Korea improved to 3-0 in qualifier play Sunday night in Yunlin, defeating an increasingly frustrated looking Mexico by the score of 6-1 and significantly damaging Mexico’s chances to advance to the Olympics in Beijing.  A focused and efficient looking Team Korea broke a closely contested 2-1 game open with a four-run bottom of the 8^th inning. Mexican starter Walter Escalante took the loss, despite keeping his team in the game through seven complete innings, allowing just two earned runs.

Left-Handed winner Kim Kwang-hyung threw six effective innings for the victory, allowing one run on five hits and walking none. The top of Korea’s order drove the team offensively–leadoff man Lee Yong-kyu reached base four times, second baseman Ko Young-min had two hits and scored twice, and twin towers Lee Seung-yop and and King-Sized favorite Lee Dae-ho drove in two runs each.