Olympics: Masato Morishita to start on mound as Japan seeks baseball gold

Japan said Friday it will send Masato Morishita to the mound for the Tokyo Games baseball final against the United States when the host nation seeks to win its first official Olympic gold medal in the sport.The 24-year-old Morishita, the 2020 rookie of the year of Japan's Central League, will be pitching for the second time in these Olympics. He allowed two runs over five innings in Samurai Japan's 7-4 group-stage win over Mexico last Saturday."I want to focus on one batter at a time," Morishita said. "I'll be OK if I'm able to execute my pitches."Japan won the 1984 Olympic baseball tournam…READ FULL ARTICLE