by Jim Slater LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Daisuke Matsuzaka dazzled United States batters and defending champion Japan advanced to a showdown with South Korea in the World Baseball Classic final by defeating the Americans 9-4. Monday's all-Asian title matchup at Dodger Stadium will be Japan's fifth meeting with their arch-rivals in this Classic, having split four games against the reigning Olympic champions, two each in the first and second rounds. Boston Red Sox right-handed ace Matsuzaka, the 2006...
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