Kaito Kozono drove in seven runs with a pair of residence runs and a triple as Japan saved its worldwide profitable streak alive with a 9-1 win over the USA on the primary day of the Premier12 tremendous spherical.
Venezuela additionally received off to a profitable begin with a 2-0 victory over Taiwan earlier within the day. The highest 4 groups within the match are competing for a spot in Sunday’s closing.
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 residence run within the seventh and a two-run shot within the eighth. Kozono completed 3-for-5.
