Olympics: Japan beats U.S. for 1st Olympic baseball gold medal

Japan's team of professional all-stars won the nation's first Olympic baseball gold medal, beating the United States 2-0 in Saturday's Tokyo Games final.Samurai Japan's Masato Morishita pitched five scoreless innings to earn the win, and four relievers completed the six-hit shutout."The U.S. has a really good lineup, but Morishita was bent on going after them without holding back. That was what we talked about doing and he pitched a gem of a game," said Japan catcher Takuya Kai. "All the pitchers did a great job."U.S. starter Nick Martinez, who plays professionally in Japan, worked six inni…READ FULL ARTICLE