{"id":113251,"date":"2026-03-12T19:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/yamamoto-to-start-for-japan-vs-venezuela-in-world-baseball-classic-quarterfinals\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:54:17","slug":"yamamoto-to-start-for-japan-vs-venezuela-in-world-baseball-classic-quarterfinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/yamamoto-to-start-for-japan-vs-venezuela-in-world-baseball-classic-quarterfinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Yamamoto to Start for Japan vs Venezuela in World Baseball Classic Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Yamamoto to Lead Japanese Rotation Against Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\nMIAMI. \u2014 Star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been confirmed as the starter for the crucial matchup between Japan and Venezuela in the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. The game is scheduled for Saturday at loanDepot park in Miami.\n\nThe announcement was made by the Japanese leader, Hirokazu Ibata, during a team training session. Ibata highlighted the importance of this decisive match, which will determine the pass to the semifinals of the tournament.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThere really is no limit. I think he&#8217;ll just go out and throw everything from the start. Of course, we hope he can work as deep into the game as possible,\u201d the leader expressed.<\/p><cite>Hirokazu Ibata<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nYamamoto already had a brief participation in the tournament, opening Japan&#8217;s first game against Chinese Taipei. In that match, he pitched 2.2 innings without allowing runs or hits, accumulating two strikeouts and three walks.\n\nJapan reaches this stage after an impeccable performance in the group stage, with a perfect 4-0 record. The team has demonstrated a solid combination of offense and collective pitching.\n\nRegarding the strategy for the game against Venezuela, the Japanese leader was also asked about the possibility of using Yusei Kikuchi as a reliever for Yamamoto, although he avoided giving details about the management of the bullpen.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI haven&#8217;t thought about it yet after Yamamoto. It&#8217;s a quarter-final game and we&#8217;ll have to use all the pitchers we have available,\u201d he indicated.<\/p><cite>Hirokazu Ibata<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nJapan, with one of the strongest rotations in the tournament, will look to rely on its ace on the mound to advance to the semifinals and continue defending its world title.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yamamoto to Lead Japanese Rotation Against Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic MIAMI. \u2014 Star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been confirmed as the starter for the crucial matchup between Japan and Venezuela in the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. The game is scheduled for Saturday at loanDepot park in Miami. The announcement was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[642,2182,5529,2707],"class_list":{"0":"post-113251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-japan","9":"tag-venezuela","10":"tag-world-classic","11":"tag-yamamoto"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}