Softball International Tournament
The softball international tournament, the Japan Cup, was the final of the day, and Japan lost to the United States 3-2 and missed the championship.
Japan and the United States, as well as Taiwan and the Czech Republic, participated in the Softball Japan Cup held from 30th to 1st in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture.
Japan, who advanced to the final round of the round-final qualifying league with 2 wins and 1 loss, played again against the US that lost the qualifying league.
The Japanese starter was Nozomu Ozaki, a 30-year-old pitcher who made a good run in Taiwan in the qualifying league five times, but once invited a pinch with a foreball and a hit, and gave a three-run home run to Ariot, the fourth American player I was beaten and got 3 points first.
Japan, on the other hand, made a two-to-three two-run home run of No. 5 Saki Yamazaki.
Ace and pitcher Yuki Ueno, who returned to the tournament after a serious injury, climbed 7 times, following a single point, and made a one-out, one-and-a-half-hit hit and foreball. I got it.
In the match, after three hits with two American pitchers, Japan could hardly make a chance and Japan lost 2-3 and missed the championship.