Baseball: Dodgers' two-way star Ohtani backs NPB pitch clock introduction

GLENDALE, Arizona - Japan's two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani backed the introduction of the pitch clock in Nippon Professional Baseball on Wednesday after the system was used for the first time at the recent World Baseball Classic.

Samurai Japan was beaten 8-5 in the quarterfinals of the WBC by eventual champion Venezuela in Miami on Saturday, with the 2006, 2009 and 2023 winner failing to reach the tournament's semifinal for the first time in its six editions.