Now that we've won two consecutive games against Cuba, don't you think the pitching is coming up too fast..." Even if the coach is good or bad, he is just worried. Ryu Joong-il "I'm still thinking about typing number 4.""
Nov 03, 2024
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The Korean baseball team has achieved better-than-expected results in two warm-up matches against Cuba ahead of the Premier 12. Eight pitchers pitched scoreless on the 1st to win 2-0, and 14 hits on the 2nd to win a 13-3 victory. Although it consisted of young players, there was a lot of anxiety about the goal of the semifinals because there were many injured players, but the warm-up match against Cuba allowed both pitchers and batters to have expectations.
On the 1st, starter Kwak Bin allowed two scoreless innings, and seven bullpen players, including Kim Taek-yeon, Yoo Young-chan, Lee Young-ha, Kim Seo-hyun, Kim Si-hoon, Cho Byung-hyun, and Park Young-hyun, kept one scoreless inning each, so you can feel safe about the bullpen. On the 2nd, starters including Choi Seung-yong, Ko Young-pyo, and Um Sang-baek came out and pitched five innings, and the bullpen took the mound afterwards. Choi Seung-yong was able to overcome the crisis well and prevented it with three hits and no runs in two innings, but Ko Young-pyo allowed a solo shot and allowed one run in one inning, and Um Sang-baek allowed two hits, one walk, and one run in two innings. After that, So Hyung-joon and Choi Ji-min, Jeon Sang-hyun and Jung Hae-young played one inning each. Choi Ji-min allowed one run with three consecutive hits after two outs, but all the rest were scoreless, blocking Cuban batters well.
The batters bombed the Cuban mound with a much better hit than the previous day. There were a lot of positive hits, signaling that the hitters' sense of hitting has risen. All the starters recorded hits, and in the eighth inning, eight players from Song Sung-moon to Shin Min-jae showed their concentration in scoring consecutive times.
After the game, national team coach Ryu Joong-il appeared satisfied, saying, `I'm worried that the pitching is coming up too fast.' Manager Ryu said "The pitchers gave three points today, but they overcame the crisis well. The lineup seems to have connected well when Yoon Dong-hee hit a home run."
In particular, I was encouraged to see the batting line burst. Coach Ryu said, `I'm joking, but I want to save the points and release them at the competition," he said with a smile. Then "In the meantime, there have been many evaluations that pitchers are good, but fielders are not bursting. Now that the players have experience in international competitions, they seem to adapt well to the first ball"There are no easy teams such as Taiwan, Cuba, and Japan, so I hope I can concentrate and score points one by one."
Nevertheless, there are concerns. It's the fourth batter. On the 1st, Park Dong-won stepped out as No. 4, and Moon Bo-kyung stood on the 2nd. Manager Ryu said, `I still have concerns about the fourth batter. The batting line when the left-handed pitcher comes out and the batting line when the right-handed pitcher comes out is not showing well. "There is a practice game against Sangmu on the 6th, and the last practice game against the Taiwanese professional team is over to Taiwan. I don't know if the final lineup will come out in the last practice game," he said, indicating that he had a lot of worries.
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