The 2023 World Baseball Classic Championship Final takes place Tuesday night in Miami. Here is a live update of the action between the United States and Japan:
7:22 PM ET—Interesting USA batting order as Trea Turner moves from ninth to sixth…
7:25 PM ET–Mookie Betts flies out to right field.
7:27 PM ET–Mike Trout shallow hit to right field, delivers excellent base running and gets to second with an impressive double.
7:29 PM ET–Paul Goldschmidt strikes out…
7:30 PM ET–Nolan Arenado grounds out…
Zero runs, one hit for USA in top of the first…
7:33 PM ET–Lars Nootbar flies out to left field…
7:33 PM ET–Kensuke Kondoh grounds out to second…
7:36 PM ET–Shohei Ohtani walks….
7:37 PM ET–Masataka Yoshida strikes out looking…impressive pitch by Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly…
0-0 after 1st inning…
7:44 PM ET–Schwarber flies out to right field…
7:45 PM ET–Trea Turner solo home run….1-0 USA…fifth home run of WBC…
7:49 PM ET–JT Realmuto base hit…
7:51 PM ET—Shota Imanaga strikes out Cedric Mullins looking….
7:52 PM ET–Tim Anderson base hit to left field…
7:54 PM ET–Betts flies out to left field…
1-0 USA heading into bottom of 2nd…
7:56 PM ET–Muntetaka Murakami solo home run to second deck…432 feet…
7:58 PM ET–Kazuma Okamoto base hit single…
8:01 PM ET–Tetsuto Yamada flies out to right field…
8:02 PM ET–Sosuke Genda base hit to left field…
8:05 PM ET–Norihiro Nakamura walks…Kelly pulled after pitching to nine Japanese batters…
8:08 PM ET–Aaron Loup into relief…
8:11 PM ET–Nootbar RBI ground out scores Okamoto…2-1 Japan
8:14 PM ET–Kondoh flies out to center…
2-1 Japan after two innings…
8:18 PM ET–Shosei Togo strikes out Mike Trout to begin the third inning,…
8:19 PM ET–Goldschmidt flies out to left field…
8:22 PM ET–Arenado walks…
8:25 PM ET–Togo walks Schwarber…
8:27 PM ET–Togo strikes out Turner…
2-1 Japan heading into the bottom of the third…
8:31 PM ET–Kyle Freehand of the Rockies into pitch and strikes out Ohtani…
8:33 PM ET–Yoshida walks…
8:34 PM ET–Murakami hits into double play…
2-1 Japan after three innings…
8:38 PM ET—Realmuto lines out to shortstop…
8:40 PM ET–Mullins flies out to left field…
8:41 PM ET–Anderson flies out to right field…
2-1 Japan heading into bottom of the fourth inning…
8:45 PM ET—Okamoto home run…3-1 Japan
8:45 PM ET–Yamada flies out to right field…
8:48 PM ET–Genda strikes out…
8:49 PM ET–Nakamura grounds out to third base…
3-1 Japan after four innings…
8:52 PM ET–Takahashi comes into pitch for Japan…
8:52 PM ET–Betts grounds out…USA challenges the call…
8:53 PM ET–USA wins challenge and Betts on first base with single….
8:57 pm ET–Trout strikes out…
9:03 PM ET–Arenado base hit to right field and advances Betts to second
9:05 PM ET–Schwarber flies out to center…
3-1 Japan after 4.5 innings….
9:09 PM ET–Nootbar flies out to right field…
9:10 PM ET–Kondoh walks…
9:13 PM ET–Ohtani grounds out…
9:15 PM ET–Yoshada grounds out to pitcher…
3-1 Japan after five innings…
9:18 PM ET–Hiromi Itoh into pitch for Japan
9:19 PM ET–Trea Turner flies out to left field…
9:22 PM ET–Realmuto grounds out to third base…
9:24 PM ET–Mullins strikes out…
3-1 Japan heading into bottom of the sixth…
9:26 PM ET–Jason Adam to pitch for USA…
9:28 PM ET–Murakami strikes out…
9:30 PM ET–Okamoto strikes out…
9:33 PM ET–Yamada walks…
9:34 PM ET–Yamada steals second base…
9:36 PM ET–Genda walks…
9:39 PM ET–Nakamura walks…Adam walks bases loaded and is struggling with his control…
9:43 PM ET–Nootbar flies out to right field….
3-1 Japan after six innings…
9:48 PM ET–Taisei walks McNeil who was pinch hitting…
9:50 PM ET–Betts base hit to left field…
9:51 PM ET–Trout lines out to right field…
9:53 PM ET–Goldschmidt hits into double play…
3-1 Japan after 6.5 innings….
9:56 PM ET–David Bednar (Pirates closer) into pitch…
9:57 PM ET–Kondoh pops up to Arenado….
10 PM ET–Ohtani base hit…
10:05 PM ET–Yoshida hits into double play…
3-1 Japan after seven innings…
10:09 pm ET–Yu Darvish into pitch…
10:09 PM ET–Arenado flies out…
10:14 PM ET–Kyle Schwarber hits home run to second deck…3-2 Japan…
10:16 PM ET–Turner base hit…
10:17 PM ET–Realmuto pops up…
10:18 PM ET–Mullins flies out….
3-2 Japan after 7.5 innings…
10:21 PM ET–Devin Wiliams pitching for USA…
10:22 PM ET–Murakami strikes out…
10:24 PM ET–Okamoto strikes out…
10:28 PM ET–Yamada walks…
10:29 PM ET–Yamada steals second…
10:31 PM ET–Genda grounds out…
3-2 Japan after eight innings…
10:35 PM ET–Ohtani into pitch…
10:39 PM ET–McNeil walks, and Bobby Witt Jr. into pinch run…
10:40 PM ET–Betts hits into double play…
10:43 PM–Ohtani strikes out Trout…Japan wins 2023 WBC….
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