Philippines v Thailand (8-2) - Baseball Highlights - World Baseball Classic [15 11 2012]

Baseball classic qualifying the Philippines taken on Thailand and Major League veteran Johnny Damon playing for Team Thailand Damon's mother is Thai batting third as the DH. First at bat bottom one on a full count pitch. John John Roble throws up and in for the wild pitch. Damon walks and that puts runners on the corners. Next batter is Joseph Daru as he hits the ground ball. Ryan Pineda flips it to Janelle Pereja but he is taken out by Damon on the hard slide. Bringing the Major League intensity here. A run scores to make it 1-0 Thailand. Bottom two now. It is some stock at the plate. He hits the fly ball deep left field. Saxone Omondek goes back and he makes the leaping catch just in front of the wall to end the inning. Bottom three. Oppie chopped the ground ball down the first baseline. How about the play by Leighton Pangilinan to record the out. What a play by Pangilinan as he gloves this one in foul ground flips it to Robles and the out is recorded. Top four. Runners on the corners for Alex Rosales. He shoots the gap and right center field against Gamalpon. It's an RBI double scoring Andres Vasquez and our game is tied at one run apiece. Still top four. Now 2-1 after a balk. Devin Ramirez adds to the lead. RBI single to center to score Rosales and it's now 3-1 Philippines. Let's move top five. Fernando Laurel hits one down the left field line into the corner it goes. It's an RBI double to score Vasquez and it's now a 4-1 Philippines lead. Bottom five. Second and third one away for Damon. But Wadimir Egea gets Damon to pop out the second and then Oppie Chott is doubled off second base to put a very sudden end to the inning. Damon goes one for three with a balk but Thailand falls to the Philippines. A two year final. Thailand makes seven errors in the loss. The Philippines into the winner's bracket. They will take on the victor of New Zealand and Chinese Taipei.