Overview
- South Korea beat Australia 7-2 at the Tokyo Dome, achieving the required five-run margin to move on from a three-way tie with Australia and Taiwan.
- Bo Gyeong Moon drove in four runs for South Korea, which reached the quarterfinals after three straight group-stage exits.
- Japan edged Australia 4-3 behind a seventh-inning, two-run homer by Masataka Yoshida, clinching first place in Group C.
- Japan’s 8-6 win over South Korea featured four home runs, including two by Seiya Suzuki and one by Shohei Ohtani a day after his grand slam against Taiwan.
- Japan faces the Czech Republic next in Tokyo to wrap group play, and quarterfinals in Miami will pit South Korea against the Venezuela–Dominican Republic winner on Friday, with Japan set to meet the loser on Saturday.