Japan, the baseball at the Tokyo Olympics, will face the United States in the final held at Yokohama Stadium from 7:00 pm on the 7th.
Japan aims to be the first gold medal in a formal competition.
We will keep you updated on the progress of the match.
Japan's starting member (second attack)
1 [Finger] Tetsuto Yamada (Yakult)
2 [Yu] Hayato Sakamoto (Giant)
3 [Left] Masahisa Yoshida (Orix)
4 [Right] Seiya Suzuki (Hiroshima)
5 [1] Eito Asamura (Rakuten)
6 [Middle] Yuki Yanagida (Softbank)
7 [2] Ryosuke Kikuchi (Hiroshima)
8 [3] Munetaka Murakami (Yakult)
9 [Capture] Takuya Kai (Softbank)
Starting pitcher
Masato
Morishita (Hiroshima)
Japan's starting
lineup
is Round 2 of the qualifying league 23-year-old Nobuhito Morishita, who scored two goals in five innings.
In addition, Kikuchi has returned to the starting lineup in place of Kondo, who finished 7th in the semi-finals.
American starting member (first)
1 [2] Eddie Alvarez
2 [Finger] Tyler Austin (DeNA)
3 [1] Triston Casas
4 [3] Todd Frazier
5 [Right] Eric Philia
6 [Left] Jamie Westbrook
7 [Capture ] Mark Colesbury
8 [Yu] Nick Allen
9 [Middle] Jack Lopez
starting pitcher Nick Martinez (Softbank)
Aiming for the gold medal for the first time since the 2000 Sydney tournament In the United States, two people playing in Japanese professional baseball Hold the key to throwing.
First is Softbank pitcher Nick Martinez.
Martinez has also played for Nippon Ham for three years from 2018 to last year and has played against all the batters of the Japanese national team.
Of these, Hideto Asamura is good at pitching Martinez with 22 at bats, 9 hits, 3 home runs, and a batting average of 40%.
In addition, Tetsuto Yamada is expected to hit 3 at bats including a home run from pitcher Martinez in the interleague game on June 12th.
Tyler Austin, who plays at DeNA, needs to be vigilant when hitting the line.
This tournament is doing well with 21 at bats, 9 hits, 2 home runs, and a batting average of 40%, 2 minutes, and 9 hits at the top of the team.
Japan's past results "Gold" Los Angeles Games are "open competitions"
・ 1984 Los Angeles (open competition) gold medal
・ 1988 Seoul (public competition) silver medal
・ 1992 Barcelona bronze medal
・ 1996 Atlanta silver medal
・ 2000 Sydney 4th place
・ 2004 Athens bronze medal
・ 2008 Beijing 4th place
Tokyo Olympic baseball rules
▽ Designated hitter system
▽ No limit on the number of pitches
▽ Advance notice available
▽ "Tie break" after 10 innings (from no-out first base and second base)
▽ Replay verification is
limited
to
once.
If the decision is overturned, it can be requested again.
If you enter the extension, you will be given one new right
▽ Rules for shortening the game time ・ The pitcher's pitching interval is within 20 seconds when there is no runner ・ 30 if the manager or pitcher coach takes time to go to the mound Within seconds ・ The change of pitcher and the change of offense and defense between innings is within 90 seconds. If the rule is violated, the first warning will be given, and after the second, one ball count will be added to the batter of the opponent team
.