Israel 100 000 000 1 2 8 0

Korea 000 100 000 0 1 7 0

Israel has won the opener of the 2017 World Baseball Classic. In a historic upset the WBC Qualifier winner from Brooklyn beat the 2008 Olympic Champion Korea 2-1 in 10 innings on Monday at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea.

A bases loaded walk in the first by Tyler Krieger plated Nate Freiman to give Israel a 1-0 advantage. However, Korea came back and tied the game at 1-1 in the fifth thanks to a RBI single by Geon Chang Seo.

Korea looked to beat Israel in the eighth, but Josh Zeid pitched out off a one-out, runners on the corners situation to keep his team in the game and eventually forcing extra innings. In the tenth it was a RBI single by Scott Burcham, which broke the tie.

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