YOKOHAMA, Japan :The United States restrained its excitement after defeating defending champions South Korea 7-2 on Thursday with a barrage of sixth-inning singles, as it looks ahead to a clash with Japan in baseball's first Olympic gold-medal game in 13 years.Saturday's title match-up will for the first time
YOKOHAMA, Japan :The United States restrained its excitement after defeating defending champions South Korea 7-2 on Thursday with a barrage of sixth-inning singles, as it looks ahead to a clash with Japan in baseball's first Olympic gold-medal game in 13 years.
"We're going to enjoy this one tonight but we have one goal in mind: to win a gold medal. This is what we came to do," said U.S. third baseman Todd Frazier, 35, one of those long-time former Major Leaguers the U.S. brought on for the Olympic run. On Thursday, that golden rally never came and they dropped to the bronze-medal game against the Dominican Republic at 0300 GMT on Saturday. The gold game begins 1000 GMT.
Under the tournament's unusual format, South Korea have played six Olympic games, two more than Japan and one more than the United States. But South Korea used five different relievers in the sixth inning as the United States broke open the game. The Americans slashed three run-scoring singles and added another run on a fielder's choice to build a commanding 7-1 lead.
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