After Taiwan, Japan Is Caught! South Korea Confirmed to Advance to the Final of Asian Youth Baseball Tournament
After Taiwan, Japan Is Caught! South Korea Confirmed to Advance to the Final of Asian Youth Baseball Tournament
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The Korean national youth baseball team (hereinafter, Korea), participating in the 11th Asian Youth Baseball Tournament (under 12), Japan's Matsuyama & Imabari, won 2-0 against Japan in the first game of the Super Round, ranking first in overall performance (2 wins).토토사이트
South Korea, which advanced to the Super Round with one win by beating Taiwan in the preliminary round, secured the top spot in Group A and the victory in the match against Japan, recording two overall wins. Regardless of the results of the remaining matches against China on the 28th, it confirmed its advance to the final match based on the "matched ranking method (winner's win) between teams." (Korea, Japan, 1-1, Taiwan, 1-1, China, 2 losses)
South Korea, which started Jang Ji-soo (Bonricho, Daegu) in the game against Japan, allowed only one hit until the second inning, tying the Japanese lineup.
In the bottom of the second inning, leadoff hitter Lee Jae-bin (Bucheon Buk Elementary School in Gyeonggi Province) got on base with an infield hit with a fastball, successfully stole base and advanced to the third base. He boldly tried home steal with runners on the third base with two outs, but failed to score a point.
In the top of the third inning, Jang Ji-soo caught a ground ball in front of the pitcher of Japan's No. 7 hitter Yujiro Ishizaki and threw it to the first base, but the ball fell out and went over to the fence to allow the second base. Jang Ji-soo, who was in a crisis of second base with no outs, struck out No. 8 hitter Fujiwara and Byun Yul (Dongdong Elementary School in Seoul) showed a double play to catch Ishizaki, who was heading to third base, and took two outs at once. Since then, he has faced a crisis of loading the bases with two outs due to right-handed hits by Tatei and �, infield hits by Sotaro Minnegishi, and walks by Sori Ginga, but he overcame the crisis well by handling the follow-up hitter with an infield fly.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Korea scored the first run with a left-handed hit by sixth batter Oh Seung-hwan (Seoul Dongdong Elementary School) and a double to the right-center by Jeong Yang-woo (Dongmak Elementary School in Incheon). In the ensuing attack, Jung Yang-woo, who was advancing to the third base while the opponent team's defense missed a changeable hit, boldly rushed home and scored additional points.
Even under unfavorable conditions, where the game was temporarily suspended due to heavy rain and wind, starting pitchers Jang Ji-soo, Park Sun-hong (Busan Suyeong Elementary School), and Jungwoo Kim (Gwangju Hakgang Elementary School) played a big role in winning the game by pitching scoreless against Japan. Park Sun-hong, who did not allow a hit against 10 batters during three innings and pitched well with four strikeouts, became the winning pitcher.
In this tournament, South Korea has shown off its scoreless iron wall mound for four consecutive games, beating Japan 2-0 following Hong Kong (10-0, 5th cold), Thailand (35-0, 4th cold), and Taiwan (1-0).
Meanwhile, South Korea will play its second Super Round match against China, ranked second in Group A, at Matsuyama Central Park Baseball Stadium at 10 p.m. on the 28th, and meet the winner of the Taiwan-Japan match at 14 p.m. again in the final match on the 29th.