Team Japan sure put it all together Sunday night. But who would have thought it would earn the victory with a slugfest?
A total of 17 hits, six of them home runs. That's what Japan racked up during a 16-4 win over the Netherlands in Sunday's WBC second-round game at Tokyo Dome.
Japan had produced only a pair of extra-base hits — with zero balls over the fences — in its previous four games in the tournament.
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