Things that I was worried about came true. As a result, we need to break the top ace in Japanese pro baseball at the guillotine, a competition that is held with one loss due to shock.토토사이트
The Korean team led by Ryu Joong-il lost to Taiwan 3-6 in the first Group B match of the opening round of the "2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12" held at Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan on Sunday. With this result, Korea started the opening round with one loss, and dark cloud casts over its advance to the Super Round.
Korea suffered an early substitute by allowing six runs in two innings as its starting pitcher Ko Young-pyo was hit with a bases-loaded walk and a two-run shot in a row in the second inning. Since then, the bullpen has allowed Choi Ji-min, Kwak Do-gyu, Kim Seo-hyun, Yoo Young-chan and Cho Byung-hyun to shut down six innings without allowing even a single run. However, as the batters scored only three runs, they failed to overcome the gap of six runs in the beginning.
For South Korea, whose goal is to advance to the Super Round at Tokyo Dome in Japan, the defeat against Taiwan is painful. The match against Japan, which is considered the strongest power in Group B, is waiting for the second consecutive victory in the tournament. Assuming that they lose the match against Japan, they must win against the rest of the teams by scoring many points and losing few points.
The match against Cuba on Friday has become more important, but Cuba lost 1-6 to the Dominican Republic in its first match. Cuba is now on the brink of collapse. Cuba, however, is displaying its best defense against the brink of collapse. Cuban Specialty Rivan Moinello (29) will take the mound against Korea.
Monello is currently the best foreign pitcher who has dominated the Japanese pro baseball league. Since his debut with the Softbank Hawks in 2017, he has played as a top-rated bullpen pitcher. He pitched in 306 games and recorded 135 holds and 40 saves until last year. However, he ended the season early after undergoing elbow surgery in the first half of last year, before switching to a starting pitcher this year.
His conversion to a starting pitcher was a huge success. During his 25 appearances, he became a top-rated starter with 163 innings of 11 wins, 5 losses, 1.88 ERA and 155 strikeouts. He displayed the best performance in all categories of pitcher records, including No. 1 in ERA in the Pacific League, tying for first in quality starts, No. 4 in multiple wins, No. 4 in strikeouts, and No. 8 in innings. He was a top-rated Cuban pitcher who survived among Japan's best pitchers.
South Korea and Cuba held two warm-up matches at Gocheok Dome on November 1st and 2nd, and South Korea won both 2-0 and 13-3 respectively. However, it was a team that did not have Moello, and we do not know how much Cuban hitters will regain their senses as they play.
[OSEN=Tokyo, Reporter Son Yong-ho] Cuba and Australia played in the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) quarterfinals at Tokyo Dome on the 15th. Cuban Moello pitches on the mound in the top of the eighth inning. 2023.03.15/[email protected]
What was consoling was that the bullpen collapsed in games against the Dominican Republic. Starter Yoenis Yera pitched six innings, allowing three hits, five strikeouts, and no runs. However, the bullpen session was not even close to completing one inning. Leordan Reyes (two runs and one earned run in ⅔ innings), Lionel Gutierrez (⅓ innings scoreless), Crank Alvarez (one run in ⅔ innings), Jankiel Mauris (three runs in one inning) and Andy Vargas (⅓ innings scoreless) failed to take responsibility for the second half of the game. The situation was similar to that of an exhibition game against Cuba on Tuesday.
In any case, if they fail to overcome Moeenelo, they will not be eligible to advance to the Super Round. The Korean batters should have a great sense of responsibility to defeat the No. 1 pitcher with the highest ERA in Japanese professional baseball by betting everything on the brink of a cliff. Since only Kim Do-young was active in the match against Taiwan, and the batters remained silent with just three hits and three runs, it is necessary to seek a way out by adjusting the batters and utilizing bench members.
South Korea's starting pitcher against Moello predicted Kwak Bin, the winner of the most wins. Kwak Bin had one hit, one strikeout and two strikeouts in two innings in a warm-up match against Cuba on the 1st.