Seiya Suzuki<\/a>, who had been hitting well at the tournament with an OPS of 1.600, had to be replaced after injuring his right knee while unsuccessfully stealing second. In what could become a headache for the Chicago Cubs, Suzuki will continue to be evaluated.<\/p>\nSuzuki\u2019s replacement, Shota Morishita, stepped up, hitting a three-run shot in the fourth to hand Japan a 5-2 lead after Teruaki Sato tied the game with an RBI double.<\/p>\n
Yamamoto would settle, exiting after 69 pitches and allowing two runs on four hits and a walk. But that\u2019s when Venezuela got to Japan.<\/p>\n
In the fifth, Mikael Garcia made it a 5-4 game with a two-run homer off Chihiro Sumida. The following inning with runners on the corners, Abreu teed off Ito to put Venezuela up 7-5.<\/p>\n
Japan shot themselves in the foot in the eighth, when Atsuki Taneichi allowed a lead-off double to Ezequiel Tovar, who came home on a throwing error by Taneichi in a pick-off attempt.<\/p>\n
And by then, with a three-run advantage proved to be challenging for Japan to overcome on this night, the momentum had shifted to Venezuela and the party was beginning.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means a lot for the country, for the people,\u201d Abreu said. \u201cThe crowd was very loud. I was excited. When I was running the bases, I can\u2019t describe the feeling. That\u2019s unforgettable.<\/p>\n
This group is amazing. The vibes in the clubhouse are crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Added former National League MVP Acuna Jr, \u201cOur plan was to attack the pitching and we had good execution.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s history for us and for our country. We have been working on a daily basis to give joy to our country. But the job is not completed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have two games to win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ronald Acuna Jr: “It’s history for us” The game got off to a flying start as Acuna Jr…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-524745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}