The World Baseball Classic national team suffered a disappointing defeat against Japan’s Orix in their first official evaluation match. It was decisive that I committed 3 mistakes, and the feeling of hitting was not perfect.
This is reporter Seonghoon Lee from Osaka.
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The defense of the national team was shaken from the second inning.
Seemingly unable to adapt to the artificial turf at the Kyocera Dome, shortstop Oh Ji-hwan committed two errors and gave up two runs.
In the 6th inning, third baseman Choi Jeong, who had been missing from the start, was put in, and Kim Ha-seong, who had been the starting third baseman, moved to shortstop.
In the 8th inning, finishing pitcher Ko Woo-seok suddenly complained of neck muscle pain while pitching and was replaced, making manager Lee Kang-cheol deeply troubled.
The national team raised the atmosphere with two runs in the 9th inning with Lee Jung-hoo, Park Hae-min, and Park Gun-woo’s consecutive hits, but eventually finished the first evaluation match with a 4-2 defeat. 안전놀이터
I also had an income.
Tommy Edman, an infielder with the best defense in the big leagues, proved his renowned skills by performing a hobi show in his first game wearing the Taegeuk mark.
[Tommy Edman/WBC national team infielder: I played 9 innings for the first time in the national team, and it was a good time to adapt to the game. The blow wasn’t good today, but it will get better in the future.]
‘Preliminary big leaguer’ Lee Jeong-hoo recorded the only multi-hit in the national team’s batting line, and smoothly raised the sense of hitting.
[Lee Jeong-hoo/WBC national team outfielder: I plan to hit the plate like that to make a lot of in-play hits without getting struck out somehow.] The
national team will enter Tokyo, the land of the decisive battle, after the final evaluation match against Japan’s Hanshin today (7th). .