Asia-Pacific Zone Representatives Seoul, Korea becomes back-to-back
Pony-13 World Series Champions, after defeating the West Zone’s Champion
Placentia, California 9-0 at York Field in Whittier, California. The game was
highlighted by Seoul’s combined no-hitter by pitchers, D.H. Lee and J.W. Moon.
Lee did the bulk of the work, going 6.1 innings, striking out nine and walking
just one batter.
Seoul’s leadoff man J.W. Moon got on base after getting hit
by a pitch to start off the game. A few batters later, S.J. Park launched a
bomb to right field and brought in Moon for the early 1-0 lead after the first
inning.
Moon came up to bat in the fourth with D.H. Lee on third base. Moon hit a ball
the Placentia shortstop couldn’t control, and D.H. Lee crossed home to give
Seoul a 2-0 lead after four innings.
S.J. Park kept the scoring going for Seoul in the fifth
inning with a double to right field. Park’s double allowed J.W. Lee and D.C.
Kim to score the third and fourth runs for Seoul.
D.H. Lee was dealing on the mound for Seoul. D.H. Lee was
perfect in the ballgame until he walked a batter in the top of the sixth
inning. Placentia was unable to do
anything with the runner, though and left him stranded on first.
When Seoul came up to bat in the sixth, leadoff man J.H. Kim was able to get on
base with T.K. Yeo coming to bat.
Yeo smacked a ball out of the Placentia right fielder and rounded the bases for
a triple that brought J.H. Kim home to score. Two more runs came across to
score a couple batters later, making it a 7-0 lead for Seoul.
Seoul tallied a total of five runs in the sixth inning and put the game out of
reach for Placentia.
S.J. Park led the way with his bat for Seoul. He hit 2-for-4, driving in two
runners and scoring twice in the championship game win.
Seoul’s 9-0 win earned them their second-straight Pony-13
World Series title at York Field in Whittier. Following the game, D.H. Lee was
awarded the Easton ERA Award, after finishing the tournament with a 0.00 ERA on
8.1 innings pitched. J.W. Lee won the Wilson Sports Batting Championship, after
finishing the P13WS with a .571 batting average.
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