Published on: Aug 2, 2021 1:11 pm IST|Updated on: Aug 2, 2021 1:11 pm IST
Japan and USA will be locking horns at the Yokohama Stadium in Tokyo. The USA started off their campaign with a resounding win over Israel, which was followed up by a win against Republic of Korea. The United States as touted as one of the favorites to bag a medal in Baseball, while, Japan too have a fair share of quality players that could make the difference going ahead. However, Japan will have to be at their absolute best in order to get the better of an in-form USA unit, and it could turn out to be an exciting watch.
Date: August 2, Monday Time: 6:00 AM (IST) Venue: Yokohama Stadium
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Tyler Austin, Triston Casas and Joe Ryan are some of the key players from the USA Camp. Meanwhile, Tetsuto Yamada, Hayato Sakamoto and Yoshinobu Yamaoto could pack a punch for Japan.
Tyler Austin has impressed for the Los Angeles Giants in the MLB season of 2019. Austin scored 24 runs from 24 hits and should be starting for the USA.
Casas scored 33 runs from 46 hits in the previous season of MLB for Portland, and can play a pivotal role here.
Squad
Tyler Austin, Bubba Starling, Eric Filia, Jamie Westbrook, Todd Frazier, Eddy Alvarez, Triston Casas, Nick Allen, Mark Kolozsvary, Edwin Jackson, Brandon Dickson, Ryder Ryan, Tim Federowicz, Scott McGough, David Robertson, Anthony Gose, Anthony Carter, Nick Martinez, Shane Baz, Jack Lopez, Simeon Woods Richardson, Scott Kazmir, Patrick Kivlehan, Joe Ryan
tTetsuto Yamada was one of the standouts for Yakult last season. Yamada scored 56 runs from 79 hits and should be starting here for Japan.
Sakamoto scored 34 runs from 60 hits for Yomiuri last season and could have a role to play for Japan later today.
Kensuke Kondoh, Yuki Yanagita, Seiya Suzuki, Tetsuto Yamada, Hayato Sakamoto, Hideto Asamura, Munetaka Murakami, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Ryutaro Umeno, Masato Morishita, Ryoji Kuribayashi, Yudai Ohno, Takuya Kai, Koyo Aoyagi, Suguru Iwazaki, Ryoya Kurihara, Kaima Taira, Yasuaki Yamasaki, Kota Nakagawa, Tomoyuki Sugano, Masataka Yoshida, Masahiro Tanaka, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Sosuke Genda
OF: T Austin, B Starling, E Filia IF: T Yamada, M Murakami, H Sakamoto, E Alvarez P: J Ryan C: T Kai