Ukyo Shuto excels against the Czech Republic with a decisive stolen base and a dramatic hit<\/p>\n
Pacific League Insight Yu Ebihara<\/p>\n
March 10, 2026 23:08<\/p>\n
“I only have good memories” as the showdown moves to Miami<\/p>\n
The final match of the Tokyo Pool of the 2026 WBC between Japan and the Czech Republic was 9-0 in favor of Japan win. Japan finished the Tokyo Pool with a win in all four games, and moved the heat to Miami, USA.<\/p>\n
The final game of the Tokyo Pool was a 9-0 win for Japan against the Czech Republic. Ukyo Shuto, who made his first Tokyo Pool appearance starting line-up at No. 7 center fielder, was particularly impressive. infield hit, taking advantage of his quick feet, reached base in the seventh inning and stole second on the next play. The first time I saw the game was in the first inning, and the second inning was in the second inning, and the third inning was in the third inning.<\/p>\n
The highlight of the game came in the 8th inning. runner After a timely error to break the game open, the batting order was turned to Shuto with two outs and runners at first and second.<\/p>\n
I thought it would go in as soon as I hit it. As soon as I hit it, I thought it was going to go in. But I didn’t know what had happened, so I was more surprised than happy as I circled around. home run I didn’t even know how to do the ‘tea-pot dish’ pose when I hit the ball. I could see the bench was happy, so I was running around thinking, “I can’t wait to get home.<\/p>\n
The hit he recalls so well was proof of the evolution of his hitting.<\/p>\n
Shuto is well known as a foot specialist, but he is also conflicted.
I am afraid to start off, and I know that one out for me can be the difference between losing the game and winning it, so the more experience I gain in the national team, the more fearful I become.<\/p>\n
The only thing that can dispel that pressure is the daily accumulation of effort. The confidence that he has grown into a player who can contribute not only base running but also in hitting and defense is evident in his words, “My efforts over the past three years have not gone wrong.<\/p>\n
The team will now travel to Miami for the quarterfinals. The team will now travel to Miami, the site of the quarterfinals, where Shudo stepped on walk-off home ice in the semifinals of the previous tournament.<\/p>\n
I don’t care about my own performance. I just have to give my best on the spot to help the team become the best in the world. I have nothing but good memories of America. I will do my best to make the best memories again this time.<\/p>\n
Interview and text by Yu Ebihara<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukyo Shuto excels against the Czech Republic with a decisive stolen base and a dramatic hit Pacific League…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2302],"tags":[5,2353,2352],"class_list":{"0":"post-642097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-npb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-nippon-professional-baseball","10":"tag-npb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116288225883381155","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}