U23 Baseball World Cup

Nicaragua 2026
Japan  5,  Cuba  1

Sunday, November 8

Estadio Roberto Clemente (Masaya)

JPN | Event Log | Box Score | CUB

                            1  2  3   4  5  6   7     R  H  E
Japan (U23 National Team)   1  0  0   0  4  0   0  -  5  7  0 
Cuba (U23 National Team)    0  1  0   0  0  0   0  -  1  5  0 

Japan                    AB  R  H BI  W  K  AVG HR vOpp   1  2  3  4  5  6  7 
(l) K.Matsushima, cf      2  2  1  0  1  0 .222  1 .500  S8 .. BB .. HP G4 ..  
(r) H.Kudo, 2b            3  1  2  0  0  0 .667  0 .667  G6 .. S8 .. S1 .. ..  
 (l) T.Wada, ph-3b        1  0  0  0  0  1 .000  0 .000  .. .. .. .. .. KS ..  
(l) K.Yamashita, lf       4  1  2  2  0  0 .583  0 .500  D7 .. F3 .. S9 .. F6  
(r) Y.Maruki, dh          2  1  0  0  1  1 .000  0 .000  G5 .. KS .. IW .. HP  
 (l) Y.Mitsui, pr-dh      0  0  0  0  0  0 .000  0  ---  .. .. .. .. .. .. ..  
(s) N.Fujiwara, ss        3  0  0  1  1  2 .300  0 .000  KS .. .. KL BB .. DP  
(l) K.Hatsutani, 1b       3  0  1  2  0  0 .250  0 .333  .. G5 .. G6 S9 .. ..  
 (r) J.Kawase, 1b         0  0  0  0  0  0 .000  0  ---  .. .. .. .. .. .. ..  
(r) M.Ikemoto, 3b-2b      3  0  1  0  0  1 .400  0 .333  .. F8 .. D7 KS .. ..  
(l) S.Sakurauchi, c       2  0  0  0  0  0 .000  0 .000  .. G4 .. G3 .. .. ..  
 (l) T.Matsunaga, ph      1  0  0  0  0  0 .000  0 .000  .. .. .. .. F8 .. ..  
 (r) M.Koide, c           0  0  0  0  0  0 .000  0  ---  .. .. .. .. .. .. ..  
(l) A.Watanabe, rf        3  0  0  0  0  0 .125  0 .000  .. .. G6 .. G5 F7 ..  
TOTALS                   27  5  7  5  3  5 .250  1 .259

 Season Series           Japan                      5  -  1  0  0  0  4  0  0 
     1 - 0               Cuba                       1  -  0  1  0  0  0  0  0 

Cuba                     AB  R  H BI  W  K  AVG HR vOpp   1  2  3  4  5  6  7 
(r) LA.Alarcon, 3b        3  0  0  0  0  1 .200  0 .000  G1 .. KL .. G4 .. ..  
(r) J.Moreno Medero, ss   3  0  0  0  0  2 .100  0 .000  KS .. G4 .. .. KL ..  
(r) JL.Baldoquin, 1b      3  0  0  0  0  2 .250  0 .000  KL .. .. G4 .. KL ..  
(l) Rfl.Alvarez, dh       3  1  1  0  0  1 .500  0 .333  .. S7 .. G3 .. KL ..  
(r) Y.Izaguirre Santoya, lf
                          3  0  1  1  0  2 .286  0 .333  .. D7 .. KL .. .. KS  
(r) C.Chavez Sehara, c    3  0  1  0  0  0 .375  0 .333  .. G6 .. .. F3 .. S8  
 (r) Y.Ruiz Diaz, pr      0  0  0  0  0  0  ---  0  ---  .. .. .. .. .. .. ..  
(r) J.Perez Diaz, cf      3  0  0  0  0  1 .000  0 .000  .. F9 .. .. F8 .. KS  
(r) A.Aguero Fuentes, rf  2  0  1  0  0  1 .250  0 .500  .. KS .. .. S1 .. ..  
 (r) E.Perez Beritan, ph  1  0  0  0  0  1 .000  0 .000  .. .. .. .. .. .. KS  
(r) C.Nieto Yanes, 2b     2  0  1  0  0  1 .444  0 .500  .. .. KS .. S9 .. ..  
TOTALS                   26  1  5  1  0 12 .238  0 .192

  DP: Cuba 1. LOB: Japan 6, Cuba 4. Scoring position: Japan, 3 for 10; Cuba, 0 for 2. 2B: K.Yamashita (1), M.Ikemoto (1), Y.Izaguirre Santoya (1). RBI: K.Yamashita 2(3), N.Fujiwara (2), K.Hatsutani 2(3), Y.Izaguirre Santoya (3). GDP: N.Fujiwara. GWRBI: K.Yamashita. GWRun: K.Matsushima (5th inning).

