Baseball: Japan hands Mexico its 1st loss, moves into joint lead

Samurai Japan moved into a tie atop the Premier 12 super round standings Wednesday with a 3-1 win against joint leader Mexico.The hosts took an early lead at Tokyo Dome and four pitchers combined on a one-hitter to improve to 3-1 alongside the previously unbeaten Mexicans.For the first time in the super round, Japan opened the scoring. Cleanup hitter Seiya Suzuki of the Hiroshima Carp continued to hammer the baseball, singling in the Yomiuri Giants' Hayato Sakamoto in the first and scoring on a single by the Nippon Ham Fighters' Kensuke Kondo.Suzuki entered the game leading the tournament w…READ FULL ARTICLE