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TOKYO - Yuki Yanagita drove in four runs from the leadoff spot, Hisashi Iwakuma was hit hard and Japan beat the Major League Baseball All-Stars 8-4 Friday to take a 2-0 lead in their five-game series.Yanagita hit a two-run triple off Iwakuma in the second for a 3-0 lead, singled in the go-ahead run in the fourth, walked against Rob Wooten in the sixth and had an RBI double off Tsuyoshi Wada in the eighth.Yanagita has a lot of bat speed, MLB manager John Farrell said. Hes aggressive, and whether it is against a left-handed pitcher or a right-handed pitcher, he has swung the bat very well.Hikaru Itoh hit an RBI single in the three-run second. NL batting champion Justin Morneau hit a two-run homer off Chihiro Kaneko in the bottom half, and the major leaguers tied it in the third when Ben Zobrist tripled and scored on Jose Altuves grounder.Nobuhiro Matsuda led off the eighth with a homer off Wada, a former teammate, that made it 7-3. Zobrist doubled in the bottom half and scored on Robinson Canos single.Iwakuma allowed five runs and 10 hits in four innings.Kaneko, the winner, gave up three runs and three hits in five innings, struck out five and walked two. Tomomi Takahashi retired the side in the ninth, completing a six-hitter.You want to represent MLB well, Morneau said. Whether were playing basketball or checkers against my wife. In the end it comes down to wanting to win. Were here to win the series. We know what we are up against, so well try to come out tomorrow and hit the ball well, so we can win the next game and go from there.NOTES: Kansas City RHP Jeremy Guthrie will start Game 3 on Saturday, while Rakuten Eagles RHP Takahiro Norimoto will take the mound for Japan. J. C. Ramirez Jersey . Kuper, a fifth-round pick in Denvers 2006 draft, started 79 games at guard over eight seasons. 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The Barcelona man is viewed as the future of the Brazilian national team, and he made quite an introduction for himself at last summers Confederations Cup, scoring four goals in the tournament and helping Brazil to a 3-0 win over Spain in the final, which earned him recognition as the best player in the competition. Experienced players such as Ronaldinho, Kaka and Robinho were left off the Confederations Cup roster, and were replaced by youngsters Fred and Hulk, who will help Neymar with the scoring onus. Scolari has a plethora of options in midfield with creative players like Chelsea trio Ramires, Oscar and Willian, while Inter Milans Hernanes is another offensive option. Defensively, experienced goalkeeper Julio Cesar will anchor a group that includes David Luiz, Thiago Silva and Dante as options in the middle, while full backs Dani Alves and Marcelo give the team plenty going forward in two- way roles. 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