Seiya Suzuki missed Japan's 2023 World Baseball Classic title run with an oblique injury, with the team marking his absence by hanging his No. 51 jersey above the bench in the dugout. In Japan's 8-6 win against Korea on Saturday at Tokyo Dome,

In Kim’s slump, some of Korea’s other stars have stepped up in a big way. Bo Gyeong Moon has been one of the most influential players in the tournament so far, having two homers and 11 RBIs with a .538 batting average and a 1.779 OPS through his four games.

South Korea blew an early lead and lost to the defending champion Japan 8-6 at the World Baseball Classic (WBC) on Saturday. South Korea scored three times in the top of the first inning at Tokyo Dome but its pitchers couldn't keep the team in front.

Korea began its week celebrating home runs by spreading their arms wide as if they were on an airplane, carrying an inflatable "M" to stand for Miami. On Monday night, needing a win against Australia and for everything to go exactly right,

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.

In the WBC’s first game on Monday, South Korea beat Australia 7-2 to reach the quarterfinals from Pool C. That gave South Korea a 2-2 record in pool play, identical to Australia and Chinese Taipei — and South Korea’s seventh run against the Aussies swung the run-quotient tiebreaker in their favor.

Two of Asia’s baseball powerhouses collide as Japan takes on the Republic of Korea in a heated rivalry matchup at the 2026 World Baseball Classic, with both teams looking to gain an edge in pool play.

After an exciting first full day of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, Saturday provided even more memorable moments as pool play continued. The United States and Puerto Rico were among the teams in action,