Japan                     W  L Sv GP   IP  H  R ER BB SO  2B 3B HR   ERA  vOpp
(r) Y.Aji WIN             2  0  0  2  5.0  4  1  1  0  6   1  0  0  1.50  1.80
(l) M.Fujii               0  0  0  2  1.0  0  0  0  0  3   0  0  0  0.00  0.00
(r) R.Yamaguchi           0  0  0  2  1.0  1  0  0  0  3   0  0  0  0.00  0.00
TOTALS                    3  0  0  3  7.0  5  1  1  0 12   1  0  0  1.50  1.29

Cuba                      W  L Sv GP   IP  H  R ER BB SO  2B 3B HR   ERA  vOpp
(l) Rand.Martinez LOSS    0  2  0  2  4.1  6  4  4  1  3   2  0  0  5.68  8.31
(r) C.Rojas Leyva         0  0  0  1  0.0  1  1  1  2  0   0  0  0     -     -
(l) DanAle.Garcia         0  0  0  1  1.2  0  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0.00  0.00
(r) KM.Hernandez          0  0  0  1  1.0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0.00  0.00
TOTALS                    1  2  0  3  7.0  7  5  5  3  5   2  0  0  5.75  6.43

  C.Rojas Leyva pitched to 3 batters in the 5th. Inherited runners/scored: C.Rojas Leyva 2/2, DanAle.Garcia 2/0. HB: K.Matsushima (by Rand.Martinez), Y.Maruki (by KM.Hernandez). IBB: Y.Maruki (by C.Rojas Leyva). Pitches-strikes: Y.Aji 67-51, M.Fujii 17-11, R.Yamaguchi 14-11, Rand.Martinez 68-46, C.Rojas Leyva 6-2, DanAle.Garcia 18-11, KM.Hernandez 9-5. Ground balls-fly balls: Y.Aji 5-3, M.Fujii 0-0, R.Yamaguchi 0-0, Rand.Martinez 8-2, C.Rojas Leyva 0-0, DanAle.Garcia 1-2, KM.Hernandez 2-1. Batters faced: Y.Aji 19, M.Fujii 3, R.Yamaguchi 4, Rand.Martinez 21, C.Rojas Leyva 3, DanAle.Garcia 5, KM.Hernandez 3.
  Umpires: HP, Mojmir Jankovic (SVK); 1B, Angel Campos (USA); 2B, Kelvin Bultron (PUR); 3B, Edward Pinales (DOM). Scorers: Gabriel Almaraz (MEX), Gianpaolo Araquistain (NIC), Carlos Del Pino (CUB). Start: 12:00. Time: 1:59. Attendance: 79. Weather: 25 degrees, partly cloudy.

Japan                   NOP NOS NOB KC KS KF KX Ball% Call% Miss% Foul% InPl% Take% B/Tk%
(r) Y.Aji                67  51  16 18  8 12 11  24.6  27.7  25.8  38.7  35.5  52.3  47.1
(l) M.Fujii              17  11   6  7  0  4  0  35.3  41.2   0.0 100.0   0.0  76.5  46.2
(r) R.Yamaguchi          14  11   3  0  5  5  1  21.4   0.0  45.5  45.5   9.1  21.4 100.0
TOTALS                   98  73  25 25 13 21 12  26.0  26.0  28.3  45.7  26.1  52.1  50.0

Cuba                    NOP NOS NOB KC KS KF KX Ball% Call% Miss% Foul% InPl% Take% B/Tk%
(l) Rand.Martinez        68  46  22 15  5 10 15  32.8  22.4  16.7  33.3  50.0  55.2  59.5
(r) C.Rojas Leyva         6   2   4  1  0  0  1  66.7  16.7   0.0   0.0 100.0  83.3  80.0
(l) DanAle.Garcia        18  11   7  4  2  2  3  38.9  22.2  28.6  28.6  42.9  61.1  63.6
(r) KM.Hernandez          9   5   4  1  1  1  2  44.4  11.1  25.0  25.0  50.0  55.6  80.0
TOTALS                  101  64  37 21  8 13 21  37.0  21.0  19.0  31.0  50.0  58.0  63.8
Japan                    GB IF OF LD  GB%  IF%  OF%  LD% GBba IFba OFba LDba InPlba
(r) Y.Aji                 6  1  2  2 54.5  9.1 18.2 18.2 .167 .000 .000 1.00   .273
(l) M.Fujii               0  0  0  0  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---    ---
(r) R.Yamaguchi           0  0  0  1  0.0  0.0  0.0  100  ---  ---  --- 1.00   1.00
TOTALS                    6  1  2  3 50.0  8.3 16.7 25.0 .167 .000 .000 1.00   .333

Cuba                     GB IF OF LD  GB%  IF%  OF%  LD% GBba IFba OFba LDba InPlba
(l) Rand.Martinez        10  1  2  2 66.7  6.7 13.3 13.3 .200 .000 .500 1.00   .333
(r) C.Rojas Leyva         0  0  0  1  0.0  0.0  0.0  100  ---  ---  --- 1.00   1.00
(l) DanAle.Garcia         1  0  2  0 33.3  0.0 66.7  0.0 .000  --- .000  ---   .000
(r) KM.Hernandez          1  1  0  0 50.0 50.0  0.0  0.0 .000 .000  ---  ---   .000
TOTALS                   12  2  4  3 57.1  9.5 19.0 14.3 .167 .000 .250 1.00   .286

Note: pitching breakdown of attempted swings and batted balls doesn't include bunts


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