U23 Baseball World Cup

Nicaragua 2026
Japan  17,  South Africa  0

Monday, November 9

Estadio Nacional Soberania (Managua)

JPN | Event Log | Box Score | RSA

                                   1  2  3   4  5     R  H  E
Japan (U23 National Team)          0  0  5   3  9  - 17 12  0 
South Africa (U23 National Team)   0  0  0   0  0  -  0  3  0 

Japan                 AB  R  H BI  W  K  AVG HR  vOpp   1  2  3  4  5    
(l) K.Matsushima, cf   0  1  0  0  1  0 .222  1   ---  BB .. HP .. .. ..  
 (r) Y.Maruki, ph-lf   3  2  2  1  0  0 .182  0  .667  .. .. .. S9 S9 G4  
(l) Y.Mitsui, 3b       3  1  1  3  0  0 .167  1  .333  F6 .. F8 H9 .. ..  
 (l) T.Wada, ph-3b     1  1  1  0  0  0 .250  0 1.000  .. .. .. .. S9 ..  
(l) K.Yamashita, 
  lf-rf                3  1  1  1  0  0 .533  0  .333  F6 .. S9 F7 .. ..  
 (l) K.Hatsutani, 
   ph-1b               1  1  1  2  0  0 .333  0 1.000  .. .. .. .. T9 ..  
(l) T.Matsunaga, dh    4  2  2  1  0  0 .286  0  .500  F6 .. S6 G3 T9 ..  
(s) N.Fujiwara, ss     2  1  1  1  0  0 .333  0  .500  .. G4 S8 .. .. ..  
 (r) M.Ikemoto, ph-2b  1  1  0  0  1  0 .364  0  .000  .. .. .. F3 BB ..  
(r) J.Kawase, 1b-rf    2  2  1  2  1  0 .250  0  .500  .. HP D7 .. F8 BB  
(r) H.Kudo, 2b-ss      2  1  1  0  2  0 .600  0  .500  .. F9 BB .. D7 BB  
(r) M.Koide, c         2  1  0  1  1  1 .000  0  .000  .. F7 KL .. HP BB  
(l) A.Watanabe, rf-cf  2  2  1  2  1  0 .200  0  .500  .. .. G4 BB S9 SF  
TOTALS                26 17 12 14  7  1 .300  2  .462

 Season Series        Japan                      17  -  0  0  5  3  9    
     1 - 0            South Africa                0  -  0  0  0  0  0    

South Africa          AB  R  H BI  W  K  AVG HR  vOpp   1  2  3  4  5    
(r) MT.Adams, 2b       2  0  0  0  0  0 .111  0  .000  G6 .. F9 .. .. ..  
(r) NA.Jeffries, lf    2  0  0  0  0  0 .000  0  .000  G1 .. G6 .. .. ..  
(r) JL.Brookes, rf     2  0  1  0  0  0 .250  0  .500  S8 .. .. F3 .. ..  
(r) TR.Brickhill, cf   2  0  1  0  0  0 .286  0  .500  S9 .. .. F9 .. ..  
(r) C.Cockrell, dh     2  0  0  0  0  2 .000  0  .000  KS .. .. KS .. ..  
(r) R.Banfield, 1b     2  0  1  0  0  1 .500  0  .500  .. S9 .. .. KL ..  
(r) AJ.Schwartz, c     0  0  0  0  0  0  ---  0   ---  .. SH .. .. .. ..  
 (r) DH.Ramaphoko, c   1  0  0  0  0  1 .000  0  .000  .. .. .. .. KS ..  
(r) C.Stopforth, 3b    2  0  0  0  0  0 .000  0  .000  .. L3 .. .. G2 ..  
(r) CJ.Pieterse, ss    1  0  0  0  0  0 .000  0  .000  .. .. F9 .. .. ..  
TOTALS                16  0  3  0  0  4 .197  0  .188

  DP: Japan 1. LOB: Japan 5, South Africa 2. Scoring position: Japan, 9 for 14; South Africa, 0 for 2. 2B: J.Kawase (1), H.Kudo (1). 3B: K.Hatsutani (1), T.Matsunaga (1). HR: Y.Mitsui (1, off S.Van Duivenbooden, 3-run). RBI: Y.Maruki (1), Y.Mitsui 3(3), K.Yamashita (4), K.Hatsutani 2(5), T.Matsunaga (2), N.Fujiwara (3), J.Kawase 2(2), M.Koide (1), A.Watanabe 2(4). SB: K.Matsushima 2(4), N.Fujiwara (1), H.Kudo (1). SH: AJ.Schwartz. SF: A.Watanabe. GWRBI: K.Yamashita. GWRun: K.Matsushima (3rd inning).

