S. Korea falls to Australia to open regional baseball tournament

What happened: South Korea lost 7-8 to Australia in its opening game of the Asia Professional Baseball Championship at Tokyo Dome, despite rallying from a 4-0 deficit to lead 6-4. Key numbers: Final score 7-8. South Korea scored six runs in the sixth inning. Kim Do-yeong led the KBO with 45 home runs this year. South Korea faces Japan at 7 p.m. Friday and Taiwan at 7 p.m. Saturday. Why it matters: Australia scored four runs over the final two innings to win. South Korea finished as runner-up in the first two editions of the tournament, both won by Japan.

South Korea lost 7-8 to Australia in its opening game of the Asia Professional Baseball Championship at Tokyo Dome, despite rallying from a 4-0 deficit to lead 6-4.

Australia scored four runs over the final two innings to win. South Korea finished as runner-up in the first two editions of the tournament, both won by Japan.