Park Seong-han rungs after hitting a two-run triple against the Dominican Republic during the teams' Group B game at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier12 at Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei on Nov. 16. Yonhap

Korea rallied past the Dominican Republic 9-6 at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier12 in Taipei on Saturday to keep its fading hopes alive for a spot in the next round.

Korea erased a 6-0 deficit at Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium in the Taiwanese capital to improve to 2-2 in Group B, scoring five times in the bottom eighth to complete the unlikely comeback.

No. 8 hitter Park Seong-han delivered a go-ahead, two-run triple with two outs in that big inning, with a couple more RBI hits that followed rounding out the scoring.

Korea will close out the opening round against Australia on Monday.

The top two teams from the group will advance to the Super Round, where they will be joined by the two qualifiers from Group A, Venezuela and the United States.

Korea does not control its own destiny, as it must defeat Australia and will need some help from other teams to get there. (Yonhap)