S. Korea`s SK Wyverns shut out China`s Tianjin Lions in Asian Series

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TOKYO, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean baseball champions the SK Wyverns powered past their Chinese counterparts the Tianjin Lions in a mercy rule score of 15-0 on Friday, cruising toward the final of the Asian Series tournament in Japan.

The Korea Series winning team had won its opener against Japanese post-season
champions the Seibu Lions 4-3 a day earlier. The Wyverns will now face Taiwan's
Uni-President Lions over the weekend, hoping to clinch a ticket to the Sunday
final of the four-nation tournament.
The Wyverns jumped on the Chinese flagship squad in the top of the third, running
a full cycle of their batting lineup to combine a total of seven runs.
After the Wyverns scored two runs in each of the following innings, designated
hitter Kim Jae-hyun drove a three-run homer over the right fence in the seventh
to help defeat the Chinese Lions 15-0.
The game had a seventh-inning 11-run mercy rule, and the Lions failed to shorten
the lead in the bottom of the inning.
No South Korean professional team has ever captured a title in the annual series,
which began three years ago. The Wyverns have claimed the Korea Series twice on
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