Japan takes the victory against Venezuela, in its debut in Premier 12

By: Renier González Jr.

Venezuela (4) – (8) Japan

Yoshihiro Maru scored the lead race thanks to a single to Ryosuke Kikuchi’s left-field and the Japanese totaled six runs in the eighth inning to defeat Venezuela 8-4 at Taiguang Stadium in Taipe of China.

The Japanese lost 4-2 at the start of the eighth inning but took seven tickets granted to them by Venezuelan relay pitching to score three times of horse. With this victory Japan ties in the first place of the group with its neighbors from the Taipe area of ​​China who earlier beat Puerto Rico 6-1.

For Venezuela Carlos Rivero went 3-1 with two pushes and Dixon Machado 4-0 also with two produced.

For the Japanese set, Kikuchi 4-3 with two trailers and one scored, and Senya Suzuki 4-1 with two produced and a sacrifice fly.

Hiroshi Kaino (1-0) threw a blank inning to keep the victory, prescribed a punch and Anthony Vizacaya (0-1) allowed four plate-ups in a third to sign up for the breakdown.

Tomorrow the Asian teams will exchange rivals and you can live the matches on Tele Rebelde.