Olympics: U.S. beat South Korea to book baseball gold date with Japan

The United States scored five runs for insurance in the sixth inning, highlighted by Tyler Austin's two-run single, en route to a 7-2 win over South Korea in Olympic baseball Thursday to set up a showdown with Japan for the gold medal.With South Korea trailing 2-1, Mark Kolozvary had a one-out single with runners at the corners, allowing Todd Frazier, who had had a leadoff walk, to score.Jack Lopez had an RBI single to extend the lead, and one out and an RBI groundout later, Austin made it 7-1 with his single to center for a comfortable lead at Yokohama Baseball Stadium.Ryder Ryan worked 1-…READ FULL ARTICLE