2013 World Baseball Classic Pool B

Baseball competition Pool B of the First Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung, Taiwan from March 2 to 5, 2013. Pool B was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool 1. Standings main WL percentage runs yes Tiebreakers complete TPE, NED, KOR, AUS 2 1 14 7 H Chinese Taipei 0.235 TQB, Netherlands 0.000 TQB, South Korea -0.235 TQB 2 1 12 9 TPE 2 1 9 7 TPE 0 3 2 14 TPE NED KOR AUS CH CH WC Q green1 Advance to second roundQualification for 2017 World Baseball Classic blue1 Qualification for 2017 World Baseball Classic Pool B MVP: TPE Dai-Kang Yanghttp://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130307&content_id=42385700&vkey=news_t843&c_id=t843 MLB.com March 7, 2013 Jason Coskrey Second round set in Tokyo with four talented clubs Results All times are Taiwan National Standard Time (UTC+08:00). Chinese Taipei 4, Australia 1 March 2 12:30 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium AUS AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 TPE TPE 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 10 0 Chien-Ming Wang (1−0) Chris Oxspring (0−1) Hung-wen Chen (1) Stefan Welch (1) Cheng-min Peng (1) 20,035 (100.2%) HP − Kenjiro Mori, 1B − Lance Barksdale, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Cesar Valdes http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_02_ausint_tpeint_1&mode=box Netherlands 5, South Korea 0 March 2 19:30 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium KOR KOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 NED NED 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 X 5 10 0 Diego Markwell (1−0) Suk-min Yoon (0−1) 1,085 (5.4%) HP − Paul Emmel, 1B − Lance Barksdale, 2B − Trevor Grieve, 3B − Cesar Valdes http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_02_korint_nedint_1&mode=box The Netherlands earned their first win against 2009 finalists South Korea. South Korea committed four errors while accumulating a run deficit in the pool that would eventually lead to their elimination on tiebreakers. Chinese Taipei 8, Netherlands 3 March 3 14:30 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium NED NED 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 TPE TPE 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 X 8 7 1 Wei-lun Pan (1–0) Tom Stuifbergen (0–1) Dai-Kang Yang (1) 22,689 (113.4%) HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Cesar Valdes, 2B − Paul Emmel, 3B − Kenjiro Mori http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_03_nedint_tpeint_1&mode=box Overcoming an early deficit, Chinese Taipei scored a convincing win over the Netherlands, putting it into a commanding position as it went into the pool's final game against South Korea. South Korea 6, Australia 0 March 4 18:30 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium KOR KOR 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 11 0 AUS AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 Seung-jun Song (1–0) Ryan Searle (0–1) 1,481 (7.4%) HP − Greg Gibson, 1B − Paul Emmel, 2B − Trevor Grieve, 3B − Cesar Valdes http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_04_korint_ausint_1&mode=box Netherlands 4, Australia 1 March 5 12:30 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium AUS AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 2 NED NED 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 8 1 Rob Cordemans (1–0) Dushan Ruzic (0–1) Loek van Mil (1) Jonathan Schoop (1) 1,113 (5.6%) HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Kenjiro Mori, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Trevor Grieve http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_05_ausint_nedint_1&mode=box The Netherlands took an early lead and did not relinquish it. With the win, the Netherlands clinched at least a three-way tie for the two second-round berths, and its favorable position with respect to tiebreakers meant that it was assured of advancing regardless of the outcome of the final game between Chinese Taipei and South Korea. South Korea 3, Chinese Taipei 2 March 5 19:30 Intercontinental Baseball Stadium TPE TPE 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 KOR KOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 X 3 8 1 Won-sam Jang (1–0) Hong-Chih Kuo (0–1) Seung-hwan Oh (1) Jung-ho Kang (1) 23,431 (117.2%) HP − Paul Emmel, 1B − Greg Gibson, 2B − Kenjiro Mori, 3B − Trevor Grieve http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_05_tpeint_korint_1&mode=box South Korea went into the final game needing not only to win (which would cause a three-way tie for the two second-round berths) but to win by at least five runs in order to have a chance of advancing on tiebreakers. Although Chinese Taipei lost its 2−0 lead in Korea's three-run eighth-inning rally, and then lost the game, they emerged as winners of the pool and of the second-round berth since Korea's margin of victory was only one run. See also List of sporting events in Taiwan References External links Official website Pool B World Baseball Classic Pool B Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Taiwan World Baseball Classic Pool B Category:Sport in Taichung