Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama still gets a special tingle watching Shohei Ohtani. It’s been that way since Kuriyama managed the two-way star with the Hokkaido Ham-Fighters. “When we see Shohei playing, not only the players but also the Japanese baseball fans, all the nation is feeling something extra,” Kuriyama said through a translator after Ohtani…
Shohei Ohtani strikes out five in his second WBC start, and also goes 1 for 4 with two runs scored in a 9-3 win to help Japan reach the WBC semifinals.
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Shohei Ohtani, who threw a 102 mph pitch in the second inning of Japan s 9-3 win over Italy on Thursday, helped lead his team to the World Baseball Classic semifinal for the fifth straight year.
The WBC gives fans a chance to watch the best players international baseball has to offer, and Samurai Japan presents a particularly star-studded group .