LOS ANGELES, March 23 (UPI) -- Daisuke Matsuzaka went 4 2/3 strong innings Sunday to lead Japan past Team USA 9-4 and into the World Baseball Classic title game in Los Angeles.
Japan will play Korea Monday night, with a chance to win its first WBC title since the event's inaugural season in 2006. Korea reached the title game with a 10-2 victory over Venezuela Saturday. Japan and Korea have split the played four games they've played against one another during the 2009 WBC.