Angels star has two hits and two runs and Boston’s Masataka Yoshida drives in five in a 13-4 rout of Korea; Cuba, Taiwan, Czech Republic also victorious
TOKYO — Shohei Ohtani doubled and singled for his second straight two-hit game, and Japan overcame a three-run deficit to beat South Korea 13-4 Friday night for its second straight win at the World Baseball Classic.
In Group A, Cuba beat Panama 13-4 as Yoán Moncada and Yadil Mujica drove in four runs each, and host Taiwan defeated Italy 11-7.South Korea fell to 0-2 after taking a three-run lead in the third off Yu Darvish in Tokyo.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida threw out the ceremonial first pitch, a sign of improving relations between the Asian neighbors. Kishida was a high school player and is a fan of the Central League’s Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
Panama overcame a 2-0 deficit with a four-run second, when Rubén Tejada hit a two-run homer and Allen Córdoba had a two-run single. Moncada added a two-run single in a five-run seventh and walked with the bases loaded in a two-run eighth.TAIWAN 11, ITALY 7
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