Game No. 1: Australia (ɐı̣ןɐɹʇsnⱯ) at Czechia (Česká)
Venue: Tokyo Dome — Tokyo, Japan
Australia looks to keep the momentum going after their exciting shutout victory over Chinese Taipei yesterday in which former Rockies farmhand Robbie Perkins and young Cleveland Guardians second baseman Travis Bazzana both hit home runs. Meanwhile, Czechia looks to rebound after a difficult loss to Korea. Czechia’s pitching staff gave up four home runs—two by Shay Whitcomb, one by Jahmai Jones, and another to Bo-gyeong Moon—to put the game out of reach despite the offense
playing four runs on nine hits. Former Rockies draft pick Terrin Vavra hit a three-run home run while Martin Červinka, Marek Chlup, and Willie Escala all had multi-hit games.
First Pitch: 8:00 PM MDT
TV: FS1
Radio: MLB Audio; Sirius XM
Lineups:
LHP Josh Hendrickson vs RHP Tomáš Ondra
Game No. 2: Japan (日本) at Chinese Taipei (中華臺北)
Venue: Tokyo Dome — Tokyo, Japan
The victors of the 2023 tournament finally join the fray. Japan went undefeated in 2023 as their star-studded lineup headlined by Shohei Ohtani handled every obstacle in their way. This year, Ohtani is joined fellow Dodger Yoshinobu Yamamoto and plenty of other MLB players alongside NPB’s best. Also on the roster are Munetaka Murakami, Kazuma Okamoto, Seiya Suzuki, Yusei Kikuchi, Masataka Yoshida, and new Rockies starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano.
Chinese Taipei has a tall task ahead of them if they want to rebound from last night’s loss to Australia. They were shut out and lost their team captain Chen Chieh-hsien to a finger fracture after he was hit by a pitch. Chen is hoping to return to the tournament at some point, but the timeline is unknown.
First Pitch: 3:00 AM MDT (March 6th, 2026)
TV: FS1
Radio: MLB Audio; Sirius XM
Lineups:
RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs RHP Hao-Chun Cheng
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