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Japan captures 3rd Classic championship

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Turner stays 🔥

Trea Turner drills his 5th homer of the Classic to put USA up 1-0 in the 2nd

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Trea Turner's home run through bat tracking data

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Japan ties it

Munetaka Murakami's towering solo homer knots the score at 1 in the 2nd

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Measuring the stats on Munetaka Murakami's home run

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Nootbaar delivers

Lars Nootbaar's groundout scores Kazuma Okamoto as Japan takes a 2-1 lead in the 2nd

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Powering up

Kazuma Okamoto smacks a solo home run as Japan goes up 3-1 in the 4th

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Great escape

Jason Adam gets Nootbaar to fly out with the bases loaded, keeping USA within striking distance in the the 6th

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Japan turns 2

After allowing 2 runners to start the 7th, Taisei Ota gets a DP to end the inning

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Schwarber connects

Kyle Schwarber clobbers an 8th-inning solo home run to cut Japan's lead to 3-2

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On to the 9th

With a man on 2nd, Sosuke Genda grounds out to Nolan Arenado to end the 8th

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Classic K

Tournament MVP Shohei Ohtani strikes out Mike Trout to seal Japan's 3-2 win and 3rd World Baseball Classic title

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