final of the second league on the 16th of this month.

Director Inaba “No.2 Sakamoto was a good development”

Japan played the 13th game by changing the batting order except the 4th Seiya Suzuki from the US game on the 12th when they enjoyed the first black star of the tournament.

And the batting line led to the beginning, took the lead, and won the game with an unbeatable game.

Director Atsuki Inaba said, “The players also knew the importance of this game, and switched well. I thought together how to connect the batting line with the coach, and anyway, I decided to make Hayato Sakamoto second I wanted to connect it, and since the hero hit me firmly, it was a good development today, ”including Sakamoto who made three hits, including the hit that led to the first goal. Did.

In addition, he talked about the starting pitcher, Shota Imanaga, who made a good hit with one goal, with 6 hits as one hit, saying, “It was great to pitch so much at a stadium where home runs are easy to go.”