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	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

8 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium

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) : None Boxscore

9 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium

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

10 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium

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

8 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium

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

9 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium

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

10 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium

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

11 November 14:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium

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

External links

• Official Website
• Official Facebook