The Korean national baseball team failed to advance to the final of the 30th Asian Baseball Championship.
The Korean national team, composed of professional and amateur unions led by Information Myung (coach Dongui University), lost to Japan 2-5 in the second round of the tournament held at Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan, on the 9th.
South Korea, which lost 0-4 to Taiwan in the group stage and reached the super round as second in the group with one loss, beat the Philippines 8-2, but failed to overcome Japan, so it only had one win and two losses in the super round.
Japan won three games to reach the final, and Taiwan beat the Philippines 2-1 to take second place in the super round with 2-1 and will face Japan at 7:30 p.m. on the 10th for the championship.
South Korea will play the third-place match against the Philippines at 1:30 p.m. on the 10th.
In the game against Japan, Korea gave the winning run to starting pitcher Lee Byung-hun (Doosan Bears) with a wild pitch with two outs and runners on second and third base in the third inning, 0-0, and was dragged to 0-2 after Ryuga Ihara hit a timely hit.
In the fourth inning, he gave up consecutive hits with one out and runners on the first and third bases, falling to 0-4. 토토사이트 추천
In the fifth inning, with one out and runners on the second and third bases, South Korea followed with a groundout by Jung Joon-jae (Dongkuk University) and chased Kim Bum-seok (LG Twins) 2-4 in the eighth inning.
Kim Bum-seok’s home run is Taipei Dome’s first home run, which opened for the tournament.
However, South Korea gave one more point in the bottom of the eighth inning, kneeling by three points.