Korea beats the odds to reach WBC knockout stage after miraculous win over Australia — as it happened

Thomas McCarthy
CHO YONG-JUN
JIM BULLEY
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Korean players celebrate the 7-2 win over Australia to reach the knockout round of the World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 9.
Korean players celebrate the 7-2 win over Australia to reach the knockout round of the World Baseball Classic at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 9.

Korea's Kim Hye-seong reacts during the sixth inning of a World Baseball Classic game against Taiwan at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 8. [AP/YONHAP]
Korea's Kim Hye-seong reacts during the sixth inning of a World Baseball Classic game against Taiwan at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 8.

BY JIM BULLEY, CHO YONG-JUN AND THOMAS MCCARTHY [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr]

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