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<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; Brandon Crawford scored the tiebreaking run when Nobuhiro Matsuda bobbled Adam Jones&#8217; grounder to third in the eighth inning, and the United States reached the championship game of the World Baseball Classic for the first time by beating Japan 2-1 on Tuesday night at rainy Dodger Stadium.</p><p>Andrew McCutchen drove in an early run for the U.S., which will play Puerto Rico for the title Wednesday night. Puerto Rico beat the Netherlands 4-3 in 11 innings Monday.</p><p>The World Baseball Classic final has been played in the U.S. in each of its four editions, but the home team had never made it.</p><p>The Americans only reached the semifinals once, in 2009. But this All-Star-laden roster has won two straight elimination games to earn the chance for its first crown.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">United States&#8217; Ian Kinsler hits a double during the eighth inning of a semifinal in the World Baseball Classic against Japan, in Los Angeles. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_115658498-3990c2fb827f4b4f9c0118b32aa20e13.jpg</photo0><caption0>United States&#8217; Ian Kinsler hits a double during the eighth inning of a semifinal in the World Baseball Classic against Japan, in Los Angeles. </caption0><photoCredit0>Chris Carlson | AP photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Greg Beacham</p><p>AP Sports Writer</p></bylineMeta></div>

US edges Japan 2-1, advances to WBC championship game