Baseball: Japan holds on for 4-3 win over WBC surprise package Australia

Masataka Yoshida turned the game around with a two-run bomb in the seventh inning Sunday as Japan battled to a 4-3 win against Australia and improved to 3-0 at the World Baseball Classic.Japan clinched a quarterfinal berth earlier in the day, when Taiwan's upset of South Korea guaranteed the defending champion a top two finish in Pool C. The win against Australia at Tokyo Dome ensured skipper Hirokazu Ibata's team will finish on top of the pool.Despite starting as the heavy favorite, Samurai Japan struggled to generate offense against a gritty Australian outfit that came into the clash unbe…READ FULL ARTICLE