Samurai Japan’s flair for the dramatic is keeping it on the path to a gold medal.
Japan tied its game against the United States on Yuki Yanagita’s RBI groundout in the ninth inning and won it on a sayonara single by Takuya Kai in the 10th in the knockout stage of the Tokyo Olympics baseball tournament at Yokohama Stadium on Monday.
"No one gave up and we just kept fighting and I think that's why we were able to win," Kai said.