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Kubasaki left-hander Luka Koja delivers during Friday's 14-7 loss at American School In Japan.

Kubasaki left-hander Luka Koja delivers during Friday's 14-7 loss at American School In Japan. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

TOKYO – Billed as a rematch of last spring’s Far East Division I Baseball Tournament final, a four-game, two-day weekend at American School In Japan’s Mustang Valley did not go the way Kubasaki had hoped.

The Dragons took two on the chin from host American School In Japan, 14-7 and 13-4, on Friday. Then after the Dragons topped St. Mary’s 6-4, ASIJ rallied from a 4-0 deficit to edge Kubasaki 5-4 in nine innings on Saturday.

Despite the 1-3 outcome, Dragons players and coaches said they welcomed the chance to play somebody besides Kadena, their lone American foe on Okinawa.

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