SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Stephen Schott Stadium played host to an international showcase Tuesday night as the Santa Clara University welcomed Waseda University of Tokyo for the Japanese program's 14th United States Tour, bringing one of Japan's most accomplished collegiate teams to Silicon Valley.
Waseda, which competes in the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League and holds a league-record 49 championships, opened its multi-city American tour in Santa Clara. On the field, Waseda capitalized on a three-run third inning Tuesday and carried that momentum to a 3–0 exhibition victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The decisive stretch began in the top of the third when Ousuke Yuasa drew a walk, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error. Aoma Ohuchi followed with an RBI single to right to break the scoreless tie. Kensei Terao lined a single to shallow center later in the inning to drive in two runs and extend the lead to 3–0.
- Waseda starter Konan Miyagi worked five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out six to earn the exhibition victory. Miyagi was part of the Japanese Collegiate National Team that faced the United States' Collegiate National Team in July during the 45th USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Championship Series. Miyagi no-hit the Broncos for four innings Tuesday before Matthew Tiendas led off the bottom of the fifth with a seeing-eye single through the right side of the infield.
- Soichiro Koshii added two shutout innings, Kazuki Kozai handled the eighth, and Kouki Takahashi earned the save with a 1-2-3 ninth on only seven pitches to complete the combined four-hit shutout.
- Santa Clara matched Waseda with four hits, including a double down the left field line by Hunter Fujimoto in the eighth and two singles from Payton Lambert. The Broncos turned two double plays defensively and used eight pitchers to hold Waseda to four hits across nine innings.
COMING UP
- Santa Clara's home stand continues with a three-game series versus UNLV starting Friday. Fans can purchase tickets and find all live coverage links at SantaClaraBroncos.com.
