Article: Korea lends a hand by beating Japan; Team USA stays alive.

Byline: Tom Haudricourt

ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Team USA is leading a charmed life in the World Baseball Classic.

For the second time in two rounds of competition, the Americans avoided elimination Wednesday night with help from another country. Korea's thrilling 2-1 victory over arch-rival Japan before 39,679 raucous fans at Angel Stadium paved the way for Team USA to advance to the semifinals.

The victory gave Korea a perfect 3-0 record in the second round and a berth in the semifinals, while Japan fell to 1-2.

All Team USA (1-1 in the second round) has to do is beat Mexico (0-2) on Thursday behind legendary Roger Clemens and its ticket is ...

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