Korea earned an Olympic gold medal in 2008 and a bronze in 2000. It played and lost the third-place game in 1988. It's the third Nation to qualify after Japan and Israel
Mexico took the lead in the top of the fifth on a two-run homer by Jonathan Jones. In the bottom half of the frame, 11 Korean batters produced seven runs.
Japanese baseball legends Kazushige Nagashima and Koji Uehara participated in the event. Hublot raised 1.8 million yen as a donation to the typhoon-stricken area in Chiba.
Scott Brosius praised Wu Sheng-Feng performance today: “The starting pitcher for Chinese Taipei threw a great game today, very difficult to score on, so it became a game where only one big swing could decide the game."
“Premier12 is extremely important to international baseball, providing the opportunity for teams to compete in a high-level, international event,” said Mr Masatake Yamanaka, President of the Baseball Federation of Japan