VEN 8, JPN 5 | Mar 14, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, March 15, 2026•loanDepot park•72°F, Roof Closed

VEN

Venezuela

JPN

Japan

Final

WIN

Enmanuel De Jesus

LOSS

Hiromi Itoh

SAVE

Daniel Palencia

The Venezuela defeated the Japan 8-5.

★Wilyer Abreu3 RBI

★Ezequiel Tovar3-for-4, 0 RBI

★Shota Morishita3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 1: Shohei Ohtani homers (3) on a fly ball to center field.

Weather: 72°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 1:00 AM UTCT: 3:07Att: 34,548Venue: loanDepot park

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89.9%C

16 missed calls

+1.1% VEN

+0.66 runs VEN

Win Probability

JPN WinVEN Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
VEN	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	8	10	0
JPN	1	0	4	0	0	0	0

Game 788097 • Sources: MLB

Batting

Venezuela

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Ronald Acuña Jr.RF	5	1	1	1	0	3	.278/.458/.667
Maikel Garcia3B	5	1	2	2	0	0	.421/.450/.684
Luis Arraez1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.368/.409/.895
Eugenio SuárezDH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.167/.231/.417
Ezequiel TovarSS	4	3	3	0	0	1	.667/.700/1.000
Andrés Giménez2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143/.333/.143
Wilyer AbreuLF	3	1	1	3	1	1	.294/.381/.471
Salvador PerezC	4	0	0	0	0	2	.167/.167/.167
Jackson ChourioCF	3	1	1	0	1	1	.222/.333/.222
Bench
Gleyber Torres2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	.182/.308/.273
Ranger SuarezP							.000/.000/.000
Eduard BazardoP
Totals	37	8	10	7	2	11	-

HR:Jr. (1st off Yamamoto, 0 on, 0 out); Garcia (5th off Sumida, 1 on, 1 out); Abreu (6th off Itoh, 2 on, 0 out)

2B:Torres; Tovar 2; Garcia

TB:23

RBI:Abreu 3; Torres; Jr.; Garcia 2

SB:Tovar

Team LOB:4

Japan

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Shohei OhtaniDH	4	2	1	1	1	2	.462/.611/1.231
Teruaki SatoRF	4	1	1

Pitching

Venezuela

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Ranger Suarez	2.2	3	5	5	3	4	2	51-29	86.5	11.57
Eduard Bazardo	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7-4	89.9	5.40
Enmanuel De JesusW	2.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	42-28	90.7	1.23
José ButtóH	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-5	88.9	0.00
Angel ZerpaH	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12-9	92.8	0.00
Andrés MachadoH	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	14-11	97.4	0.00
Daniel PalenciaS	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13-8	97.4	0.00
Totals	9.0	7	5	5	4	12	2	149-94	-	-

IBB:Suarez

Pitches-strikes:Suarez 51-29; Bazardo 7-4; Jesus 42-28; Buttó 10-5; Zerpa 12-9; Machado 14-11; Palencia 13-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Suarez 2-1; Bazardo 1-0; Jesus 1-3; Buttó 1-1; Zerpa 1-0; Machado 1-1; Palencia 0-1

Japan

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Yoshinobu Yamamoto	4.0	4	2	2	1	5	1	69-47	88.7	2.70

Top 1 • VEN

1-0

Ronald Acuña Jr. homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 106.2 mph💣 401 ftLA: 25°

Bot 1 • JPN

1-1

Shohei Ohtani homers (3) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 113.6 mph💣 427 ftLA: 24°

Top 2 • VEN

2-1

Gleyber Torres doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Masataka Yoshida. Ezequiel Tovar scores.

EV: 105.8 mph388 ftLA: 21°

Bot 3 • JPN

2-2

Teruaki Sato doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Sosuke Genda scores. Shohei Ohtani to 3rd.

EV: 108.6 mph155 ftLA: 9°

2-5

Shota Morishita homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Shohei Ohtani scores. Teruaki Sato scores.

EV: 105.7 mph💣 388 ftLA: 30°

Top 5 • VEN

4-5

Maikel Garcia homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Jackson Chourio scores.

EV: 104.1 mph💣 406 ftLA: 25°

Top 6 • VEN

7-5

Wilyer Abreu homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Ezequiel Tovar scores. Gleyber Torres scores.

EV: 108.1 mph💣 409 ftLA: 28°

Top 8 • VEN

8-5

Gleyber Torres lines out to right fielder Teruaki Sato.

EV: 101.6 mph370 ftLA: 29°

Bench
Kenya WakatsukiC	1	0	0	0	1	1	.375/.545/.500
Yoshinobu YamamotoP							.000/.000/.000
Chihiro SumidaP							.000/.000/.000
Shoma FujihiraP							.000/.000/.000
Hiromi ItohP							.000/.000/.000
Atsuki TaneichiP							.000/.000/.000
Yusei KikuchiP							.000/.000/.000

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Batting

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Japan

Pitching

Venezuela

Japan

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