The United States repeat as WBSC U-12 Baseball World Champions - World Baseball Softball Confederation

The Final Day of the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2025 presented by RAXUS is underway at the Asia Pacific International Baseball Stadiums and Training Centre (ASPAC).

World No. 3 USA outscored, 7-1, and outhit, 10-3, No. 1 Japan in the World Championship Final

World No. 2 Chinese Taipei took the field against No. 4 Korea for the bronze medal game.

Up Next III U-23 Baseball World Cup 2020

Visitor

RSA

0
: 0

Home

AUS

01/08/2025 10:30 (UTC +8)

Visitor

GER

0
: 0

Home

PAN

01/08/2025 10:30 (UTC +8)

Visitor

DOM

6
: 10

Home

JPN

01/08/2025 14:30 (UTC +8) – Final

Visitor

CZE

0
: 8

Home

CUB

01/08/2025 14:30 (UTC +8) – Final

Visitor

TPE

5
: 6

Home

USA

01/08/2025 18:30 (UTC +8) – Final

Visitor

MEX

1
: 9

Home

KOR

01/08/2025 18:30 (UTC +8) – Final

Visitor

RSA

0
: 0

Home

CUB

02/08/2025 10:30 (UTC +8)

Visitor

DOM

0
: 0

Home

MEX

02/08/2025 14:30 (UTC +8)
Weather delay

Visitor

TPE

11
: 5

Home

KOR

02/08/2025 18:15 (UTC +8) – Final

Visitor

USA

8
: 0

Home

JPN

02/08/2025 18:30 (UTC +8) – Final
Weather delay

Visitor

KOR

2
: 0

Home

TPE

03/08/2025 10:00 (UTC +8) – Final

Visitor

JPN

1
: 7

Home

USA

03/08/2025 10:00 (UTC +8) – Final

Visitor

GER

0
: 0

Home

CZE

03/08/2025 12:15 (UTC +8)

Visitor

AUS

0
: 0

Home

PAN

03/08/2025 12:15 (UTC +8)

Schedule & Results

All Games are Live on GameTime, the WBSC OTT platform

Exceptions may apply in Taiwan, Korea and Japan

Japan @ USA

Right-hander Jaxon Spray took the mound for the United States.

Taiki Toyama led off smashing the first pitch off the fence in right field for a very deep single.

Spray walked the next batters and the runners advanced on a swinging bunt. Toyama scored the first run of the game on a wild pitch.

Yunosuke Ibaraki stepped to the mound for Japan.

Nolan Hatch singled on the fifth pitch he saw. Ibaraki walked the next batter, then got Christopher Chikodroff to ground into a double play. Hatch reached third on the play. The USA at-bat stayed alive on a walk. Right fielder Jack Carson drilled the fifth pitch off the wall in right centre for a two-RBI double, giving the US the lead.

Spray followed with a single, making it a 3-1 game. It was it for Ibaraki, and Japan handed the ball to right-hander Kusei Fukuyama, who got out of the inning with a groundout.

Barret Schell took over for Spray with two outs and a runner at second in the top of the fourth. He retired Toyama on a groundout to end the at-bat.

Christopher Chikodroff extended the USA lead with a two-out RBI double in the bottom of the fourth.

The USA opened the score in the bottom of the fifth. Russell McGee hit a one-out towering RBI double. Charles Hatch added two runs with a single to shallow right field.

Left-hander Ryota Shimizu replaced Fukuyama. He threw two balls, then got Kristian Valadez to ground into an inning-ending double play with his third pitch.

Schell worked a perfect top of the sixth to seal the win.

BOXSCORE and Play by Play

Korea @ Chinese Taipei