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

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Australian Baseball League |  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

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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

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### Group A

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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
8 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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)
: None
Boxscore
9 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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
10 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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

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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
8 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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
9 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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
10 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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

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11 November 14:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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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

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* 2011–12 Australian Baseball League season
* 2012 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
* 2012 Korea Baseball Organization season
* 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season

## References

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1. ^ "2012 Asia Series Schedule Announced". Baseball deWorld. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

## External links

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* 00 Su Chun-Chang
* 1 Su Chih-Hao
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