South Korea lost to Chinese Taipei 5-4 in extra innings at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) on Sunday, coming out on the wrong end of a back-and-forth battle with multiple lead changes. Chinese Taipei broke a 4-4 tie in the top of the 10th and stranded the tying run at second in the bottom half of that

Day 5 of the 2026 World Baseball Classic started with a near-cycle and a whole lot of math. South Korea’s Bo Gyeong Moon rocketed a 430-foot homer to open the scoring gates at the Tokyo Dome and then added an RBI double and an RBI single to help his team establish a 5-0 lead over Australia in a must-win game in Pool C action on Monday.

The 2026 World Baseball Classic kicked off on Wednesday with two games in Pool C. Australia earned the first win of the tournament by defeating Chinese Taipei at the Tokyo Dome. Here are the updated standings and results after the first day of action.

TOKYO, March 9 (Yonhap) -- Having dropped two straight games after an opening win at the World Baseball Classic (WBC), South Korea is faced with a number-crunching situation in its final first-round game against Australia set for Monday evening.

The 2026 World Baseball Classic gets one of its marquee games on Monday when the United States takes on rival Mexico. Both teams are 2-0 in Pool B. In the WBC’s first game on Monday, South Korea beat Australia 7-2 to reach the quarterfinals from Pool C.