USA 2, JPN 3 | Mar 21, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, March 21, 2023•loanDepot park•72°F, Roof Closed

USA

United States

JPN

Japan

Final

WIN

Shota Imanaga

LOSS

Merrill Kelly

SAVE

Shohei Ohtani

The Japan edged the United States 3-2 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

Key Moment

Top 8: Kyle Schwarber homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field.

Weather: 72°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 11:00 PM UTCT: 3:18Att: 36,098Venue: loanDepot park

Ump Audit

Lance Barksdale

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94.4%B

9 missed calls

+2.2% USA

No run favor

Win Probability

JPN WinUSA Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
USA	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	0
JPN	0	2	0	1	0	0	0

Game 719497 • Sources: MLB

Batting

United States

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Mookie BettsRF	5	0	2	0	0	0	.313/.324/.344
Mike TroutCF	5	0	1	0	0	3	.296/.406/.556
Paul Goldschmidt1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.280/.455/.440
Nolan Arenado3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.385/.448/.577
Kyle SchwarberDH	3	1	1	1	1	0	.214/.450/.643
Trea TurnerSS	4	1	2	1	0	1	.391/.440/1.043
J.T. RealmutoC	4	0	1	0	0	0	.500/.533/.667
Cedric MullinsLF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.200/.200/.700
Bobby Witt Jr.PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500/.667/1.000
Bench
Tim Anderson2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	.333/.381/.500
Merrill KellyP							.000/.000/.000
Aaron LoupP
Totals	34	2	9	2	4	8	-

HR:Turner (2nd off Imanaga, 0 on, 1 out); Schwarber (8th off Darvish, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Trout

TB:16

RBI:Schwarber; Turner

GIDP:Goldschmidt; Betts

Team LOB:9

Japan

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Lars NootbaarLF	4	0	0	1	0	0	.269/.424/.269
Kensuke KondohRF	3	0	0

Pitching

United States

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Merrill KellyL	1.1	3	2	2	2	1	1	36-21	90.5	8.31
Aaron Loup	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-8	87.2	0.00
Kyle Freeland	3.0	1	1	1	2	2	1	41-20	85.7	3.00
Jason Adam	1.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	31-14	84.4	0.00
David Bednar	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17-11	89.9	2.25
Devin Williams	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	21-12	89.7	0.00
Totals	8.0	5	3	3	8	7	2	155-86	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Loup 3-1

Pitches-strikes:Kelly 36-21; Loup 9-8; Freeland 41-20; Adam 31-14; Bednar 17-11; Williams 21-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Kelly 1-2; Loup 1-1; Freeland 4-2; Adam 0-1; Bednar 1-1; Williams 1-0

Japan

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Shota ImanagaW	2.0	4	1	1	0	2	1	30-22	85.8	3.00

Game Notes

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T5Replay review: United States challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Mookie Betts singles on a ground ball to third baseman Munetaka Murakami.

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B7Replay review: United States challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld: Shohei Ohtani singles on a sharp ground ball to shortstop Trea Turner.

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B8Replay review: Japan challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld: Sosuke Genda grounds out, third baseman Nolan Arenado to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.

Pitches-strikes:Imanaga 30-22; Togo 35-21; Takahashi 20-10; Itoh 14-9; Ota 13-8; Darvish 18-14; Ohtani 15-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Imanaga 1-3; Togo 0-4; Takahashi 0-1; Itoh 1-1; Ota 1-1; Darvish 0-3; Ohtani 1-0

Bench
Masataka YoshidaLF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.409/.531/.727
Shota ImanagaP							.000/.000/.000
Shosei TogoP							.000/.000/.000
Hiroto TakahashiP							.000/.000/.000
Hiromi ItohP							.000/.000/.000
Taisei OtaP							.000/.000/.000
Yu DarvishP							.000/.000/.000