2012 Asia Series
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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Perth Heat |
2011–12 ABL champions | Perth, Australia |
| China Baseball League |  China Stars |
2012 CBL champions | China |
| Chinese Professional Baseball League |  Lamigo Monkeys |
2012 CPBL champions | Taoyuan, Taiwan |
| Korea Baseball Organization |  Samsung Lions |
2012 KBO champions | Daegu, South Korea |
| Korea Baseball Organization | Lotte Giants |
Hosts | Busan, South Korea |
| Nippon Professional Baseball |  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 | Lamigo Monkeys |
2 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 17 | 1 |
| 2 | Samsung Lions |
1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 3 | China Stars |
0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamigo Monkeys | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | 14 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 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: : Lin Chih-sheng (1), Chen Chin-feng (1), Shih Chih-wei (1): NoneBoxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 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: : None: Lin Hung-Yu (1)Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 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 | Yomiuri Giants |
2 | 0 | 1.000 | - | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | Lotte Giants |
1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Perth Heat |
0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lotte Giants | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri Giants | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 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
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 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: : Kazunari Sanematsu (1): Lin Chih-sheng (2)Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- 2011–12 Australian Baseball League season
- 2012 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
- 2012 Korea Baseball Organization season
- 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season
References
- "2012 Asia Series Schedule Announced". Baseball deWorld. Retrieved 22 August 2012.