Global Baseball Games

Global Baseball Games
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2015
Organising body	WBSC

The Global Baseball Games, billed as the Carnext Samurai Japan Series for sponsorship purposes,^[1] are an international exhibition baseball series played between Samurai Japan and a team of European All-Stars. The series is typically played in Japan in the same year as the WBSC Premier12 tournament.

The first edition of the series was played in 2015, then known as the Global Baseball Match, and was the debut of Team Europe in international competition.^[2]^[3] The next edition was played in 2024, at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka.^[4] In the second game, six Japanese pitchers combined to throw a perfect game.^[5]

Games

2015

March 10, 2015	Europe	3 – 4	Japan	Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
	LP: Loek van Mil	Boxscore	WP: Katsuki Matayoshi Sv: Yuji Nishino

March 10, 2015	Japan	2 – 6	Europe	Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
	LP: Takahiro Matsuba	Boxscore	WP: Luke Sommer [de]
			HR: Yurendell DeCaster

2024

March 6, 2024	Europe	0 – 5	Japan	Kyocera Dome, Osaka
	LP: Tom de Blok	Boxscore	WP: Kaima Taira

March 7, 2024	Japan	2 – 0	Europe	Kyocera Dome, Osaka
	WP: Yumeto Kanemaru Sv: Atsuki Taneichi	Boxscore	LP: Markus Solbach

References

^ "2024 CARNEXT SAMURAI JAPAN SERIES 2024 JAPAN vs TEAM EUROPE". japan-baseball.jp. Archived from the original on 2024-03-02. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
^ "Team Europe jumps out to early lead, earns series split against Japan". The Japan Times. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015.
^ "Europe gets historic victory, defeats No. 1 Japan 6-2 in global baseball showing in Tokyo". WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. March 11, 2015. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "World Baseball Classic heroes and former MLBers highlight Japan vs. Europe rosters". MLB.com. 15 February 2024. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Baseball: Collegian leads 6-pitcher perfect Japan win over Europe". The Mainichi. Kyodo News. 7 March 2024. Archived from the original on 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

[1] "2024 CARNEXT SAMURAI JAPAN SERIES 2024 JAPAN vs TEAM EUROPE". japan-baseball.jp. Archived from the original on 2024-03-02. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

[2] "Team Europe jumps out to early lead, earns series split against Japan". The Japan Times. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015.

[3] "Europe gets historic victory, defeats No. 1 Japan 6-2 in global baseball showing in Tokyo". WBSC.org. World Baseball Softball Confederation. March 11, 2015. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[4] "World Baseball Classic heroes and former MLBers highlight Japan vs. Europe rosters". MLB.com. 15 February 2024. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[5] "Baseball: Collegian leads 6-pitcher perfect Japan win over Europe". The Mainichi. Kyodo News. 7 March 2024. Archived from the original on 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

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