How did South Korea beat Thailand in Asian Games baseball?

South Korea won 18-1 in Group B at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Baseball Stadium. The offense included grand slams by Park Jae-hyun and Park Jun-soon, and the game ended under the mercy rule.

What does South Korea's win over Thailand mean for its Asian Games baseball run?

The victory gave South Korea its third straight group-stage win and secured a spot in the Super Round. South Korea will face the top two qualifiers from Group A for a chance to reach the medal round.

Who stood out for South Korea against Thailand in the Asian Games baseball game?

Park Jae-hyun and Park Jun-soon each hit a grand slam. Oh Won-seok also stood out on the mound, allowing no runs over four innings while striking out seven.

S. Korea clobbers Thailand to reach next phase in baseball

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Summary

South Korea crushed Thailand 18-1 in Nagoya, Japan, on Wednesday to extend its winning streak to three games at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games baseball tournament. Park Jae-hyun and Park Jun-soon each hit a grand slam in Group B play at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Baseball Stadium. The win clinched South Korea a place in the Super Round. Thailand scored once, and the game ended by mercy rule.

Key Facts

South Korea finished the group phase with three straight wins and advanced to the Super Round.
Park Jae-hyun hit a grand slam in the second inning, and Park Jun-soon added another in the fourth.
South Korea scored three runs in the first inning, three more in the third, and eight in the fourth.
Starter Oh Won-seok threw four scoreless innings and struck out seven.
The tournament uses a mercy rule that ends a game if a team leads by at least 15 runs after five innings or 10 runs after seven innings.

By Yonhap

Published Sep 23, 2026 3:05 pm KST

South Korean player Park Jae-hyun celebrates with teammates after hitting a grand slam during the second inning of a Group B preliminary-round game against Thailand at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Okazaki Central Park Baseball Stadium in Okazaki, Wednesday. Yonhap

NAGOYA, Japan — The four-time defending champion South Korea ran its baseball winning streak to three games at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, with a comfortable, 18-1 victory over Thailand.

Park Jae-hyun and Park Jun-soon each smoked a grand slam in Group B action at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Baseball Stadium in Okazaki, some 50 kilometers southeast of the main host city Nagoya, Japan, though South Korea gave up a run for the first time in the tournament.

By winning all three games in the group phase, South Korea booked a spot in the Super Round, where it will face the top two qualifiers out of Group A for a chance to compete for a medal.

Super Round games will be played Friday and Saturday, followed by the gold medal game Sunday at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium in Toyohashi, some 85 km southeast of Nagoya.

South Korea scored three times in the bottom of the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Roh Si-hwan and a two-run home run by Moon Bo-gyeong.

Park Jae-hyun's grand slam pushed the South Korean lead to 7-0 in the second inning. South Korea tacked on three more runs in the third.

The onslaught continued with an eight-run fourth inning, highlighted by Park Jun-soon's grand slam.

Thailand got a run in the top of the fifth but the game ended on a mercy rule. In this tournament, games are declared over if a team leads by at least 15 runs after five innings or 10 runs after seven innings.

Starter Oh Won-seok tossed four scoreless frames and struck out seven.

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