Japan defeated the United States 9-4 on Sunday night to advance to the final of the World Baseball Classic against Korea. They broke the game open in the fourth inning by scoring five runs against starter Roy Oswalt. "The significance for me to play against the United States is, of course, this is where baseball was born," Team Japan manager Tatsunori Hara. " And the fact that we won today is something that, even for the Japanese baseball world, it is something that will remain in history."