Yu Darvish got his wish: One last trip to a Japanese mound.
over Italy on Thursday as Japan advanced to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic.
Darvish served up a homer among the two hits he allowed and struck out a batter during two innings of work in the Tokyo Dome.Darvish threw 15 of his 27 pitches for strikes in his second appearance of the tournament. He has allowed four runs -- three earned -- on five hits, a hit batter and no walks. He has two strikeouts.Japan moves on to the semifinals on Monday in Miami against the Mexico-Puerto Rico winner.
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