Defending champion Japan defeated the Czech Republic 9-0 on Tuesday in the final World Baseball Classic Pool C game at the Tokyo Dome.Despite the score, its wasnt easy for Japan, which finished 4-0 in pool play. The Czechs, the 2025 European championship bronze medalists, finished 0-4.Japan, held scoreless through seven innings, broke through with nine in the eighth. Teruaki Sato scored on a double by Kenya Wakatsuki and a throwing error by Czech right fielder William Escala. Ukyo Shuto added a three-run homer and Munetaka Murakami capped the inning with a grand slam.Czech pitching did the job most of the night as Japan rested Shohei Ohtani to prepare for the quarterfinals in the United States.Czech starter Ondrej Satoria pronounced Andre -- kept Japan scoreless in 4 2/3 innings and very uncomfortable with his soft stuff, almost all in the 68-75 mph range. His fastball barely touches 80.He scattered six hits and struck out three on 67 pitches.His replacement Michael Kovala kept Japan scoreless through seven innings but stumbled in the eighth and picked up the loss. The win went to Yumeto Kanemaru.Satoria is famous in Japan. He struck out Shohei Ohtani on three pitches in the 2023 World Baseball Classic in Tokyo but missed Ohtani this time.Japan had already clinched a berth in the quarterfinal, so Ohtani was rested and missed facing Satoria.Im sad, Satoria said before the game, knowing Ohtani was out of the lineup. I think a lot of fans are sad, too. Maybe hes resting for the long trip to Miami.All of the Czech players have day jobs. Satoria, who is retiring from the national team, is an electrician and manager Pavel Chadim thats Dr. Chadim is a neurologist.Chadim wore the 2025 European championship bronze medal to an interview session to make his point.I have this medal because I want to show to some people in the world that we are not baseball tourists, Chadim said. We are doing baseball as professionals. We dont want excuses. We play as professionals on the field.That worked for seven innings.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

Defending champion Japan defeated the Czech Republic 9-0 on Tuesday in the final World Baseball Classic Pool C game at the Tokyo Dome.Despite the score, its wasnt easy for Japan, which finished 4-0 in pool play. The Czechs, the 2025 European championship bronze medalists, finished 0-4.Japan, held scoreless through seven innings, broke through with nine in the eighth. Teruaki Sato scored on a double by Kenya Wakatsuki and a throwing error by Czech right fielder William Escala. Ukyo Shuto added a three-run homer and Munetaka Murakami capped the inning with a grand slam.Czech pitching did the job most of the night as Japan rested Shohei Ohtani to prepare for the quarterfinals in the United States.Czech starter Ondrej Satoria pronounced Andre -- kept Japan scoreless in 4 2/3 innings and very uncomfortable with his soft stuff, almost all in the 68-75 mph range. His fastball barely touches 80.He scattered six hits and struck out three on 67 pitches.His replacement Michael Kovala kept Japan scoreless through seven innings but stumbled in the eighth and picked up the loss. The win went to Yumeto Kanemaru.Satoria is famous in Japan. He struck out Shohei Ohtani on three pitches in the 2023 World Baseball Classic in Tokyo but missed Ohtani this time.Japan had already clinched a berth in the quarterfinal, so Ohtani was rested and missed facing Satoria.Im sad, Satoria said before the game, knowing Ohtani was out of the lineup. I think a lot of fans are sad, too. Maybe hes resting for the long trip to Miami.All of the Czech players have day jobs. Satoria, who is retiring from the national team, is an electrician and manager Pavel Chadim thats Dr. Chadim is a neurologist.Chadim wore the 2025 European championship bronze medal to an interview session to make his point.I have this medal because I want to show to some people in the world that we are not baseball tourists, Chadim said. We are doing baseball as professionals. We dont want excuses. We play as professionals on the field.That worked for seven innings.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

Sheffield Wednesday are in freefall. Rock bottom of the Championship, 30 league games without a win, and the club now in administration, how did one of English football's most historic clubs end up here?Paul Coyte has broken down the full story behind Wednesday's collapse: the financial chaos under former owner Dejphon Chansiri, the failed takeover bid from James Bord's consortium, and what any new owner would actually be walking into at Hillsborough.GB News heard from the fans on the streets of Sheffield, the people who live and breathe this club, on how it got this bad, and whether there is any way back.The People's Channel was also joined by Richard Pillinger - Sheffield man, Chairman of Hallam FC (the second oldest club in the world), and lifelong Wednesday supporter - for his take on the crisis.WATCH THE INTERVIEW ABOVE FOR MOREOur Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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