South Korea advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic, defeating Australia 7-2 on Monday at the Tokyo Dome. The South Koreans join Japan and Shohei Ohtani, who had already advanced from Pool C.

South Korea, Australia and Taiwan all finished group play with records of 2-2. South Korea advanced through a complicated tiebreaking system that came down to it needing to beat Australia by five runs or more.

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