25th Asian Baseball Championships – Japan closing in on another championship
by Gen on Aug.02, 2009 @ 3:41 pm, under Other
Scores from Satuday:
Kazuhito Futagami, Masahiro Inui, Nao Higashihama, and Hirokazu Sawamura combined to shut-out China, 4-0. Japan took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first on Ikuhiro Kiyota's 2-run double.Taiwan beat Korea, 5-4.
Scores from Sunday:
Japan beat Taiwan on Sunday, 6-5 in extra innings. Kiyota hit a 2-run homer for Japan.Korea beat China, 8-1.
Current Standings
County Wins Losses Japan 2 0 Korea 1 1 Taiwan 1 1 Chia 0 2
Schedule on Monday
Taiwan will play China at 10:00.
Japan faces off against Korea at 14:00
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The Awards for the first round have been released:
MVP
Hisayoshi Chono (JPN)
Best Players
Reo Moriyasu (JPN)
Yodai Enoshita (JPN)
Darwin Dela Calzada (PHI)
Ruben Angeles (PHI)
Jonash Ponce (PHI)
Krisada Heebthong (THA)
Teerasak Kongsabai (THA)
Ahmad Effendy (INA)
Adi Susanto (INA)



