JPN 13, TPE 0 | Mar 6, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Friday, March 6, 2026•Tokyo Dome•72°F, Dome

JPN

Japan

TPE

Chinese Taipei

Completed Early: Mercy

WIN

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

LOSS

Hao-Chun Cheng

The Japan cruised past the Chinese Taipei 13-0 in a dominant performance.

★Shohei Ohtani3-for-4, 5 RBI

★Sosuke Genda3-for-3, 4 RBI

Key Moment

Top 2: Shohei Ohtani hits a grand slam (1) to right field. Munetaka Murakami scores. Shugo Maki scores. Sosuke Genda scores.

Weather: 72°F, DomeWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 10:00 AM UTCT: 2:36Att: 42,314Venue: Tokyo Dome

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90.2%C

15 missed calls

+7.5% JPN

+0.48 runs TPE

Win Probability

TPE WinJPN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
JPN	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	x	x	13	13	1
TPE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game 788114 • Sources: MLB

Batting

Japan

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Teruaki SatoDH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000/1.000/.000
Ukyo ShutoCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Seiya SuzukiRF	4	2	1	0	1	1	.250/.400/.250
Taisei MakiharaLF	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000/1.000/.000
Kazuma Okamoto3B	4	1	1	1	1	1	.250/.400/.250
Munetaka Murakami1B	3	3	1	1	1	0	.333/.500/.333
Shugo Maki2B	3	2	1	0	1	1	.333/.500/.333
Sosuke GendaSS	3	2	3	4	0	0	1.000/1.000/1.000
Seishiro SakamotoC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Bench
Shohei OhtaniDH	4	1	3	5	0	0	.750/.750/1.750
Kensuke KondohLF	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Masataka YoshidaLF
Totals	33	13	13	13	7	3	-

HR:Ohtani (2nd off Cheng, 3 on, 1 out)

2B:Ohtani; Yoshida

TB:18

RBI:Murakami; Ohtani 5; Genda 4; Yoshida; Wakatsuki; Okamoto

SB:Murakami

GIDP:Morishita

Team LOB:7

Chinese Taipei

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Tsung-Che Cheng2B	2	0	0	0	2	1	.000/.400/.000
Stuart FairchildCF	2	0

Pitching

Japan

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Yoshinobu YamamotoW	2.2	0	3	2	53-33	91	0.00
Shoma Fujihira	0.1	0	0	1	5-3	89.2	0.00
Hiroya Miyagi	2.0	0	2	3	42-24	86.5	0.00
Koki Kitayama	1.0	1	0	1	19-14	90.2	0.00
Ryuhei Sotani	1.0	0	0	1	16-9	85.7	0.00
Totals	7.0	1	5	8	135-83	-	-

HBP:Lin (by Miyagi)

Inherited runners-scored:Fujihira 3-0

Pitches-strikes:Yamamoto 53-33; Fujihira 5-3; Miyagi 42-24; Kitayama 19-14; Sotani 16-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Yamamoto 6-0; Fujihira 0-0; Miyagi 3-0; Kitayama 2-0; Sotani 0-2

Chinese Taipei

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Hao-Chun ChengL	1.2	5	8	8	4	2	1	54-27	87.4	43.20

Top 2 • JPN

10-0

Shohei Ohtani singles on a line drive to right fielder An-Ko Lin. Sosuke Genda scores. Kenya Wakatsuki to 2nd.

EV: 98.1 mph148 ftLA: 9°

9-0

Kenya Wakatsuki singles on a line drive to right fielder An-Ko Lin. Shugo Maki scores. Sosuke Genda to 3rd.

EV: 99.3 mph256 ftLA: 14°

8-0

Sosuke Genda singles on a line drive to center fielder Stuart Fairchild. Kazuma Okamoto scores. Munetaka Murakami scores. Shugo Maki to 3rd.

EV: 68.8 mph206 ftLA: 23°

6-0

Munetaka Murakami singles on a ground ball to second baseman Tsung-Che Cheng, deflected by pitcher Hao-Chun Cheng. Masataka Yoshida scores. Kazuma Okamoto to 2nd.

EV: 97.3 mph78 ftLA: 3°

5-0

Masataka Yoshida doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder An-Ko Lin. Seiya Suzuki scores. Masataka Yoshida to 3rd.

EV: 97.2 mph341 ftLA: 21°

4-0

Shohei Ohtani hits a grand slam (1) to right field. Munetaka Murakami scores. Shugo Maki scores. Sosuke Genda scores.

EV: 102.4 mph💣 368 ftLA: 31°

Top 3 • JPN

13-0

Sosuke Genda singles on a ground ball to center fielder Stuart Fairchild. Masataka Yoshida scores. Munetaka Murakami scores.

EV: 93.8 mph19 ftLA: -7°

11-0

Kazuma Okamoto singles on a line drive to center fielder Stuart Fairchild. Seiya Suzuki scores. Masataka Yoshida to 2nd.

EV: 83.7 mph230 ftLA: 15°

Bench
Lyle LinC	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.333/.000
Hao-Chun ChengP							.000/.000/.000
Chih-Wei HuP							.000/.000/.000
Tzu-Chen ShaP							.000/.000/.000
Jun-Wei ZhangP							.000/.000/.000
Shih-Hsiang LinP							.000/.000/.000

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Batting

Japan

Chinese Taipei

Pitching

Japan

Chinese Taipei

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