The final Olympic baseball tournament -- at least for eight years -- concluded with a shift in power as unheralded South Korea defeated three-time gold medalist Cuba in the gold medal game.

Some were remembered for their effort, others for their execution, but here are the most entertaining plays from the Olympic baseball tournament.

South Korea finishes a perfect 9-0 by beating Cuba 3-2 for gold. It would be South Korea's best finish in Olympic baseball.

The United States claimed one of the final three Olympic baseball medals when it won bronze. It may be the last chance for one of its kind, as baseball will not be played in 2012.

Cuba's Alexei Bell hit a three-run homer to give Cuba the win in the semifinal showdown.

Cuba got to U.S. starter Stephen Strasburg early and knocked him out of the game after four innings. It then put an exclamation point on its win with a six-run eighth inning.

Cuba used a six-run eighth inning to send the United States to the bronze medal game and propel itself to its fifth-straight gold-medal game appearance.

South Korea scored four in the eighth inning to defeat Japan and advance to the gold-medal final. Japan, never having won a baseball gold medal, will play for the bronze.