The Philippines bowed to South Korea, 2-12, Wednesday in the 29th 2019 Asian Baseball Championship in Taichung, Taiwan,
This ended the Philippines’ bid to earn a slot to Olympic Final Qualifying Tournament next year.
The Filipinos finished with a 2-1 win-loss record to share the 1-2-3 positions in the team standings of Group B with South Korea and China.
But a better tie-break record put South Korea and China in super round, with Japan and host Chinese Taipei.
In its earlier games, the Filipino batters won over Pakistan, 11-0, and China, 1-0.
The top two finishers excluding Japan will qualify to Olympic Final Qualifying Tournament which will take place in March or April, 2020.
Philippine Amateur Baseball Association president Chito Loyzaga said the Philippines will meet Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the consolation phase.
During their game against Korea, the Koreans were already ahead, 3-1, after three innings when they erupted with seven runs in the fourth.
Lee Ju Chun, Kim Gyu Min and Park Min showed the way for the Koreans with two RBIs each.
Pitcher Francis Michael Gesmundo struck out two for Team Philippines.