UPDATE: U.S. beats Japan in baseball It's over: The United States beat Japan 4-2 in 11 innings in a game that just ended in Beijing.

Jason Donald (Buchanan High) scored the game's first run in the top of the 11th. He started the inning at second base in the international tiebreaker rule.

U.S.-Japan rematch set for softball goldBEIJING, China - The U.S. softball team will face Japan on Thursday at 3:30 a.m. PDT in the gold-medal game after Japan rebounded from a semifinal loss to the Americans.