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Kaito Kozono drove in seven runs with a pair of dwelling runs and a triple as Japan stored its worldwide successful streak alive with a 9-1 win over the United States on the primary day of the Premier12 tremendous spherical.
Venezuela additionally received off to a successful begin with a 2-0 victory over Taiwan earlier within the day. The prime 4 groups within the match are competing for a spot in Sunday’s remaining.
Kozono, who hit simply two homers in 143 video games for the Hiroshima Carp throughout the NPB season, put the Japanese within the lead with a tiebreaking two-run triple within the fifth inning and adopted it up with a three-run dwelling run within the seventh and a two-run shot within the eighth. Kozono completed 3-for-5.