Japan                  W  L Sv GP   IP  H  R ER BB SO  2B 3B HR    ERA   vOpp
(l) K.Iwamoto WIN      1  0  0  1  4.0  3  0  0  0  2   0  0  0   0.00   0.00
(r) H.Ito              0  0  0  2  1.0  0  0  0  0  2   0  0  0   0.00   0.00
TOTALS                 4  0  0  4  5.0  3  0  0  0  4   0  0  0   1.24   0.00

South Africa           W  L Sv GP   IP  H  R ER BB SO  2B 3B HR    ERA   vOpp
(l) Sh.McQuirk LOSS    0  1  0  3  2.2  4  5  5  1  0   1  0  0  18.00  16.88
(r) S.Van Duivenbooden
                       0  0  0  2  1.2  6  8  8  2  1   1  0  1  54.00  43.20
(l) J.Botha            0  0  0  1  0.0  2  4  4  2  0   0  2  0      -      -
(r) AM.McAllister      0  1  0  2  0.2  0  0  0  2  0   0  0  0  10.13   0.00
TOTALS                 0  4  0  4  5.0 12 17 17  7  1   2  2  1  22.88  30.60

  J.Botha pitched to 4 batters in the 5th. Inherited runners/scored: S.Van Duivenbooden 1/1, J.Botha 3/3, AM.McAllister 2/2. WP: S.Van Duivenbooden 3, J.Botha, AM.McAllister. BK: J.Botha. HB: J.Kawase (by Sh.McQuirk), K.Matsushima (by Sh.McQuirk), M.Koide (by S.Van Duivenbooden). Pitches-strikes: K.Iwamoto 46-36, H.Ito 11-9, Sh.McQuirk 65-37, S.Van Duivenbooden 51-27, J.Botha 23-10, AM.McAllister 14-6. Ground balls-fly balls: K.Iwamoto 3-5, H.Ito 1-0, Sh.McQuirk 2-6, S.Van Duivenbooden 1-3, J.Botha 0-0, AM.McAllister 1-1. Batters faced: K.Iwamoto 14, H.Ito 3, Sh.McQuirk 15, S.Van Duivenbooden 14, J.Botha 4, AM.McAllister 4.
  Umpires: HP, Oscar Matamoros (NIC); 1B, Christian Madero (MEX); 2B, Eric Bosquez Rodriguez (PAN); 3B, Hamilton Lopez (NIC). Scorers: Gabriel Almaraz (MEX), Gianpaolo Araquistain (NIC), Arcangel Urcuyo (NIC). Start: 18:30. Time: 1:58. Attendance: 147. Weather: 29 degrees, clear.

Japan                NOP NOS NOB KC KS KF KX Ball% Call% Miss% Foul% InPl% Take% B/Tk%
(l) K.Iwamoto         46  36  10 10  6  8 11  22.2  22.2  24.0  32.0  44.0  44.4  50.0
(r) H.Ito             11   9   2  4  1  3  1  18.2  36.4  20.0  60.0  20.0  54.5  33.3
TOTALS                57  45  12 14  7 11 12  21.4  25.0  23.3  36.7  40.0  46.4  46.2

South Africa         NOP NOS NOB KC KS KF KX Ball% Call% Miss% Foul% InPl% Take% B/Tk%
(l) Sh.McQuirk        65  37  28 10  3 12 12  43.1  15.4  11.1  44.4  44.4  58.5  73.7
(r) S.Van Duivenbooden
                      51  27  24  7  3  7 10  47.1  13.7  15.0  35.0  50.0  60.8  77.4
(l) J.Botha           23  10  13  1  1  6  2  56.5   4.3  11.1  66.7  22.2  60.9  92.9
(r) AM.McAllister     14   6   8  3  0  1  2  57.1  21.4   0.0  33.3  66.7  78.6  72.7
TOTALS               153  80  73 21  7 26 26  47.7  13.7  11.9  44.1  44.1  61.4  77.7
Japan                 GB IF OF LD  GB%  IF%  OF%  LD% GBba IFba OFba LDba InPlba
(l) K.Iwamoto          5  1  3  2 45.5  9.1 27.3 18.2 .400 .000 .000 .500   .273
(r) H.Ito              1  0  0  0  100  0.0  0.0  0.0 .000  ---  ---  ---   .000
TOTALS                 6  1  3  2 50.0  8.3 25.0 16.7 .333 .000 .000 .500   .250

South Africa          GB IF OF LD  GB%  IF%  OF%  LD% GBba IFba OFba LDba InPlba
(l) Sh.McQuirk         4  3  3  2 33.3 25.0 25.0 16.7 .500 .000 .000 1.00   .333
(r) S.Van Duivenbooden
                       2  1  3  4 20.0 10.0 30.0 40.0 .500 .000 .333 1.00   .600
(l) J.Botha            1  0  1  0 50.0  0.0 50.0  0.0 1.00  --- 1.00  ---   1.00
(r) AM.McAllister      1  0  1  0 50.0  0.0 50.0  0.0 .000  --- .000  ---   .000
TOTALS                 8  4  8  6 30.8 15.4 30.8 23.1 .500 .000 .250 1.00   .462

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


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