Japan edges out Korea 8-6 in World Baseball Classic nail-biter — as it happened

Thomas McCarthy
JIM BULLEY
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Korea's Kim Hye-seong reacts after getting struck out during the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic game between Korea and Japan at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 7. [AP/YONHAP]
Korea's Kim Hye-seong reacts after getting struck out during the eighth inning of a World Baseball Classic game between Korea and Japan at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 7.

Korea's Lee Jung-hoo in action during the second inning of a World Baseball Classic game between Korea and Czechia in Tokyo on March 5. [AP/YONHAP]
Korea's Lee Jung-hoo in action during the second inning of a World Baseball Classic game between Korea and Czechia in Tokyo on March 5.

BY JIM BULLEY AND THOMAS MCCARTHY [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr]

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