{"id":522910,"date":"2026-03-08T17:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522910\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:09:08","slug":"red-soxs-masataka-yoshida-hits-game-winning-home-run-at-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522910\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox’s Masataka Yoshida Hits Game-Winning Home Run At World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red Sox’s Masataka Yoshida Hits Game-Winning Home Run At World Baseball Classic<\/a> originally appeared on NESN<\/a>. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Masataka Yoshida continues to swing a scorching bat at the World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n

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The Boston Red Sox<\/a> slugger has sprinted out of the gates for Japan. Yoshida opened the WBC with two hits<\/a> in a mercy-rule rout over Chinese Taipei and hit a three-run home run<\/a> in Saturday’s 8-6 triumph over Korea.<\/p>\n

Yoshida affirmed his standing as the early MVP of pool play by delivering another epic moment on Sunday morning. Down 1-0 to Australia, Yoshida crushed a two-run homer off fellow left-hander John Kennedy to give Japan the edge.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look<\/a> at the clutch blast, courtesy of the WBC’s official social media page.<\/p>\n

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Japan scored two insurance runs in the eighth, so the 2023 champions had enough of a cushion to withstand a pair of Australia solo shots from Alex Hall and Rixon Wingrove in the ninth. Japan avoided a massive upset and improved to 3-0 with a 4-3 victory.<\/p>\n

Yoshida is now 5-for-10 with two homers and six RBIs in the WBC. His power surge is an encouraging sign for the Red Sox, who watched him bat .266\/.307\/.388 in a limited role last year after returning from shoulder surgery.<\/p>\n

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Japan has clinched a spot in the knockout stage, but they’ll conclude pool play against\u00a0Czechia on Tuesday at 6 a.m. ET on FS1.<\/p>\n

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