(WBC) Australia drops to Japan, keeps S. Korea hope aliveBy Yoo Jee-ho TOKYO, March 12 (Yonhap) -- Australia suffered its first loss of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) on Sunday against Japan, a result that gave South Korea hope of advancing to the next stage. Australia took a 7-1 loss in Pool B action at Tokyo Dome on Sunday to fall to 2-1 for the competition. South Korea defeated the Czech Republic 7-3 earlier Sunday to improve to 1-2. The Czech Republic fell to 1-2. Japan became the first Pool B team to qualify for the quarterfinals following the Czech Republic's loss, and put the icing on the cake by beating Australia to finish at 4-0.

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