Team Japan found themselves on the brink of elimination multiple times during Monday's semifinal against a surging Mexico side, but they managed to pull off a classic walk-off moment to advance to the title game against Team USA.
Mexico opened the scoring in the top of the fourth when Luis Urias launched a three-run homer to make it 3-0, and it took Japan until the bottom of the seventh to even the score. Masataka Yoshida snuck in a three-run homer to left field to tie it at 3-3.
Then Mexico responded in the ensuing inning with two runs before Japan added another in the bottom of the eighth to keep the score manageable at 5-4. That set the scene for Murakami's magical moment. Japan's win kept the side undefeated in the tournament, the only team to still be flawless. The squad , with the first pitch slated for 7 p.m. ET. Mexico had given Team USA's record its only blemish this tournament.
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