Korea’s Kim Hye-sung
Celebrates with head coach Ryu Jung-il after scoring on a sacrifice fly by Noh Shi-hwan with the
bases loaded and one out in the sixth inning during the baseball super round match between Korea
and Japan at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at the Shaoxing Baseball Sports and Cultural Center near Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 5.
Ryu Joong-il’s
Team won a hard-fought game against South Korea to claim their first win of the Super Round.
Korea’s baseball team, led by head coach Ryu Jung-il, defeated Japan 2-0 in the first game of the
Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Baseball Super Round on Friday at the Shaoxing Baseball and
Softball Sports Center 1 in China.
Korea (1-1 overall), who finished the group stage with a 2-1 record and came into the Super Round
as the runner-up in Group B, improved to 1-1 in the Super Round with the win over Japan.
Korea’s starting lineup was Kim Hye-sung (second base), Choi Ji-hoon (center field), Yoon Dong-hee
(right field), Noh Si-hwan (third base), Moon Bo-kyung (first base), Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter),
Kim Joo-won (shortstop), Kim Hyung-joon (catcher), and Kim Sung-yoon (left field). The only change
from the Thailand game was the catcher.
South Korea struggled to hit Japan’s starter, Shuichiro Kaga, and had a difficult time in the game.
They were hitless through the third inning and had runners on first and third with no outs in the
fourth, but were unable to score due to sloppy play. In the fifth inning, they were unable to capitalize on their scoring chances.
Kim Hye-sung
Second baseman, scores on a single by Noh Si-hwan in the eighth inning of the baseball super round
match between South Korea and Japan at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at the Shaoxing
Baseball Sports and Cultural Center near Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 5.
The first run came in the sixth inning.
Kim Hye-sung led off with a double, and Choi Ji-hoon’s sacrifice bunt put runners on first and third.
After Yoon Dong-hee walked, Noh Si-hwan hit a sacrifice fly to put runners on first and third.
In the eighth inning, Kim Hye-sung walked and Choi Ji-hoon hit a sacrifice bunt to put runners in scoring position, making it 2-0.
With a hard-fought lead, Choi Ji-min came on in the seventh and pitched one inning of relief before
Park Young-hyun came on in the eighth and pitched two scoreless innings to close out the game.
Korean starter Park Se-woong did his part by shutting down the Japanese offense, striking out nine in six innings.
With the valuable victory, South Korea will face China at the same venue one day later on June 6. 카지노사이트존