Monday, March 11, 2013

Asia defeats Brazil 5-3 in World Baseball Classic

FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) a Two-time defending champion Japan had to move to overcome Brazil 5-3 on Saturday in its opening game of the Planet Baseball Classic. Asia trailed 3-2 before adding three runs in the top of the eighth inning in front of a crowd of 28,181 at the Fukuoka Dome. Hirokazu Ibata came off the counter to tie the overall game with a single to right that scored Seiichi Uchikawa from second. Asia took a 4-3 lead when Ibata scored from third on a fielder's choice and added an insurance function on Nobuhiro Matsuda's solitary to middle that scored Hisayoshi Chono. Brazil seemed set to accomplish an important upset when it took a lead in the sixth inning on an increase by Leonardo Reginatto that won Paulo Orlando from second.

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