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Imperialism32 · 06-24-2020, 12:19 PM

March 21, 1961

South Korea, Netherlands Sweep Their Way To Finals

For the second straight year, the host nation will be in the finals of the World Baseball Championship. And also for the second straight year, so will South Korea.

Last year's hosts and runners-up, the South Korean team advanced with a 1-0 shutout win on the arm of Soo-Keun Bae, who has been even better than last year. In four WBC starts, Bae is 4-0 with a 1.10 ERA, having allowed just 15 hits while striking out 29 and walking 5 in 32.2 innings.

"It's unfinished business," he said after the game. "We can't change what happened last year, but we can make a different kind of history now."

To do so they'll have to do what the Dominican Republic did last year and get it done in enemy territory. The Netherlands dispatched Team France 7-2 to earn their spot in the finals. Their ace, Boris Sanders, has been just about as good as Bae: 32 innings, 24 hits, 40 strikeouts, 6 walks, and a 1.69 ERA. The two would be slated to meet in Game 3 of the championship series, if necessary.

06-24-2020, 12:19 PM	#112
Imperialism32 Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 341	March 21, 1961 South Korea, Netherlands Sweep Their Way To Finals For the second straight year, the host nation will be in the finals of the World Baseball Championship. And also for the second straight year, so will South Korea. Last year's hosts and runners-up, the South Korean team advanced with a 1-0 shutout win on the arm of Soo-Keun Bae, who has been even better than last year. In four WBC starts, Bae is 4-0 with a 1.10 ERA, having allowed just 15 hits while striking out 29 and walking 5 in 32.2 innings. "It's unfinished business," he said after the game. "We can't change what happened last year, but we can make a different kind of history now." To do so they'll have to do what the Dominican Republic did last year and get it done in enemy territory. The Netherlands dispatched Team France 7-2 to earn their spot in the finals. Their ace, Boris Sanders, has been just about as good as Bae: 32 innings, 24 hits, 40 strikeouts, 6 walks, and a 1.69 ERA. The two would be slated to meet in Game 3 of the championship series, if necessary.