Super powerful 'Tiger Mark' mound → Choi Ji-min and Jung Hae-young flew... Next is Lee Ui-ri, catching 'Japan'
The ‘tiger ticket’ is powerful. That too is super strong. It is no exaggeration to say that the duo of Choi Ji-min (20) and Jeong Hae-young (22) brought victory to Korea. And Lee Ui-ri (21) takes over the baton.
Korea won 3-2 against Australia in the first game of the Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) 2023 held at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on the 16th through Noh Si-hwan's walk-off hit in the bottom of the 10th inning.
It wasn't an easy game. It is bound to be difficult because the scoring is not done properly. Including the 10th inning, Noh Si-hwan contributed with 3 hits and 1 RBI, and Kim Do-young had 1 hit and 2 runs. Kim Hyung-jun had 1 hit and 1 RBI, and Kim Joo-won had 2 hits and 1 RBI.
The team as a whole had 8 hits. There were three walks and one hit to the body. Relatively few points. It was a game where a big win was possible. In the 1st through 9th innings, he was stuck with 2 hits in 14 at-bats in scoring position.
Instead, the mound was high. As the pitcher held on, the overturning continued. First of all, it is selection. Moon Dong-ju pitched well in 5.2 innings, allowing 5 hits (1 home run), 4 walks, 5 strikeouts, and 2 runs. It is a pitching that is close to Quality Start (QS).
Initially, I went in with about 80 to 90 pitches. He finished with 102 pitches. Coach Ryu Joong-il said, “They said the balance in the 4th and 5th innings was very good. So we went to the 6th episode. He thought he would have to go to the 100th district. “I’m sorry for making you throw too much.”
And it's a bullpen. Kim Young-gyu (0.2 innings), Shin Min-hyuk (0 innings), Choi Ji-min (0.2 innings), Choi Seung-yong (1.2 innings), and Jeong Hae-young (1.1 innings) came up and combined for 4.1 scoreless innings. Although Shin Min-hyuk faltered with one hit and one walk, the other pitchers did the trick.
Choi Jimin is the first to catch my eye. After one out in the top of the seventh inning, Shin Min-hyuk came up and sent two runners on base. Choi Jimin came up right away. He did give a walk to the first batter, Rickson Winggrove. Bases loaded crisis.
There were no goals conceded. Alex Hall, who hit a home run in the top of the 6th inning, was treated with a fly ball to shortstop, and Clayton Campbell, who hit a timely hit in the top of the 1st inning, was dealt with a fly ball to right field. It is a successful escape from the crisis.
Choi Seung-yong came up in the top of the 8th inning and finished the 8th inning well, striking out 2. In the top of the 9th inning, he gave up 2 walks and had runners on 1st and 2nd with one out. He struck out Winggrove with runners on first and second with two outs.
Jeong Hae-young came up here. The only ‘professional finisher’ in this national team. He ended the inning by striking out Hall.
The top of the 10th inning was a game-winner with no outs and 1st and 2nd bases. Campbell struck out. Next, Christopher Burke hit a sharp ball toward third base, but Kim Do-young ended the inning by making a double play. 1.1 innings with no runs allowed. Noh Si-hwan's walk-off hit in the bottom of the 10th inning made Jeong Hae-young the winning pitcher.
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