'Who will be the starter against Taiwan?' Ko Young-pyo gave two runs in three innings, Kwak Bin gave one run in three innings → Lim Chan-kyu and Yoo Young-chan gave no runs in one inning (Gochuk site)

Nov 06, 2024

Practice game between the Premier 12 baseball team and Sangmu at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 6th, and national team starter Ko Young-pyo is pitching hard. Gocheok = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.06/

Practice game between the Premier 12 baseball team and Sangmu at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 6th, and national team starter Kwak Bin is pitching hard. Gocheok = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.06/

Practice match between the Premier 12 national baseball team and Sangmu at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 6th, national team pitcher Yoo Young-chan. Gocheok = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.06/

The Korean baseball team's starting pitchers Ko Young-pyo and Kwak Bin have actually finished their last real games ahead of the Premier 12.

The national team had a practice game with Sangmu at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 6th. The national team, which departed for Taiwan on the 8th and will play its first Premier 12 Group B match against Taiwan on the 13th, was the last match in Korea. In addition, 28 final entries will be selected and announced on the 7th.

Many national team players were also included in the Sangmu team to maintain their sense of play. Ko Young-pyo started the national team, and Kwak Bin took the mound as a starter in Sangmu. Lee Joo-hyung, Shin Min-jae, Na Seung-yeop, Kim Hyung-joon, and Kim Joo-won also started as members of the Sangmu team.

In terms of the date, Ko Young-pyo and Kwak Bin are likely to play in the match against Taiwan on the 13th and against Cuba on the 14th.

Both were scheduled to throw three innings. Both Ko and Kwak were anxious only in the first inning, and had stable pitching in the second and third innings.

Ko Young-pyo allowed five hits, no four outs, three strikeouts and two runs, and Kwak Bin allowed three hits, one walk, and one strikeout and one run in three innings.

Ko Young-pyo caught the lead Lee Joo-hyung with a ground ball in front of the first base in the top of the first inning, but allowed one run after three consecutive hits from No. 2 Shin Min-jae, No. 3 Na Seung-yeop, and No. 4 Kim Hyung-joon. Ko Young-pyo, who gave Han Dong-hee a right-handed hit and gave up one more point by catching No. 5 Kim Joo-won with a ground ball in front of the second base with one out and runners on first and second bases, finished the first inning. In the top of the second inning, Park Chan-hyuk grounded out in front of the shortstop and struck out Park Jung-hyun, and then Lee Joo-hyung hit a heavy hit, but he stole second base and finished. In the top of the third inning, Shin Min-jae struck out, Na Seung-yeop grounded out in front of the second base, and Kim Hyung-joon struck out to end the day's pitching with three outs.

Second baseman Shin Min-jae catches a ball and throws it to first base when the Premier 12 baseball team and Sangmu practice game at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 6th and Park Sung-han's infield ground ball at the bottom of the 2nd inning with no outs. Gocheok = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.11.06/

Kwak Bin also had a bad first inning. Kwak Bin, who threw against the national team, had a left-handed hit by Hong Chang-ki, the leader. He caught No. 2 Yoon Dong-hee with a fly to left field, and struck out No. 3 Kim Do-young, when Hong Chang-ki stole second base. And Park Dong-won's hit became a lucky double on the right-field line, and Hong Chang-ki homered with ease to make it 1-2. No. 5 Song Sung-moon hit a clean heavy hit, leading to a crisis with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, but he caught Moon Bo-kyung with a fly to the third baseman and prevented additional runs.

At the end of the second inning, he gave up a hit ball to the leader Kim Hwi-jip, but he caught Park Sung-han with a double play in front of the second base and handled No. 9 Choi Won-joon with a fly to right field, and at the end of the third inning, he gave up a walk to Kim Do-young after catching Hong Chang-ki with a fly to right field and Yoon Dong-hee with a ground ball to shortstop, but he finished pitching by catching Park Dong-won with a fly to center field.

In the top of the fourth inning, Lim Chan-kyu took the mound and handled Kim Joo-won with a fly to center field, Han Dong-hee with a line drive to first baseman, and Lee Jae-won with a swing and miss strikeout. In Sangmu, Yoo Young-chan took the mound in the bottom of the fourth inning and got a hit by Moon Bo-kyung, but he handled Song Sung-moon and Kim Hwi-jip Park Sung-han with no runs.

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