2012 Asia Series

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The 2012 Asia Series was the sixth time the Asia Series was held. The tournament was held in Busan, South Korea, and began on 8 November 2012 with the Final held on 12 November.[1]

The tournament included six teams, a two team increase from the previous tournament. As has been the case in previous tournaments, the winners of NPB's 2012 Japan Series, Korea Baseball Organization's (KBO) 2012 Korean Series, Chinese Professional Baseball League's (CPBL) 2012 Taiwan Series and the Australian Baseball League's 2012 Championship Series qualified. The China Baseball League (CBL) returned to the Asia Series, with the 2012 Champion representing the country, and the host team, Busan's Lotte Giants, also participated in the tournament.

Participating teams

League Team Qualification Location
Australian Baseball League Australia Perth Heat 2011–12 ABL champions Perth, Australia
China Baseball League China China Stars 2012 CBL champions China
Chinese Professional Baseball League Taiwan Lamigo Monkeys 2012 CPBL champions Taoyuan, Taiwan
Korea Baseball Organization South Korea Samsung Lions 2012 KBO champions Daegu, South Korea
Korea Baseball Organization South Korea Lotte Giants Hosts Busan, South Korea
Nippon Professional Baseball Japan Yomiuri Giants 2012 NPB champions Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Format

The six teams are placed in two groups of three (see below), with each team playing two games - one against each other member of their group. The team with the best record in each group will advance to the Final.

Round-robin stage

Group A

Pos Team W L Pct. GB R RA
1 Taiwan Lamigo Monkeys 2 0 1.000 – 17 1
2 South Korea Samsung Lions 1 1 .500 1 9 3
3 China China Stars 0 2 .000 2 1 23
8 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Taiwan Lamigo Monkeys 3 0 6 1 0 4 0 X X 14 15 1
China China Stars 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1 6 1
WP: Treng Chou-hau (1-0)   LP: Luo Xia (0-1)
Home runs:
Taiwan: Lin Chih-sheng (1), Chen Chin-feng (1), Shih Chih-wei (1)
China: None
Boxscore
9 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Korea Samsung Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Taiwan Lamigo Monkeys 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 8 0
WP: Mike Loree (1-0)   LP: Bae Young-Soo (0-1)
Home runs:
South Korea: None
Taiwan: Lin Hung-Yu (1)
Boxscore
10 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
China China Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
South Korea Samsung Lions 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 9 14 0
WP: Jung In Wook (1-0)   LP: Bu Tao (0-1)
Boxscore

Group B

Pos Team W L Pct. GB R RA
1 Japan Yomiuri Giants 2 0 1.000 - 12 1
2 South Korea Lotte Giants 1 1 .500 1 6 6
3 Australia Perth Heat 0 2 .000 2 2 13
8 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Korea Lotte Giants 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 6 12 0
Australia Perth Heat 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
WP: Song Seung-Jun (1-0)   LP: Virgil Vasquez (0-1)
Boxscore
9 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Australia Perth Heat 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 4
Japan Yomiuri Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 X 7 12 1
WP: Yasunari Takagi (1-0)   LP: Anthony Claggett (0-1)
Boxscore
10 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Japan Yomiuri Giants 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 11 0
South Korea Lotte Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
WP: Hirokazu Sawamura (1-0)   LP: Ko Won Jun (0-1)
Boxscore

Final

11 November 14:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Japan Yomiuri Giants 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 10 1
Taiwan Lamigo Monkeys 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 1
WP: Ryosuke Miyaguni (1-0)   LP: Paul Phillips (0-1)
Home runs:
Japan: Kazunari Sanematsu (1)
Taiwan: Lin Chih-sheng (2)
Boxscore

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Asia Series Schedule Announced". Baseball deWorld. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

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