Tokyo.- This weekend it was time to face once again the Mexico National Baseball Team in the batting triangle, after Thursday’s loss against the national team of the Dominican Republic, as this would be a new opportunity to gain ground in the group stage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.In the last game of group A of the baseball tournament of the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020 Japan and Mexico faced each other in a match that left as winners the representatives of the country of the rising sun.
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In the first down Joey Meneses hit an RBI single to center field; Isaac Rodriguez scored Mexico’s first run in baseball history at the JO. During the second downTakuya Kai hit an RBI single heading to center field; Ryosuke Kikuchi moved to second base and Hideto Asamura scored for Japan to make the score 1-1.Already in the third high Hideto Asamura hit a sacrifice fly; Masataka Yoshida advanced to second base and Hayato Sakamoto scored to put Japan ahead 2 – 1.In the fourth high Mexico switched pitchers, Edgar Arredondo replaced Juan Oramas.In the same inning Tetsuto Yamada hit a three-run homer; Japan considerably extended their lead against Mexico on the scoreboard to put the ballots 5 – 1.La bottom of the 4th inning produced one more run for Mexico through a grounder by Adrian Gonzalez, who was eliminated in double kill along with Joey Meneses, but let Sebastian Elizalde shorten the difference. 5-2.In the 5th low Mexico changed again its pitcher, Sasagi Sanchez replaced Edgar Arredondo. After few emotions, already in the seventh high the tricolor set changed again to the pitcher. Manuel Bañuelos came in for Cesar Vargas.Hayato Sakamoto homered and scored the sixth run of the game for Japan, which prompted the Mexican coach to modify the pitcher again. Jesus Anguamea was in charge. Below is the starting lineup of Mexico today vs Japan:1.- I.Rodríguez 3B2.- S. Elizalde JD3.- J. Meneses JI4.- A. González BD5.- D. Espinoza SS6.- E. Navarro 1B7.- J. Jones JC8.- R.Peña 2B9.- A. Wilson C J.P. Oramas PCabe highlight that after the result Mexico will face Israel on the night of Saturday, July 31 , the loser of this match will be eliminated and the winner will continue with Olympic medal aspirations. During their first meeting in Tokyo 2020 the two teams faced the Dominican Republic, the Japanese won 4-3 while the tricolor team lost by just one race to zero. The match would be complicated for Mexico after Japan went down in the seventh after Sakaoto scored the 6th run for the host squad with a home run, while in the 7th Mexico did not add more point to the board. Despite being five points behind the Japan national team, coming back on the board would come in the eighth inning after Joy Meneses scored a powerful home run by the center that allowed Mexico to add two scores to the scoreboard. Read more: Manuel Rodriguez is the 138th Mexican to debut in MLBBebe to be five points behind japan’s national team, the hope of going up on the board would come in the eighth inning after Joy Meneses scored a powerful home run by the center that allowed Mexico to score two runs with Rodriguez and Meneses.La ninth and final inning looked virtually without results as Japan kept scoring after striking out the three Mexican batters, Espinosa, Navarro and Jones closing the game 7-4.
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