'Kim Do Young, 3 hits, 2 home runs, 5 RBIs, a one-man show!' Ryu Joong Il-ho, Cuba 8:4 Breakdown 'Premier 12 First Win'

Nov 14, 2024

On the 14th, the Premier 12 baseball team played against Cuba at Taipei Tiyanmu Stadium in Taiwan. The bases loaded with two outs in the second inning. Kim Do-young hit the bases loaded. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.14/

On the 14th, the Premier 12 baseball team played against Cuba at Taipei Tiyanmu Stadium in Taiwan. Second base with two outs in the sixth inning. Na Seung-yup scored during Choi Won-jun's timely hit. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.14/

On the 14th, the Premier 12 baseball team played against Cuba at Taipei Tiyanmu Stadium in Taiwan. Choi Won-joon hit a timely RBI single in the second inning. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.14/

On the 14th, the Premier 12 baseball team played against Cuba at Taipei Tiyanmu Stadium in Taiwan. Kwak Bin smiles after finishing the third inning without losing a point. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.14/

[Taipei (Taiwan) = Sports Chosun Reporter Park Sang-kyung] Ryu Joong-il beat Cuba to win his first Group B match of the 2024 WBSC Premier 12.

The baseball team, led by head coach Ryu Joong-il, beat Cuba 8-4 in the second Group B match at Taipei Tianmu Stadium in Taiwan on the 14th (Korea time). After two outs in the bottom of the second inning, Kim Do-young took the lead as the bases loaded shot continued, following Choi Won-joon's timely hit and Shin Min-jae's pushing dunes. Following the second inning, Kim Do-young shot a solo shot in the seventh inning to put on a five-run one-man show with three hits in four at-bats (two home runs), and Choi Won-joon, the main character of the winning hit, also showed good performance by making a timely hit leading to an additional point in the bottom of the sixth inning. On the mound, starter Kwak Bin pitched four scoreless innings, setting the stage for victory. South Korea, which lost to home team Taiwan 3-6 at Taipei Dome on the 13th, succeeded in its first win and revived its hope of advancing to the Super Round, which will give it up to second place in the group.

Korea started by making a three-out inning in the top of the first inning. In the bottom of the first inning, he created a chance to score with Hong Chang-ki's walk on base and Shin Min-jae's sacrifice bunt success. However, Kim Do-young and Yoon Dong-hee were struck out by Moeenelo one after another and unfortunately failed to get the first point. South Korea continued its good atmosphere in the top of the second inning when Kwak Bin made a third again.

South Korea brought the flow in an instant with six runs and a big inning in the bottom of the second inning.

On the 14th, the Premier 12 baseball team played against Cuba at Taipei Tiyanmu Stadium in Taiwan. national team players preparing for the game. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.14/

On the 14th, the Premier 12 baseball team played against Cuba at Taipei Tiyanmu Stadium in Taiwan. Players from both teams preparing for the game. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.14/

On the 14th, the Premier 12 baseball team played against Cuba at Taipei Tiyanmu Stadium in Taiwan. Ryu Joong-il greets Cuba's coach Armando Jonsson. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.14/

After Park Dong-won grounded out and Na Seung-yeop struck out, Moon Bo-kyung set fire with a double in left-center. Choi Won-joon succeeded in bringing in Moon Bo-kyung by making an infield hit to the left of the shortstop in the second and third bases with two outs that led to Park Sung-han's left-field hit and steal. 1-0. Hong Chang-ki walked on base with two outs and runners on the second and third bases, which continued as Choi Won-joon stole the base, and Shin Min-jae hit Moello's pitch, making it 2-0 with an additional point. The gap widened to 6-0 in an instant with two outs and a full base hit by Kim Do-young, who rolled up Moello's first pitch and connected it with a full base shot over the left fence. Moello struck out Yoon Dong-hee and finished the bottom of the second inning, but was eventually replaced.

Kwak Bin struck out two batters after giving up his first hit to Gilbert in the top of the third inning, but he was on the verge of losing a run with two outs and runners on the first and third bases due to a right-handed hit by Santos. He left the mound without losing a point while handling Yoan Moncada, who became a Major League FA qualification, flying to center field. In the fourth inning, runners were piled up with a walk and a hit after one out, but he overcame the crisis by dealing with Drake's double play.

However, Kwak Bin was in crisis in the top of the fifth inning by giving up two consecutive walks, and in the end, manager Ryu Joong-il tried to make a change by putting So Hyung-joon on the mound. Cho Hyung-joon, who scored his first out count by clearing a straight hit hit by Walters with excellent reflexes, threw a hit ball to Moncada after Santos' forward hit, caught Aruébarena with a fly ball with two outs and the bases loaded with two outs to prevent a run. While So Hyung-joon came down the mound with two outs and a runner on first base in the top of the sixth inning, Kwak Do-kyu appeared in relief and struck out after a full count match against Gibert, keeping the scoreless flow.

The much-awaited extra point came in the bottom of the sixth inning. Choi Won-joon hit a hit to the right with two outs and a runner on second base, which was made when leadoff hitter Na Seung-yeop succeeded in stealing after walking on base. In the meantime, Na Seung-yeop turned third and scored with a home sliding, widening the gap to 7-0.

South Korea, where Lee Young-ha took over the mound in the top of the seventh inning, caused a crisis due to a series of errors. After Perez got on base with an infield hit to the third base, catcher Park Dong-won missed Walters' bunt while trying to catch it with his bare hands, allowing him to get on base. Santos' first base hit was also missed by Song Sung-moon, who came in as Moon Bo-kyung's logarithmic ratio, leading to an unstable flow of bases loaded with no outs. Lee Young-ha struck out Valdo Quinn, who came in instead of Moncada, on a fly ball to right field and Arue Barrena, but eventually lost a point as he gave up an infield hit while trying to deal with Despaigne's ground ball himself. However, Lee Young-ha caught Martinez with a fly ball to right field and succeeded in filling the last out count. South Korea regained an 8-1, 7-point lead in the bottom of the seventh inning when Kim Do-young hit the first pitch of Cuban Hernandez and crossed the left fence again.

South Korea was chased by 8-4, four points in the top of the eighth inning when Kim Taek-yeon, who took over the mound, gave up a left-handed hit to Drake and gave up a superior two-run shot to Gilbert and allowed Vinales a back-to-back shot to the left. However, South Korea succeeded in calming the flow by finishing the inning without any more runs by Jung Hae-young, who took the mound in relief.

South Korea ended the game with a four-run victory as closer Park Young-hyun took the mound in the ninth inning and finished one inning without losing a point.

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