Outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi of the Yomiuri Giants drove in the tying run in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday as Japan and Cuba played to a 1-1 tie in what could be a preview of the gold medal game at the Athens Olympics.
Yoshinobu Takahashi hits a game-tying double in the eighth inning of the first game of the Japan-Cuba exhibition series at Tokyo Dome. The game ended in a 1-1 tie.
Playing before a crowd of 25,000 at Tokyo Dome, Yoshitomo Tani of the Orix BlueWave doubled to the wall in right field and scored on Takahashi's double to center that fell just beyond the reach of outfielder Carlos Tabares.