{"id":1348,"date":"2023-03-04T23:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T14:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2023-03-04T23:53:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T14:53:35","slug":"baseball-sasaki-dominant-okamoto-homers-in-japans-wbc-warm-up-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tegered.work\/ohtani_channel_en\/?p=1348","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: Sasaki dominant, Okamoto homers in Japan&#8217;s WBC warm-up win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/288215928582407265\/profile_2.png);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Kyodo News<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>Roki Sasaki pitched three scoreless innings, and Kazuma Okamoto hit a tiebreaking solo home run as Japan&#8217;s World Baseball Classic team beat the Chunichi Dragons 4-1 in Saturday&#8217;s warm-up game. Sasaki struck out three, walked two and allowed just one hit &#8212; an infield single, reaching as fast as 165 kilometers (102.5 miles) per hour with his fastball at Vantelin Dome Nagoya. The 165 matched Shohei Ohtani&#8217;s mark for the fastest pitch thrown by a Japanese pitcher. Sasaki&#8217;s previous fastest was 164 kph. &#8220;It was my last outing before the tournament, so I tried to pitch well,&#8221; said the 21-year-old r&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/1004748928723271680?c=768235488726712320\" rel=\"noopener\">\u3082\u3063\u3068\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by Kyodo News Roki Sasaki pitched three scoreless innings, and Kazuma Okamoto hit a tiebreaking solo home run as Japan&#8217;s World Baseball Classic team beat the Chunichi Dragons 4-1 in Sa 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