Japan beats USA 2-0 to win baseball gold at Tokyo Olympics

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Hosts Japan beat the United States 2-0 in the baseball final to claim the gold medal at the Tokyo Games staged here Saturday at the Yokohama Stadium, south of the capital of Tokyo.

In the third inning, Japan's Murakami Munetaka hit a one-run homer to help Japan take a 1-0 lead. Then in the bottom of the 8th inning, Japanese Yoshida Masataka advanced to second base while Yamada