{"id":29838,"date":"2016-07-29T19:16:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T02:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=29838"},"modified":"2016-07-30T10:18:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T17:18:44","slug":"down-to-3-teams-in-2016-wbsc-jr-mens-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=29838","title":{"rendered":"Down to 3 Teams in 2016 WBSC Jr. Men&#8217;s World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_29762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29762\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fastball.tv\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/12795393_1012577898785523_8152048912931093839_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Click for live video stream\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/12795393_1012577898785523_8152048912931093839_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/12795393_1012577898785523_8152048912931093839_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/12795393_1012577898785523_8152048912931093839_n-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/12795393_1012577898785523_8152048912931093839_n.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for live video stream<\/figcaption><\/figure><strong>Japan remains unbeaten, Canada upsets defending gold medal champions Argentina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Japan remain unbeaten at Midland Michigan in the 2016 WBSC Junior Men&#8217;s World Championship, riding the arm of Reo Koyama into the gold medal game, slated for 7:30 p.m. Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Team Canada awoke from their offensive slumber to knock out 19 hits enroute to back-to-back wins against the USA and defending gold medal champions, when will play on Saturday for their first medal since 2008 when they won silver in Whitehorse Yukon Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Canada will face last year&#8217;s silver medalist the New Zealand Black Sox, &nbsp;who fell to Japan 3-0.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Japan has medaled in the last 5 Junior men&#8217;s World Championships but has not won the gold medal since the inaugural tournament in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Join Lance Winn, Blair S.etford Joe Todd and Jim Flanagan for the final day&#8217;s broadcasts, at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fastball.tv\" style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;\">Click here to watch<\/a>, 1:30 p.m. 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan remains unbeaten, Canada upsets defending gold medal champions Argentina Japan remain unbeaten at Midland Michigan in the 2016 WBSC Junior Men&#8217;s World Championship, riding the arm of Reo Koyama into the gold medal game, slated for 7:30 p.m. Saturday night. 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