Japan won the first WBC title with two four-run innings; in the first they established command of the game, and in the ninth they managed to take a commanding 10-5 lead after Cuba had chipped away. Daisuke Matsuzaka started and allowed just one run in four innings while striking out five. After Frederich Cepada’s two run homer in the eighth brought Cuba back into the game, Akinori Otsuka was summoned, and while he allowed a run in the ninth, he fanned Cuba’s last two hitters (including star Yulieski Gourriel for the final out) to clinch the title.
And the rest of the semi-free world rejoiced (or at least this fan did).
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