WBC Box Scores, Team Cuba at Team Japan, 02/11/2026

Game ID: 9811 - Wednesday, February 11th, 2026 - Game Log

Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Team Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	0
Team Japan	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	0

Team Cuba	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
J. Robles 3B	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	.273	1	8
A. Torres RF	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	.385	1	6
D. Valadez LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.302	2	9
J. Martínez 1B	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	.268	0	3
B. Cruz C	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273	2	7
c-J. Franco PH, C	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.154	0	1
J. Hernández CF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.366	1	5
J. Rosa 2B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.357	0	2
a-R. Fernández PH, SS	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	.250	0	3
J. Zumaya SS	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	2	4
b-R. Méndez PH, 2B	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.250	1	1
P. Salas P	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0	0
A. Alarcon P	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0
J. Díaz P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
d-Á. Villegas PH	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	.500	1	4
G. Morales P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
Totals	28	5	5	5	7	7	11

a - R. Fernández pinch hit for J. Rosa in the 7th
b - R. Méndez pinch hit for J. Zumaya in the 7th
c - J. Franco pinch hit for B. Cruz in the 9th
d - Á. Villegas pinch hit for J. Díaz in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: R. Fernández (1, 9th Inning off T. Heida, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: Á. Villegas (1, 9th Inning off S. Yoshida, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: A. Torres , D. Valadez , J. Zumaya , R. Fernández 2 , Á. Villegas 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: P. Salas , A. Alarcon
GIDP: J. Martínez , D. Valadez
Sac Bunt: J. Hernández 2
Team LOB: 8

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Zumaya-Rosa-Martínez)

Team Japan	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
N. Endo LF	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	.225	3	9
T. Yamada 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.222	0	2
T. Nii RF	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	.356	5	12
M. Suzuki 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.262	2	7
b-K. Yamashita 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.450	0	4
S. Saito SS	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	.238	2	7
K. Taniguchi C	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.219	2	4
T. Ito CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.148	0	1
T. Imamura 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.273	4	8
M. Kato P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0
a-I. Hayashi PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	0	1
N. Tanaka P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
T. Heida P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
S. Yoshida P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
K. Yamasaki P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
c-S. Uchida PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	0	2
Totals	31	2	7	2	4	6	15

a - I. Hayashi pinch hit for M. Kato in the 7th
b - K. Yamashita substituted for M. Suzuki in the 9th
c - S. Uchida pinch hit for K. Yamasaki in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Suzuki (2, 1st Inning off P. Salas, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: K. Taniguchi (2, 2nd Inning off P. Salas, 0 on, 0 outs) T. Nii (5, 8th Inning off A. Alarcon, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: K. Taniguchi 5 , T. Nii 5 , S. Saito , T. Yamada , M. Suzuki 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Kato , S. Saito 2 , N. Endo
GIDP: K. Taniguchi
Sac Bunt: M. Kato
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: T. Ito (2)
CS: S. Saito (1)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Saito-Imamura-Suzuki, Yamada-Suzuki)

Team Cuba	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
P. Salas	5.0	4	1	1	4	5	1	107	60	1.80
A. Alarcon	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	30	18	11.25
J. Díaz W (1-0)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	9	6.75
G. Morales SV (4)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	13	2.35

PITCHING
Game Score: P. Salas 56
Batters Faced: P. Salas 23, A. Alarcon 7, J. Díaz 2, G. Morales 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: P. Salas 6-4, A. Alarcon 2-3, J. Díaz 0-1, G. Morales 0-3
Pitches - Strikes: P. Salas 107-60, A. Alarcon 30-18, J. Díaz 12-9, G. Morales 21-13
Inherited Runners - Scored: A. Alarcon 1-0

Team Japan	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
M. Kato	7.0	3	0	0	4	5	0	95	52	3.06
N. Tanaka H (2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	9	6.14
T. Heida L (1-1)BS (1)	0.1	1	3	3	2	0	0	16	7	7.72
S. Yoshida	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	16	10	15.75
K. Yamasaki	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	0.00

PITCHING
Game Score: M. Kato 72
Batters Faced: M. Kato 27, N. Tanaka 3, T. Heida 4, S. Yoshida 2, K. Yamasaki 2
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Kato 8-6, N. Tanaka 0-1, T. Heida 1-0, S. Yoshida 0-0, K. Yamasaki 2-0
Pitches - Strikes: M. Kato 95-52, N. Tanaka 16-9, T. Heida 16-7, S. Yoshida 16-10, K. Yamasaki 7-5
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Yoshida 1-1
HB: M. Kato

GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: M. Kato
Ballpark: Ballpark
Weather: Partly Cloudy (34 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 11 mph
Start Time: 7:05 pm
Time: 3:17
Attendance: 48341