Japan, which has won three consecutive victories in the first round of the WBC (World Baseball Classic) of baseball, will face Australia in the final match on the night of the 12th.

The match between Korea Rep. and the Czech Republic held before the match against Japan has already secured 2nd place or higher in the group, and Japan has already qualified for the quarter-finals.

Orix's Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who won the Sawamura Award for the second consecutive season last season, will be on the starting mound.



We will give you a quick report on the state of the team before the game and the game scheduled to start at 7:00 pm.

《How the Japanese national team looks before the match》

Around 17:15 Murakami practices batting signs of recovery

Japanese batting practice has begun.

Munetaka Murakami, who hit the first hit of the tournament in the game on the 11th, had a tight hit, but in 25 swings, he hit 7 home run-like hits, and the angle of the ball was higher than in the practice on the 11th. and showed signs of recovery.

Around 17:00 Genda, who injured his finger, participates in defensive practice with taping on his finger.

The Japanese players started practicing on the ground before the match against Australia.

Of these, Sosuke Genda, who withdrew from the match against South Korea on the 10th after injuring his finger, was knocked in the shortstop position while taping his ring finger and little finger on his right hand.

Around 16:40 Director Kuriyama's interview "Just tighten the reins and fight"

“We played a warm-up match against Australia in November last year, but I have the impression that we have been moving forward and building a team carefully since then,” he said.

Regarding the fact that Korea won the Czech Republic in the pre-match stage and decided to advance to the quarterfinals, he said, "I've heard about it, but it doesn't matter at all. I'll just tighten the reins and fight." I was concentrating on one fight.

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