Baseball-Taiwan, Netherlands advance in World Baseball Classic (Reuters)

March 5 (Reuters) – Taiwan and the Netherlands advanced to the second round of the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday, joining Japan and Cuba for the next phase of the elite, 16-team tournament in Tokyo. Baltimore Orioles prospect Jonathan Schoop belted a two-run homer to lead the Dutch team to a 4-1 victory over Australia for their second win in Pool B round-robin play in Taichung, Taiwan. Taiwan also advanced in Pool B despite losing 3-2 to 2009 finalists South Korea, who could not overcome an earlier 5-0 loss to the Netherlands and were eliminated by a tiebreaker. …