{"id":313523,"date":"2025-08-03T03:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313523\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T03:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:30:22","slug":"wbsc-u-12-baseball-world-cup-final-chikodroff-doubles-the-usa-extend-the-lead-world-baseball-softball-confederation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313523\/","title":{"rendered":"WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup Final: Chikodroff doubles, the USA extend the lead &#8211; World Baseball Softball Confederation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Final Day of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2025-viii-u-12-baseball-world-cup\/home\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2025-viii-u-12-baseball-world-cup\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2025 presented by RAXUS<\/a> is underway at the Asia Pacific International Baseball Stadiums and Training Centre (ASPAC).<\/p>\n<p>World No. 1 Japan and No. 3 USA took the field for the World Championship Final<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-ve30-twitter-iframe twitter-tweet\" allowtransparency=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"auto\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1951822960685350919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-ve30-twitter-iframe twitter-tweet\" allowtransparency=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"auto\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1951822760260547013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>World No. 2 Chinese Taipei took the field against No. 4 Korea for the bronze medal game. <\/p>\n<p>    Up Next IV U-23 Baseball World Cup 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/RSA.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">RSA<\/p>\n<p>                    0<br \/>\n                 :  0\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/AUS.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">AUS<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>01\/08\/2025 10:30 (UTC +8)                                        <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/GER.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">GER<\/p>\n<p>                    0<br \/>\n                 :  0\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/PAN.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">PAN<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>01\/08\/2025 10:30 (UTC +8)                                        <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/DOM.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">DOM<\/p>\n<p>                    6<br \/>\n                 :  10\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/JPN.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">JPN<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>01\/08\/2025 14:30 (UTC +8)  &#8211; Final                                      <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/CZE.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">CZE<\/p>\n<p>                    0<br \/>\n                 :  8\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/CUB.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">CUB<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>01\/08\/2025 14:30 (UTC +8)  &#8211; Final                                      <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/TPE.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">TPE<\/p>\n<p>                    5<br \/>\n                 :  6\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/USA.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>01\/08\/2025 18:30 (UTC +8)  &#8211; Final                                      <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/MEX.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">MEX<\/p>\n<p>                    1<br \/>\n                 :  9\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/KOR.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">KOR<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>01\/08\/2025 18:30 (UTC +8)  &#8211; Final                                      <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/GER.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">GER<\/p>\n<p>                    0<br \/>\n                 :  0\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/CZE.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">CZE<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>02\/08\/2025 10:30 (UTC +8)                                        <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/RSA.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">RSA<\/p>\n<p>                    0<br \/>\n                 :  0\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/CUB.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">CUB<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>02\/08\/2025 10:30 (UTC +8)                                        <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/DOM.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">DOM<\/p>\n<p>                    0<br \/>\n                 :  0\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/MEX.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">MEX<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>02\/08\/2025 14:30 (UTC +8)    <br \/>Weather delay                                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/TPE.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">TPE<\/p>\n<p>                    11<br \/>\n                 :  5\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/KOR.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">KOR<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>02\/08\/2025 18:15 (UTC +8)  &#8211; Final                                      <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/USA.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">USA<\/p>\n<p>                    8<br \/>\n                 :  0\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/JPN.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">JPN<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>02\/08\/2025 18:30 (UTC +8)  &#8211; Final  <br \/>Weather delay                                    <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/AUS.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">AUS<\/p>\n<p>                    0<br \/>\n                 :  0\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/PAN.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">PAN<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>02\/08\/2025 18:30 (UTC +8)                                        <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/KOR.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">KOR<\/p>\n<p>                    1<br \/>\n                 :  0\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/TPE.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">TPE<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>03\/08\/2025 10:00 (UTC +8)                                        <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Visitor<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/JPN.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">JPN<\/p>\n<p>                    1<br \/>\n                 :  4\n                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"home-away-label\">Home<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flag-icon lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wbsc.org\/assets\/flags\/ioc\/USA.svg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"team-name\">USA<\/p>\n<p class=\"game-time\">\n                    <br \/>03\/08\/2025 10:00 (UTC +8)                                        <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"link-underline-style\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2025-viii-u-12-baseball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule &amp; Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>All Games are Live on GameTime, the WBSC OTT platform<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exceptions may apply in Taiwan, Korea and Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gametime.sport\/events\/offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/U12BWC_Bundle_TournamentPass.png\" alt=\"WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup presented by RAXUS Tournament Pass\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Japan @ USA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right-hander Jaxon Spray took the mound for the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Taiki Toyama led off smashing the first pitch off the fence in right field for a very deep single. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-ve30-twitter-iframe twitter-tweet\" allowtransparency=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"auto\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1951826655061987813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Yunosuke Ibaraki stepped to the mound for Japan.<\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-ve30-twitter-iframe twitter-tweet\" allowtransparency=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"auto\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/WBSC\/status\/1951830434440192261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Chikodroff extended the USA lead with a two-out RBI double in the bottom of the fourth.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wbsc\/54696338215\/in\/album-72177720328136154\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2025-viii-u-12-baseball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/170354\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2025-viii-u-12-baseball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/170354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BOXSCORE and Play by Play<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-context=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wbsc\/54696338215\/in\/album-72177720328136154\/\" title=\"20250803_G50_USA_JAP_U12_BWC_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/54696338215_a756a18608_o.jpg\" width=\"3716\" height=\"2885\" alt=\"20250803_G50_USA_JAP_U12_BWC_2\" \/><\/a><strong>Korea @ Chinese Taipei<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2025-viii-u-12-baseball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/170353\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wbsc.org\/en\/events\/2025-viii-u-12-baseball-world-cup\/schedule-and-results\/box-score\/170353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BOXSCORE and PLAY BY PLAY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key links<\/strong><strong>The U-12 Baseball World Cup 2025 Day by Day<\/strong><strong>Featured News<\/strong><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Final Day of the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2025 presented by RAXUS is underway at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[49,978,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-313523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-united-states","9":"tag-us","10":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114962722951515489","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}