Baseball: Samurai Japan comes back to beat Dragons 7-3 in WBC warm-up

NAGOYA - Shugo Maki and Shota Morishita delivered solo home runs for Samurai Japan in a 7-3 comeback win over the Chunichi Dragons on Saturday in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.

DeNA BayStars slugger Maki broke the ice for skipper Hirokazu Ibata's team with a two-out solo blast to left field in the opening frame at Vantelin Dome Nagoya, where the national team prevailed 5-3 against the Dragons a day earlier.