South Korea finished runner-up to Japan at the Premier12 baseball tournament on Sunday,... losing 5-to-3,... and failing in its bid for back-to-back titles.<br />Despite taking a 3-to-nothing lead in the first inning,... Japan rallied back to take the lead in the second inning,... and never looked back.<br />Despite losing in final,... South Korea still qualified for next year's Olympics in Tokyo.<br />The team was also awarded a 750-thousand U.S. dollar bonus for finishing second.<br />
