It will take one more win to punch a ticket to San Francisco. But of course nothing’s secured yet for Team Japan.
After a nail-biting 4-3 extra-inning victory over Taiwan in their first game of the World Baseball Classic’s second round on Friday, the two-time reigning champion Japan will face the Netherlands on Sunday at Tokyo Dome.
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