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The World Baseball Classic continues on FS1 as Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani and Team Japan battle Team China in a highly-anticipated showdown at the Tokyo Dome.
As expected, Ohtani takes the mound for the Japanese squad in his first WBC appearance, while Xiang Wang gets the ball for China.
These are the top moments from the game!
Sit ’em down!
Ohtani’s stuff was working early, and he looked poised for a stellar start as he mowed down this batter with his signature splitter in the first.
Japan’s Shohei Ohtani records his first strikeout of the 2023 World Baseball Classic vs. China!
Japan’s Shohei Ohtani struck out the first batter he faced in the 2023 World Baseball Classic vs. China.
Coaxing the walk
After Ohtani took care of business on the bump in the first, Japan’s offense kicked off the game with a fiery rally, bringing in its first run courtesy of a walk after loading the bases.
Out at the plate!
Japan had an opportunity to plate another run with one out, but China came up with a huge double play on a sacrifice fly attempt, as Pei Lang uncorked a laser to nab the runner.
Pei Liang makes a catch and throws out the runner at home to limit the damage for China vs. Japan
China limited the damage in the first inning after Pei Liang made a catch and threw out the runner tagging at home.
We got your back
Ohtani did his part to keep runners off the basepaths in the first couple of innings …
… and when he needed a little help in his efforts, his defense stepped up in a big way. Plays like this diving catch from Lars Nootbaar helped hold China scoreless through three innings.
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