Cuba's leftfielder Alfredo Despaigne rounds third base past coach Primitivo Diaz after hitting a three-run homer off Japan's pitcher Takeru Imamura in the eighth inning of their World Baseball Classic first round game in Fukuoka, Japan, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Cuba's leftfielder Alfredo Despaigne rounds third base past coach Primitivo Diaz after hitting a three-run homer off Japan's pitcher Takeru Imamura in the eighth inning of their World Baseball Classic first round game in Fukuoka, Japan, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Cuba's leftfielder Alfredo Despaigne rounds third base past coach Primitivo Diaz after hitting a three-run homer off Japan's pitcher Takeru Imamura in the eighth inning of their World Baseball Classic first round game in Fukuoka, Japan, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Cuba's leftfielder Alfredo Despaigne, right, celebrates with teammate Alexei Bell at home after hitting a three-run homer off Japan's pitcher Takeru Imamura in the eighth inning of their World Baseball Classic first round game in Fukuoka, Japan, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Cuba's leftfielder Alfredo Despaigne rounds third base past coach Primitivo Diaz after hitting a three-run homer off Japan's pitcher Takeru Imamura in the eighth inning of their World Baseball Classic first round game in Fukuoka, Japan, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) ? Alfredo Despaigne hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, helping Cuba defeat two-time defending champion Japan 6-3 Wednesday to finish first in Group A of the World Baseball Classic.
Despaigne's home run off reliever Takeru Imamura at Fukuoka Dome put the game out of reach and allowed Cuba to set up a second-round showdown with Group B runner-up the Netherlands on Friday.
Yasmany Tomas hit a solo homer to left in the bottom of the third to give Cuba a 1-0 lead. Frederich Cepeda doubled in another run in the fourth, and Jose Abreu made it 3-0 on a single to left in the sixth that scored Luis Rivera from third.
Japan, which scored three runs in the ninth, will face Group B winner Taiwan in the second round at Tokyo Dome.
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