2013 East Asian Games
The 2013 East Asian Games were the sixth East Asian Games, but the first to feature baseball. They were held in Tianjin, China.
Host People's Republic of China finished 4-2 in the round-robin and outscored opponents 54-19 but lost the Bronze Medal game, 4-0, to Taiwan, who they had topped in the round-robin.
Guam was 2-4, with 39 runs scored and 63 allowed, to finish 5th.
Hong Kong placed 6th at 1-5, outscored 75-24.
Japan won the gold, going 5-1 with 76 runs to 14 allowed in the round-robin, their lone loss coming to Taiwan. They then beat South Korea 4-2 in the Gold Medal game.
Mongolia lost all six games, by a total margin of 150-1.
South Korea went 5-1 in the round-robin, with a 82-12 run differential, but lost the Gold Medal game to Japan.
Chinese Taipei was 4-2 in the round-robin, with 66 runs scored and only 9 allowed, with an odd combo of beating #1 Japan and losing to #4 China.
See Also 2013 East Asian Games (Rosters).
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