Baseball: Japan tops Dominican Republic, stays unbeaten at Premier12

Japan completed its unbeaten run in the opening round of the Premier12 baseball tournament Monday with an 11-3 rout of the already eliminated Dominican Republic.Defending champion Japan topped Group B with a 5-0 record and moves to Tokyo Dome for the four-team Super Round beginning Thursday, which also includes Group B runner-up Taiwan.The Dominican Republic finished with a disappointing 1-4 record.On another rainy day at Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium, the young Samurai Japan team broke a 2-2 tie to take the lead for good in a three-run fifth inning that included back-to-back RBI singles f…READ FULL ARTICLE