Japan WINS the 2023 World Baseball Classic! | FULL Tournament Highlights

A jam-packed Tokyo Dome, full and buzzing for Shohei Ohtani. Swinging, a K to begin Ohtani Senshu's evening. Shohei's got now a one-two. Freezes Chang, second strikeout for Shohei. Strike three, swinging, back-to-back punches for Shohei Ohtani. Tipped into the glove, another strikeout. O-two pitch to Chen Chen. Called strike three. Fifth of the night for Shohei Ohtani. And it brings it in to the fourth inning. Four shutout innings on the mound tonight. Shot to left center field. Shohei Ohtani, off the wall. Nupar scores. Kondo rounds third and heads home. Welcome home Shohei Ohtani. There's not much more to add with what he does. Fly ball to right field. That's deep, and that's good! Shugo Maki. On display that Hosei Moto was talking about earlier. And he makes it 4-1. So it's scheduled to be Lars Nupar, who flew out in the first inning. Fastball, grounded in the center field by Nupar. Touch on Getsumada Japan on the board. First and third, still nobody out. Kondo with a fly ball to center field. Lee back at the track. It bounces off the wall. One-runner will score. Holding up at third base is Nupar after the RBI double for Kondo. Nupar on third, Kondo on second. Ohtani on first base. The pitch hit to center field. Nupar scores. Here comes Kondo. Samurai Japan is in front. Japan for Korea three. Kondo skies one to right field. At the track, it's parked. It's gone! Kensuke Kondo giving Samurai Japan a two-run lead in the bottom of the fifth. That is why he is known around here as a hitting machine. Sartoria at 58 pitches. Remember, there are pitch limits in the World Baseball Classic. The end of the line is near for Pavel Khadim's starter. He goes after the first pitch. Goes the other way. It will be extra bases for Yoshida. One-runner will score. Here comes Murakami. And just like that, Samurai Japan has taken the lead. Base again in front of his former teammate. Ohtani hammered to right field. Down in front of the wall. And one hops off of it. Kondo will score. Ohtani with an RBI double. Japan leads 6-1 in the fourth. Shugo Maki pinch hitting for Shohei Ohtani in the bottom of the eighth inning. Japan leading by six against the Czech Republic. Shugo Maki puts it in the air to left field. At the track, and gone! Maki with his second home run of the World Baseball Classic. And it's 9-2. Ohtani-san back in a Samurai Japan uniform for the first time in a major international competition in more than six years. The 0-1 pitch taken high and deep to right field. Ohtani has blown the roof off the Tokyo Dome. Shohei Ohtani with a three-run blast in the first inning. 448 feet. Maikano moving up to third. Nukbar led off the game of the walk. Nukbar takes the 1-1 to center field. That scores Nakano 4-0 Japan. One more time, Lasorza to Okamoto. He hangs back and puts it in the air to left field. That is crushed! Masataka Yoshida with a sensational tournament. Not only has he shown the ability to spray the ball around and be clutch, give you a tough at-bat, but yes, he missed a spot. And he will hit it against a left-hander pitcher here. Now the 2-2. It is hit high and deep down the right field line toward the corner. They've answered. The urgency was put to test. They're alive. What a moment. What a moment for Yoshida. He went back to the change-up. A little bit fooled, but man, those lefties, you throw them down and in. Uh-oh. Gallegos, first pitch. Otani rips and beats it into right center field. Into the gap. Cut off by Thomas in center field. Otani steps in second with a lead-off double. Gallegos looks back at Otani. The pitch is hit to left center field. They've fought it for six years now. A moment in the world baseball classic. He will never forget a country that is going absolutely crazy in Japan. Now a first-pitch swing. Murakami crushes one into the second deck. Tie game. David takes one swing. That happened last night. The drive to left center to win it. Seize another fastball tonight. Tie ball game. Murakami is no surprise to big games and big swings. The two-time MVP has come up huge for Japan. You want to answer back? There it is right there. Threw it all. Kyle Freeland back to work and a swing and a high fly ball. Left center field and deep. Mullins at the wall. It's good. Okamoto. Oh, no surprise. Past five seasons, 30-plus home runs. We know the power is there in Okamoto. 164 home runs in that span. He got a good pitch to hit right there. Boy, oh boy, he did not miss it. Three outs away from a championship. And look who's coming in to pitch. We're going to get it in a one-run game. Shohei Otani. Another 3-2 pitch from Otani. McNeil takes ball for just a little bit long. Here's the 0-1. Muki on the ground to second. We'll see if they can turn two. That's one. That's two. It's a double play. Otani and Japan is one out away. Manu Imanu right here. USA's captain versus Japan's captain. 3-2 from Otani. He throws. Straights out swinging. Otani and Japan celebrate a World Baseball Classic championship.