Japan walks off Mexico to secure WBC championship showdown with the United States

MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani rarely shows emotion on the baseball field. But when he roped a double to the right center field gap in the bottom of the ninth on Monday night, Ohtani swung his arms up, yelling at his Japan teammates in the dugout to get fired up. Moments later, they all joined Ohtani in the middle of the diamond in a wild celebration that followed Munetaka Murakami’s two-run walk-off double, resulting in Japan’s 6-5 comeback win over Mexico in a World Baseball Classic semifinal. Japan, which won the first two WBC’s in 2006 and 2009, advanced to its third WBC final and will face the Uni…

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