2013 World Baseball Classic Pool B

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

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Pool B MVP: {{flagicon|TPE}} Dai-Kang Yang{{cite news|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130307&content_id=42385700&vkey=news_t843&c_id=t843|publisher=MLB.com|date=March 7, 2013|first=Jason|last=Coskrey|title=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=

{{Linescore

| Date = March 2

| Time = 12:30

| Location = Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

| Road = {{bb|AUS}} | RoadAbr = AUS

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 1 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 1 | RH = 5 | RE = 0

| Home = {{bb|TPE}} | HomeAbr = TPE

| H1 = 1 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 2 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 1 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 4 | HH = 10 | HE = 0

| WP = Chien-Ming Wang (1−0)

| LP = Chris Oxspring (0−1)

| SV = Hung-wen Chen (1)

| RoadHR = Stefan Welch (1)

| HomeHR = Cheng-min Peng (1)

| Attendance = 20,035 (100.2%)

| Umpires = HP − Kenjiro Mori, 1B − Lance Barksdale, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Cesar Valdes

| Notes =

| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_02_ausint_tpeint_1&mode=box

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=Netherlands 5, South Korea 0=

{{Linescore

| Date = March 2

| Time = 19:30

| Location = Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

| Road = {{bb|KOR}} | RoadAbr = KOR

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 0 | RH = 4 | RE = 4

| Home = {{bb|NED}} | HomeAbr = NED

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 1 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 2 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 2 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 5 | HH = 10 | HE = 0

| WP = Diego Markwell (1−0)

| LP = Suk-min Yoon (0−1)

| SV =

| RoadHR =

| HomeHR =

| Attendance = 1,085 (5.4%)

| Umpires = HP − Paul Emmel, 1B − Lance Barksdale, 2B − Trevor Grieve, 3B − Cesar Valdes

| Notes =

| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_02_korint_nedint_1&mode=box

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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=

{{Linescore

| Date = March 3

| Time = 14:30

| Location = Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

| Road = {{bb|NED}} | RoadAbr = NED

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 3 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 3 | RH = 1 | RE = 1

| Home = {{bb|TPE}} | HomeAbr = TPE

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 1 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 4 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 3 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 8 | HH = 7 | HE = 1

| WP = Wei-lun Pan (1–0)

| LP = Tom Stuifbergen (0–1)

| SV =

| RoadHR =

| HomeHR = Dai-Kang Yang (1)

| Attendance = 22,689 (113.4%)

| Umpires = HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Cesar Valdes, 2B − Paul Emmel, 3B − Kenjiro Mori

| Notes =

| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_03_nedint_tpeint_1&mode=box

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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=

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| Date = March 4

| Time = 18:30

| Location = Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

| Road = {{bb|KOR}} | RoadAbr = KOR

| R1 = 3 | R2 = 1 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 1 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 1 | RR = 6 | RH = 11 | RE = 0

| Home = {{bb|AUS}} | HomeAbr = AUS

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = 0 | HR = 0 | HH = 6 | HE = 1

| WP = Seung-jun Song (1–0)

| LP = Ryan Searle (0–1)

| SV =

| RoadHR =

| HomeHR =

| Attendance = 1,481 (7.4%)

| Umpires = HP − Greg Gibson, 1B − Paul Emmel, 2B − Trevor Grieve, 3B − Cesar Valdes

| Notes =

| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_04_korint_ausint_1&mode=box

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=Netherlands 4, Australia 1=

{{Linescore

| Date = March 5

| Time = 12:30

| Location = Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

| Road = {{bb|AUS}} | RoadAbr = AUS

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 0 | R4 = 0 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 1 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 1 | RH = 8 | RE = 2

| Home = {{bb|NED}} | HomeAbr = NED

| H1 = 1 | H2 = 3 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 0 | H9 = X | HR = 4 | HH = 8 | HE = 1

| WP = Rob Cordemans (1–0)

| LP = Dushan Ruzic (0–1)

| SV = Loek van Mil (1)

| RoadHR =

| HomeHR = Jonathan Schoop (1)

| Attendance = 1,113 (5.6%)

| Umpires = HP − Lance Barksdale, 1B − Kenjiro Mori, 2B − Greg Gibson, 3B − Trevor Grieve

| Notes =

| BoxURL = 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=

{{Linescore

| Date = March 5

| Time = 19:30

| Location = Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

| Road = {{bb|TPE}} | RoadAbr = TPE

| R1 = 0 | R2 = 0 | R3 = 1 | R4 = 1 | R5 = 0 | R6 = 0 | R7 = 0 | R8 = 0 | R9 = 0 | RR = 2 | RH = 9 | RE = 1

| Home = {{bb|KOR}} | HomeAbr = KOR

| H1 = 0 | H2 = 0 | H3 = 0 | H4 = 0 | H5 = 0 | H6 = 0 | H7 = 0 | H8 = 3 | H9 = X | HR = 3 | HH = 8 | HE = 1

| WP = Won-sam Jang (1–0)

| LP = Hong-Chih Kuo (0–1)

| SV = Seung-hwan Oh (1)

| RoadHR =

| HomeHR = Jung-ho Kang (1)

| Attendance = 23,431 (117.2%)

| Umpires = HP − Paul Emmel, 1B − Greg Gibson, 2B − Kenjiro Mori, 3B − Trevor Grieve

| Notes =

| BoxURL = http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_05_tpeint_korint_1&mode=box

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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.