2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 4

Qualifier 4 of the Qualifying Round of the 2013 World Baseball Classic was held at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium, New Taipei City, Taiwan from November 15 to 18, 2012.

Night view of Taipei County Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium infield

Qualifier 4 was a modified double-elimination tournament. The winners for the first games matched up in the second game, while the losers faced each other in an elimination game. The winners of the elimination game then played the losers of the non-elimination game in another elimination game. The remaining two teams then played each other to determine the winners of the Qualifier 4.

Bracket

Preliminaries

Semifinals

Qualifier

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Philippines

8

–

Thailand

2

W1

Philippines

0

W2

Chinese Taipei

16

–

New Zealand

0

–

Chinese Taipei

10

W4

Chinese Taipei

9

W5

New Zealand

0

Lower round 1

Lower final

W3

New Zealand

10

L1

Thailand

2

L4

Philippines

6

L2

New Zealand

12

Results

• All times are Taiwan National Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Philippines 8, Thailand 2

November 15 11:30 at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philippines	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	8	12	1
Thailand	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	7
WP: Jon Jon Robles (1–0)   LP: Kamolphan Kanjanavisut (0–1) Attendance: 923 (7.4%) Umpires: HP − D.J. Reyburn, 1B − Kouichi Tanba, 2B − Mark Ripperger, 3B − David Kulhanek Boxscore

Chinese Taipei 10, New Zealand 0

November 15 18:30 at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	6	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1	8	0	X	X	X	10	11	0
WP: Yao-lin Wang (1–0)   LP: Lincoln Holdzkom (0–1) Attendance: 9,788 (78.3%) Umpires: HP − John Tumpane, 1B − Mark Ripperger, 2B − David Kulhanek, 3B − Su-won Choi Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore

New Zealand 12, Thailand 2

November 16 11:30 at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New Zealand	1	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	X	12	14	0
Thailand	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	2	4	4
WP: Makauley Fox Rolfe (1–0)   LP: Nattapong Meeboonrod (0–1) Home runs: NZL: Boss Moanaroa (1) THA: None Attendance: 1,168 (9.3%) Umpires: HP − Kouichi Tanba, 1B − Su-won Choi, 2B − D.J. Reyburn, 3B − John Tumpane Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings. Boxscore

Chinese Taipei 16, Philippines 0

November 16 18:30 at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	3	0	8	0	5	X	X	16	14	1
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	1	5
WP: Yu-Ching Lin (1–0)   LP: Ryuya Ogawa (0–1) Attendance: 10,911 (87.3%) Umpires: HP − Mark Ripperger, 1B − David Kulhanek, 2B − Su-won Choi, 3B − D.J. Reyburn Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings. Boxscore

New Zealand 10, Philippines 6

November 17 14:00 at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New Zealand	0	0	3	0	3	1	3	0	0	10	12	3
Philippines	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	6	9	7
WP: John Holdzkom (1–0)   LP: Charlie Labrador (0–1)   Sv: Lincoln Holdzkom (1) Attendance: 503 (4.0%) Umpires: HP − John Tumpane, 1B − Mark Ripperger, 2B − Su-won Choi, 3B − Kouichi Tanba Boxscore

Chinese Taipei 9, New Zealand 0

November 18 14:00 at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	6	0	0	2	0	X	9	8	0
WP: Yao-hsun Yang (1–0)   LP: John Holdzkom (1–1) Attendance: 8,163 (65.3%) Umpires: HP − D.J. Reyburn, 1B − John Tumpane, 2B − Kouichi Tanba, 3B − Mark Ripperger Boxscore

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

External links

• Official website