TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Ondrej Satoria #35 of Team Czechia pitches in the first inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Czechia and Japan at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Teruaki Sato #7 of Team Japan at bat in the first inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Czechia and Japan at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Munetaka Murakami #55 of Team Japan at bat in the first inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Czechia and Japan at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Munetaka Murakami #55 of Team Japan at bat in the first inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Czechia and Japan at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Masataka Yoshida #34 of Team Japan at bat in the first inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Czechia and Japan at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 10: Masataka Yoshida #34 of Team Japan flies out in the first inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Czechia and Japan at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Japan's Hiroto Takahashi pitches during the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Pool C game between Japan and Czech Republic at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 10, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Czech Republic's Marek Chlup hits a singles during the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Pool C game between Japan and Czech Republic at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 10, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)