TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 05: Rixon Wingrove #52 of Team Australia hits a single in the sixth inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Chinese Taipei and Australia at Tokyo Dome on March 05, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 05: Rixon Wingrove #52 of Team Australia hits a single in the sixth inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Chinese Taipei and Australia at Tokyo Dome on March 05, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

Australia's Robbie Perkins (R) celebrates his two-run home run with teammate Tim Kennelly (L) in the fifth inning of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Pool C first round game between Australia and Taiwan at the Tokyo Dome on March 5, 2026. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP via Getty Images)

Australia's Robbie Perkins (L) takes his home run in the fifth inning of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Pool C first round game between Australia and Taiwan at the Tokyo Dome on March 5, 2026. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP via Getty Images)

Australia's Robbie Perkins (R) celebrates his two-run home run with teammate Tim Kennelly (L) in the fifth inning of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Pool C first round game between Australia and Taiwan at the Tokyo Dome on March 5, 2026. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP via Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 05: Robbie Perkins #9 (R) of Team Australia celebrates with coach Andrew Graham #17 after hitting a two RBI home run in the fifth inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Chinese Taipei and Australia at Tokyo Dome on March 05, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. Rixon Wingrove #52 scored on the play. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 05: Robbie Perkins #9 of Team Australia celebrates with Rixon Wingrove #52 after hitting a two RBI home run in the fifth inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Chinese Taipei and Australia at Tokyo Dome on March 05, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. Rixon Wingrove #52 scored on the play. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 05: Chieh-Hsien Chen #24 of Team Chinese Taipei is attended to by team medical staff after getting hit by a pitch from Jack O'Loughlin #37 of Team Australia in the sixth inning during the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool C game between Chinese Taipei and Australia at Tokyo Dome on March 05, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)