Samurai Japan manager Hiroki Kokubo checked one more item off his to-do list Saturday night: play an extra-inning tiebreaker like he might encounter in next March’s World Baseball Classic.
“That was a first for us,” Kokubo said after his team came from behind twice to defeat a depleted Dutch squad. “We had simulated tie-break situations in practice though, and considered various defensive options.”
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