Tetsuto Yamada's tie-breaking three-run double in the eighth inning lifted Japan into the Tokyo Olympic baseball gold medal game with an intense 5-2 win over archrival South Korea in Wednesday's semifinal.With two outs and the bases loaded, the Yakult Swallows slugger drilled a fat pitch from reliever Go Woo Suk to give Japan the lead for good at Yokohama baseball stadium."I wanted to go after the first pitch. I was just a tiny bit late on it but I still got it on the sweet spot," said Yamada, who had a hand in all five Japan runs.The South Koreans, however, still have a chance to defend th…READ FULL ARTICLE
