Baseball, the World Classic in Japan: Usa knocks out in the final

The Japan is world champion of baseball. The national team of the Rising Sun, which had eliminated Italy in the quarterfinals, beat the United States3-2, in the final of the professional world championship, the World Baseball Classic. In a game dominated by pitchers, home runs by Murakami And Okamoto. For the Japanese, who finished the tournament undefeated, this is the third title in five editions of the Classic after those of 2006 and 2009. The Americans, on the other hand, are unable to repeat themselves after winning the trophy in 2017. Awarded as the best player in the Japanese world Shohei Ohtaniwho among other things closed the final by eliminating Mike Trout in a duel between what many consider the two strongest baseball players in the world.