ITA 3, JPN 9 | Mar 16, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, March 16, 2023•Tokyo Dome•72°F, Dome

ITA

Italy

JPN

Japan

Final

WIN

Shohei Ohtani

LOSS

Joe La Sorsa

The Japan cruised past the Italy 9-3 in a dominant performance.

★Dominic Fletcher3-for-4, 3 RBI

★Kazuma Okamoto5 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Masataka Yoshida homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

Weather: 72°F, DomeWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 10:00 AM UTCT: 3:24Att: 41,723Venue: Tokyo Dome

Ump Audit

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94.0%B

10 missed calls

+7.0% ITA

+0.55 runs ITA

Win Probability

JPN WinITA Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ITA	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	8	1
JPN	0	0	4	0	3	0	2

Game 719502 • Sources: MLB

Batting

Italy

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Sal FrelickLF	5	0	0	0	0	2	.304/.333/.435
Nicky LopezSS	3	0	1	0	0	0	.474/.524/.632
Dominic FletcherRF	4	1	3	3	0	1	.368/.478/.632
Brett SullivanC	4	0	1	0	0	1	.368/.409/.368
Vinnie Pasquantino1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.200/.273/.200
Miles Mastrobuoni2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.278/.316/.389
Alberto MineoPH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000/1.000/1.000
Ben DeLuzioCF	3	1	0	0	0	1	.125/.176/.250
David Fletcher3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.200/.238/.250
Bench
Vito FrisciaDH	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000/.545/.000
Ryan CastellaniP							.000/.000/.000
Joe La SorsaP
Totals	34	3	8	3	1	9	-

HR:Fletcher (8th off Darvish, 0 on, 1 out)

TB:11

RBI:Fletcher 3

GIDP:Pasquantino

Team LOB:7

Japan

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Lars NootbaarCF	5	0	1	0	0	2	.368/.500/.368
Kensuke KondohRF	3	1	0

Pitching

Italy

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Ryan Castellani	2.0	1	0	0	3	3	0	39-19	88.2	4.50
Joe La SorsaL	1.0	2	4	4	2	0	1	26-14	83.3	13.50
Andre Pallante	1.0	0	2	2	2	1	0	29-14	94.1	4.50
Vinny Nittoli	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	12-8	87.9	5.40
Joey Marciano	1.0	2	2	2	1	2	1	22-12	91.1	22.50
Matt Festa	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16-10	88.6	2.25
Mitchell Stumpo	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14-9	90.2	0.00
Totals	8.0	8	9	9	8	11	2	158-86	-	-

HBP:Yoshida (by Pallante)

IBB:Marciano

Inherited runners-scored:Nittoli 2-2; Festa 2-1

Pitches-strikes:Castellani 39-19; Sorsa 26-14; Pallante 29-14; Nittoli 12-8; Marciano 22-12; Festa 16-10; Stumpo 14-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Castellani 0-2; Sorsa 3-0; Pallante 2-0; Nittoli 0-2; Marciano 1-0; Festa 0-2; Stumpo 0-0

Japan

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Shohei OhtaniW	4.2	4	2	2	1	5	0	71-48	91.1	2.08

Bot 3 • JPN

0-1

Masataka Yoshida grounds out, shortstop Nicky Lopez to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino. Kensuke Kondoh scores. Shohei Ohtani to 2nd.

EV: 96.7 mph49 ftLA: -1°

0-4

Kazuma Okamoto homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Shohei Ohtani scores. Munetaka Murakami scores.

EV: 96.9 mph💣 365 ftLA: 31°

Top 5 • ITA

2-4

Dominic Fletcher singles on a line drive to right fielder Kensuke Kondoh. Ben DeLuzio scores. David Fletcher scores. Nicky Lopez to 3rd.

EV: 76.6 mph239 ftLA: 23°

Bot 5 • JPN

2-5

Munetaka Murakami doubles (1) on a line drive to center fielder Ben DeLuzio. Shohei Ohtani scores. Masataka Yoshida to 3rd.

2-7

Kazuma Okamoto doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Dominic Fletcher. Masataka Yoshida scores. Munetaka Murakami scores.

EV: 104.7 mph353 ftLA: 19°

Bot 7 • JPN

2-8

Masataka Yoshida homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 100.2 mph💣 365 ftLA: 36°

2-9

Sosuke Genda singles on a line drive to right fielder Dominic Fletcher. Munetaka Murakami scores. Kazuma Okamoto to 2nd.

EV: 89.8 mph221 ftLA: 15°

Top 8 • ITA

3-9

Dominic Fletcher homers (1) on a line drive to left center field.

EV: 102.3 mph💣 374 ftLA: 26°

HBP:DeLuzio (by Ohtani); Lopez (by Ohtani)

Inherited runners-scored:Itoh 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Ohtani 71-48; Itoh 7-4; Imanaga 11-7; Darvish 27-15; Ota 21-15

Groundouts-flyouts:Ohtani 7-2; Itoh 0-1; Imanaga 1-0; Darvish 3-1; Ota 1-1

Bench
Masataka YoshidaLF	3	2	1	2	0	0	.400/.522/.667
Shugo Maki2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.214/.267/.643
Takuya KaiC	3	0	0	0	1	3	.100/.308/.200
Hiromi ItohP							.000/.000/.000
Shota ImanagaP							.000/.000/.000
Yu DarvishP							.000/.000/.000
Taisei OtaP							.000/.000/.000