Shohei Otani prepared for the quarter-finals at the Tokyo Dome yesterday.

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[Reporter Lin Youchen/Comprehensive Report] The top 8 rematch of the World Baseball Classic will take the lead in the Tokyo Dome tonight. Cuba, the first in Group A, will play against Australia, the second in Group B, at 6 p.m., and the first place in Group B, Japan, will face Group A tomorrow night In the second Italy, Shohei Otani has a chance to board, and the two victorious teams will advance to the semi-finals in Miami.

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Rodriguez, the Cuban fastball starter, is the main relay in the Chunichi Dragons. Last year, he succeeded in relaying 39 times in a single season. Cuba arranged for him to switch to the classic game. Strikeouts, 1 run, has nothing to do with winning or losing.

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Australia, which upset South Korea, advanced to the rematch for the first time in team history. Tonight, Kent, a left-hander, started. He only backed up for one game in the preliminaries and lost 3 points in 0.1 innings against South Korea.

Kent still said with confidence: "We fought hard in adversity, but we won in the end. Under the leadership of head coach Nelson, everyone is excited about this battle. I believe we can all be ready. There are only 8 teams left. They are strong teams, and Cuba is no exception."

Japan, which has won 4 consecutive preliminaries, will face No. 2 Italy in Group A at 6 o'clock tomorrow night. Japanese media speculate that Shohei Otani, who is on the board against China in the first round of the preliminaries, is expected to take on Japan's starting role. , Both of them went to the Tokyo Dome to practice shooting in the bullpen one after another yesterday.

Japanese supervisor Hideki Kuriyama said: "Our pitching team will prepare for the game, including these two major league pitchers." Darvish, who started 3 innings against South Korea in the preliminaries and dropped 3 runs, said: "My situation is getting more and more adjusted. Well, although we cannot control the outcome of the game, what we can control is the preparation before the game.”