Olympics: Host Japan opens Tokyo Games baseball tourney with dramatic win

Samurai Japan rallied for three ninth-inning runs to beat the Dominican Republic 4-3 in the opener of the Tokyo Games baseball tournament on Wednesday.Hayato Sakamoto drove in the game-winning run with a one-out bases-loaded fly single to end the Group A game at Fukushima Azuma Stadium."Most of all, I'm feeling relieved that we could win our first game," Sakamoto said. "I felt the atmosphere at the start was gloomy and kept on like that, but everyone on the bench kept cheering us on.""Finally, we got a good result because everyone contributed to that textbook rally."Trailing 3-1 in the fina…READ FULL ARTICLE