Timely bunt rallies Japan past DR in 9th in Olympic opener

At risk of an embarrassing defeat to start the Olympic tournament, the Japanese baseball team turned things around with its signature fundamentals. Fans of Major League Baseball, be ready: bunting is already big at the Tokyo Olympics. Kai Takuya drove in the tying run with a perfectly placed squeeze bunt, Hayato Sakamoto followed with a game-ending, bases-loaded single and the Japanese rallied from three runs down in the ninth inning to beat the Dominican Republic 4-3 in the Olympic baseball opener Wednesday.

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