TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Jun-Wei Zhang #37 of Team Chinese Taipei withdraws in the seventh inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Japan and Chinese Taipei at Tokyo Dome on March 6, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Jun-Wei Zhang #37 of Team Chinese Taipei high fives with infielders before his withdrawal in the seventh inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Japan and Chinese Taipei at Tokyo Dome on March 6, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

Taiwan's Jun-Wei Zhang pitches during the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Pool C first round game between Japan and Taiwan at the Tokyo Dome on March 6, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Taiwan's Tsung-Che Cheng throws the ball to the first base during the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Pool C first round game between Japan and Taiwan at the Tokyo Dome on March 6, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Japan's Sosuke Genda reacts after hitting a singes during the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Pool C first round game between Japan and Taiwan at the Tokyo Dome on March 6, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Pinch hitter Taisei Makihara #5 of Team Japan avoids hit by pitch in the seventh inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Japan and Chinese Taipei at Tokyo Dome on March 6, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Teruaki Sato #7 of Team Japan is forced out after the grounder of Kensuke Kondo #8 (not pictured) in the seventh inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Japan and Chinese Taipei at Tokyo Dome on March 6, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 06: Teruaki Sato #7 of Team Japan is forced out after the grounder of Kensuke Kondo #8 (not pictured) in the seventh inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Japan and Chinese Taipei at Tokyo Dome on March 6, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)