Team Europe takes down Japan...

Yurendell DeCaster hit a three-run homer in the third inning Wednesday to lead Team Europe to a 6-2 win over Japan in the finale of a historic two-game exhibition series. The 'W' alled for the two game split in the series (1 Europe - 1 Japan).

The Europeans scored two runs in the second inning and DeCaster, a native of Curacao, connected off Japan starter Takahiro Matsuba to give Europe a 5-0 lead. Japan was able to picked up their only two runs of the ball game in the top half of the 6th with the first one coming on a homer off the bat of Yamato and the second coming on a 6-3 RBI ground out that scored Ginji from third. Team Europe added one more in the bottom of the 8th to put the score at its final of 6 to 2.

JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 = 2 (H 8, E 0) 

EUROPE 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 X = 6 (H 6, E 1)

JAPAN: CF Oshima (2-5); 2B-1B Yamada (1-3); RF Yawagata (0-2; SS Sakamoto 0-1); 1B-LF Nakata (1-4); DH Tsutsugoh (1-4); 3B Ginji (1-3; Matsuda 0-1); LF-RF Maru (0-3); SS-2B Imamiya (0-2; 2B Kikuchi 1-1); C Itoh (0-1; Aizawa 0-3)

PITCHERS, Matsuba (L) ip 3, so 3, bb 3, h 4, er 5; Inoh ip 2, so 4, bb 0, h 1, er 0; Takeda ip 2, so 3, bb 0, h 1, er 0; Matsui ip 1, so 1, bb 0, h 1, er 1

EUROPE: 3B Duursma (0-2; Infante 0-1); 2B Vaglio (1-3); 1B Smith (1-4); LF Sams (0-2); DH De Caster (1-3); RF Chiarini (1-3); SS Angulo (0-3); C Ochoa (2-3); CF Desimoni (0-3)

PITCHERS: Markwell ip 3, so 1, bb 2, h 3, er 0; Nacar ip 2+, so 1, bb 1, h 1, er 1; Sommer (W) ip 3, so 1, bb 1, h 3, er 0; Stuifbergen ip 1, so 2, bb 0, h 1, er 0