2023 World Baseball Classic championship

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2023 World Baseball Classic championship
File:LoanDepot Park.jpg
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
United States 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 0
Japan 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3 5 0
Date March 21, 2023 (2023-03-21)
Venue LoanDepot Park
City Miami
MVP Shohei Ohtani ( Japan)
Attendance 36,098
Television Multiple

The 2023 World Baseball Classic championship was the final game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, the fifth edition of the World Baseball Classic, a men's international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) in partnership with Major League Baseball (MLB). The game was played on March 21, 2023, at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, United States,[1] between hosts and defending champion United States and two-time champion Japan.

Japan won 3–2 to earn a record-extending third World Baseball Classic title. Shohei Ohtani won the most valuable player award.

Background

The World Baseball Classic (WBC) expanded from 16 teams to 20 teams for the 2023 edition. They were split into four pools, hosted by Taichung, Tokyo, Miami, and Phoenix, Arizona. The top-two teams in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo and loanDepot Park in Miami. The semifinals and finals took place in Miami.[2]

Japan won the 2006 and 2009 WBCs, but lost in the semifinals in 2013 and 2017.[3] In 2023, Japan won all four games in Pool B[4] and defeated Italy in the quarterfinals.[5] Japan defeated Mexico in the semifinals to advance to the championship.[6]

The United States won the 2017 WBC, the most recent iteration of the tournament.[7] The United States went 3–1 in Pool C, advancing as the pool's runner-up.[8] The United States defeated Venezuela in the quarterfinals[9] and Cuba in the semifinals.[10]

Road to the championship

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Further information: 2023 World Baseball Classic

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

 United States Round  Japan
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
 Great Britain 6–2 (H) Match 1  China 8–1 (H)
 Mexico 5–11 (H) Match 2  South Korea 13–4 (H)
 Canada 12–1 (7) (H) Match 3  Czech Republic 10–2 (H)
 Colombia 3–2 (A) Match 4  Australia 7–1 (A)
Pool C runners-up
2023 World Baseball Classic Pool C
 Final standings Pool B winners
2023 World Baseball Classic Pool B
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
 Venezuela 9–7 (A) Quarterfinals  Italy 9–3 (H)
 Cuba 14–2 (H) Semifinals  Mexico 6–5 (H)

Game

Summary

The starting pitchers for the championship game were Shōta Imanaga for Japan and Merrill Kelly for the United States.[11] Trea Turner hit a solo home run for the United States off of Imanaga in the top of the second inning. Turner tied Lee Seung-yuop (South Korea) in 2006 tournament for the most home-runs in a single WBC tournament. Munetaka Murakami tied the game with a solo home run off of Kelly in the bottom of the second inning. Japan loaded the bases with singles from Kazuma Okamoto and Sosuke Genda and a walk to Yuhei Nakamura. Aaron Loup relieved Kelly for the United States, and Lars Nootbaar hit a run batted in ground out. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Kazuma Okamoto hit a solo home run for Japan off of Kyle Freeland to give Japan its final run.[12]

Both teams remained scoreless from there until the top of the eighth inning, when Kyle Schwarber hit a solo home run for the United States off of Yu Darvish. Leading 3–2 in the ninth inning, Japan used their designated hitter, Shohei Ohtani, to record the save. Ohtani struck out Mike Trout, his teammate with the Los Angeles Angels, to win the tournament for Japan.[12] Ohtani won the WBC's most valuable player award after batting .435 and pitching to a 1.86 earned run average for the tournament.[13]

Details

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Shohei Ohtani, the most valuable player of the tournament
March 21, 2023 19:00 EDT (UTC−4) at LoanDepot Park in Miami, United States
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 United States 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 0
 Japan 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3 5 0
WP: Shōta Imanaga (1–0)   LP: Merrill Kelly (0–1)   Sv: Shohei Ohtani (1)
Home runs:
USA: Trea Turner (5), Kyle Schwarber (2)
JPN: Munetaka Murakami (1), Kazuma Okamoto (2)
Attendance: 36,098
Umpires: HP – Lance Barksdale, 1B – John Tumpane, 2B – Edward Pinales, 3B – Ramiro Alfaro, LF – Jong Chui Park, RF – Quinn Wolcott
Boxscore
Top
United States' Batting[14]
Player Position AB R H RBI BB SO LOB BA
Mookie Betts RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 .313
Mike Trout CF 5 0 1 0 0 3 3 .296
Paul Goldschmidt 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .280
Nolan Arenado 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .385
Kyle Schwarber DH 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .214
Trea Turner SS 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .214
J. T. Realmuto C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500
Cedric Mullins LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200
Tim Anderson 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Jeff McNeil 2B (PH) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .111
Bobby Witt Jr. PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Japan's Pitching[14]
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Shōta Imanaga 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 3.00
Shosei Togo 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.80
Hiroto Takahashi 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 3.00
Hiromi Itoh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Taisei Ota 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Yu Darvish 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 6.00
Shohei Ohtani 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.86
Bottom
Japan's Batting[14]
Player Position AB R H RBI BB SO LOB BA
Lars Nootbaar CF–LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 .269
Kensuke Kondo RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .346
Shohei Ohtani DH 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .435
Masataka Yoshida LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .409
Taisei Makihara CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Munetaka Murakami 3B 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 .231
Kazuma Okamoto 1B 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 .333
Tetsuto Yamada 2B 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .267
Sōsuke Genda SS 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .250
Yuhei Nakamura C 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .429
United States' Pitching[14]
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Merrill Kelly 1​1⁄3 3 2 2 2 1 1 8.31
Aaron Loup ​2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Kyle Freeland 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 3.00
Jason Adam 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.00
David Bednar 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.25
Devin Williams 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.00

References

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