MIAMI — As their pitchers kept getting punched around, Korean hitters failed to mount much of a response as the team suffered a deflating loss to the Dominican Republic in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) on Friday. Korea managed just two hits in a 10-0 loss at loanDepot park in Miami, where the game was called in the seventh inning on a mercy rule. Per WBC regulations, a game can terminate early when a team takes a 15-run lead after five innings or a 10-run lead after seven innings. And this game seemed destined for an early finish as the Dominicans jumped out to a 7-0 lead after three innings, and Korea had no answer against starter Cristopher Sanchez. Korea was held hitless through the first three innings against Sanchez, the runner-up in the National League Cy Young Award voting last year. Park Dong-won's third-inning walk was the only base runner for Korea over that span. Relying on his devastating sinker-changeup mix, Sanchez struck out eight batters and induced six groundouts over five shutout innings. The left-hander struck out the last four batters he face