Taipei: South Korea went from being no-hit for almost five innings to scoring nine unanswered runs in its 9-6 victory over the Dominican Republic at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier12 in Taipei on Saturday. The huge comeback win improved South Korea's record to 2-2 with one game remaining in Group B, and also kept alive the country's bid for a spot in the Super Round, open to the two best teams in the group. According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea must now beat Australia in its final opening-round game on Monday and receive help from other teams to advance in a tiebreaking scenario. South Korea did not have a hit against Dominican starter Franklyn Kilome until two outs in the fifth. But with Kilome out of the game at the start of the sixth, the silent bats came alive, with South Korea down 6-0 at that point. South Korea put up a four-spot in that inning against two relievers, with Joely Rodriguez's throwing error leading to two runs and Moon Bo-gyeong and Park Dong-won each hitting an RBI double. With the taxed bullpen keeping South Korea in the game, the hitters responded in kind with another big inning, this time scoring five times in the bottom of the eighth to turn a 6-4 deficit into a 9-6 lead. Captain Song Sung-mun came through with a run-scoring single and stole second. With two men aboard, No. 8 hitter Park Seong-han lined a triple off Diego Castillo to give South Korea its first lead of the night at 7-6. Choi Won-jun's RBI double gave South Korea more breathing room at 8-6 and Hong Chang-ki put the finishing touch with a single that scored Choi. A loss would have knocked South Korea out of contention for the Super Round even before it played its final game. Instead, South Korea once again enjoyed its eighth-inning magic in international baseball. In the bronze medal match of the 2000 Olympics, South Korea defeated Japan with an eighth inning rally. In another win over Japan in the semifinals of the 2008 Olympics, South Korea scored four times in the eighth en route to a 6-2 win. With the gold medal at stake at the 2014 Asian Games against Chinese Taipei, South Korea scored four runs in the eighth to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 6-3 victory. Park Seong-han, the newest eighth-inning hero for South Korea, said no one in his dugout gave up hope even after going down 6-0 early. "We were able to capitalize on key opportunities, and this was such an exhilarating win," Park said. "Once we got our leadoff man on in the eighth inning, we all thought we could create something. My teammates did a great job to give me a chance with runners on, and I tried to picture myself getting a hit in that situation."