[ti:Japan Celebrates Victory over USA in World Baseball Classic] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]Japan's national baseball team [00:02.92]defeated the United States [00:05.08]Tuesday night in Miami [00:07.08]to win the World Baseball Classic [00:10.16](WBC) for the third time. [00:13.88]The final score was 3-2. [00:17.52]The team's star player, Shohei Ohtani, [00:21.48]pitched the final inning. [00:24.00]He recorded the last out [00:26.32]by striking out his Los Angeles Angels teammate, [00:30.52]Mike Trout. [00:32.20]Some experts [00:34.12]consider them the two best players in the world. [00:37.96]It was the first time they ever faced each other. [00:42.72]Ohtani is a special player [00:45.40]because he is both one of the best pitchers [00:48.40]and one of the best hitters in baseball. [00:51.76]He won the tournament's [00:53.72]Most Valuable Player award [00:56.28]for his hitting and pitching [00:58.44]during the two-week event. [01:01.44]After the game, [01:02.80]Ohtani said on the worldwide television broadcast, [01:06.80]"I believe this is the best moment in my life." [01:12.24]Fans in Japan celebrated [01:14.64]as Ohtani threw the final pitch [01:17.44]early Wednesday Tokyo time. [01:20.64]Over 100 people gathered [01:23.40]near the Shimbashi Station area [01:26.36]to get special printings [01:28.40]of a newspaper with the game result. [01:30.88]Police helped control the crowd [01:33.56]and passed out copies. [01:36.72]Yuji Takeno, 33, was there. [01:40.32]"I am so proud as a Japanese national," he said. [01:45.24]"I also play baseball (for fun) ... [01:48.28]and it makes me want to work harder, [01:50.88]that's how well they played." [01:54.68]Sho Ishii, 29, [01:57.72]watched the game on a large screen [02:00.88]at a public viewing event near Tokyo Tower. [02:04.16]"Thank you Ohtani, [02:06.44]thank you samurai Team Japan!" he shouted [02:09.68]after the final pitch. [02:12.60]The words "Nihon yusho," [02:15.12]which mean "Japan victory," [02:18.00]became the number one subject [02:20.24]of a discussion on Twitter in Japan. [02:24.16]Ohtani did not win the game on his own. [02:27.16]Japan's pitchers set the record [02:30.08]for the most strikeouts in the WBC. [02:33.84]They contained a strong USA team [02:37.24]that had scored 23 runs [02:40.12]in its previous two games. [02:43.56]Robert Whiting writes about Japanese baseball. [02:46.92]He said Japan may have [02:49.20]the three best pitchers in the world [02:51.44]and called Ohtani "charismatic." [02:55.72]The baseball seasons in both [02:57.64]the United States and Japan [03:00.08]start on March 30. [03:02.96]I'm Dan Friedell. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM