FUKUOKA -- Koji Uehara stands alone, so he must stand tall.
Ichiro Suzuki of Japan's WBC team singles off Nippon Professional Baseball starter Yu Darvish in the first inning at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka.
The lone Yomiuri Giants representative on Japan's World Baseball Classic squad, Uehara pitched like a star, giving up two hits and fanning eight batters in five shut-out innings as Japan beat the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Stars 7-0 on Friday at Yahoo Dome.