Global Baseball Games
International club baseball tournament
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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 | ||
| 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 |