Yokohama ¨C Samurai Japan¡¯s flair for the dramatic is keeping it on the path to a gold medal.
Japan tied its game against the United States on Yuki Yanagita¡¯s RBI groundout in the ninth inning and won it on a sayonara single by Takuya Kai in the 10th in the knockout stage of the Tokyo Olympics baseball tournament at Yokohama Stadium on Monday.
¡°No one gave up and we just kept fighting and I think that¡¯s why we were able to win,¡± Kai said.
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