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South Korea slams China 10-1 in WBC
(AP)
Updated: 2006-03-04 14:41
South Korea beat China 10-1 in the World Baseball Classic on Saturday,
closing in on a trip to the second round of the 16-nation tournament.
South Korea's Lee
Seung-Yeop rounds bases after hitting a two-run homer off China's starter
Chen Kun in the third inning of their Asia Round game in the World
Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Saturday, March 4, 2006.
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Lee Seung-yeop homered twice, drove in five runs and finished with four hits
for South Korea, which improved to 2-0 in the inaugural WBC. South Korea shut
out Taiwan 2-0 Friday behind pitchers Jae-Weong Seo of the Los Angeles Dodgers
and Chan Ho Park of the San Diego Padres.
A victory by Japan over China's Taiwan later Saturday would send South Korea
— and Japan — to the next round in Anaheim, Calif., from March 12-16.
Lee hit a two-run homer off China starter Chen Kun in the third inning and
added a solo shot in the eighth at Tokyo Dome. Lee also drove in the first run
of the game with a sacrifice fly and made it 6-0 with an RBI single in the
sixth.
Lee, who holds the Asian record of 56 homers in a season, signed with the
Yomiuri Giants in Japan after spending two seasons with the Chiba Lotte Marines
of Japan's Pacific League.
The Giants play their home games at Tokyo Dome and are expecting big things
from Lee this season.
South Korea starter Son Min-han earned the win by giving up one hit and
striking out three in four scoreless innings.
China (0-2) got on the scoreboard with a homer by outfielder Yang Shuo in the
top of the eighth.
Attendance for the game, which started at 11:00 a.m. local time, was 3,925.
All Group A games are being played in Japan. The top two teams advance to the
second round to play the top two teams from Group B, which includes the United
States, Canada, Mexico and South Africa.
Japan defeated China 18-2 on Friday.
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