Samurai Japan halted a two-game losing streak on Thursday, beating a team of major leaguers 6-4 in an exhibition that wrapped up MLB's tour of Japan.
The big leaguers left Japan with a 3-4 record, including losing three of five games in the MLB-Japan All-Star Series. The MLB squad started its seven-game tour by beating a combined team of Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants players 8-7 in a warm-up game.
Before a raucous crowd at Okinawa Cellular Stadium, Samurai Japan exploited some poor fielding by the tourists to come from a run down after three tenuous innings from Japan starter Shota Takeda of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks.