Shohei Ohtani hit his first home run of the World Baseball Classic, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw four dominant innings as Japan trounced Australia 7-1 on Sunday to finish Pool B play with four wins out of four.Japan will next face Pool A runner-up Italy in Thursday's quarterfinal game at Tokyo Dome. Australia fell to a 2-1 win-loss record and will take on the Czech Republic on Monday for a spot in the last eight.Cuba won Pool A, which was played in Taichung, Taiwan, based on tiebreaking rules after five teams finished with two wins and two losses. The Netherlands, Panama and Taiwan were eli…READ FULL ARTICLE
