Na Seung-yeop of the Korean national baseball team is training ahead of the first game against Australia in the 2023 Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) at Tokyo Dome in Japan on the morning of the 15th.
The national baseball team defeated the underdog Philippines in the first game of the Asian Baseball Championship Super Round.
Korea, led by coach Jeong Bo-myeong, defeated the Philippines 8-2 in the super round of the tournament held at the Taipei Dome in Taiwan on the 8th.
Korea, which lost 0-4 to Taiwan in the group round, later defeated Hong Kong 9-0 and Palestine 19-1 to advance to the super round in second place in Group A, following Taiwan. Afterwards, they continued their upward trend by defeating the Philippines, which ranked second in Group B.
Korea will play the final match of the Super Round against Japan at 1:30 pm on the 9th at the same place, and must win this match to advance to the finals.
In this day's game, Na Seung-yeop went 1 hit in 2 at bats, 3 RBI, and 3 walks, and Kim Beom-seok went 2 hits in 3 at bats, with 1 RBI.
As for the pitching staff, starter Jang Ji-su allowed only 2 runs in 3⅓ innings, but the bullpen, including Shin Heon-min, Jeong Hyun-soo, and Kim Dong-hyuk, finished the game without allowing any additional runs.
In the first inning, with Jung Jun-young's walk and Park Joo-chan's hit, Korea had a chance to score 2 runs with 1 out, 1st and 3rd bases, and ground balls by Na Seung-yeop and Yuro-gyeol.
In the 4th inning, when the score was tied 2-2, they had a chance with 2 outs and runners on 1st and 2nd bases, and then added 2 points due to an opponent's error to take the lead again.
Na Seung-yeop's timely hit widened the gap in the 5th inning with no outs on second base, and in the 7th inning, Kim Beom-seok and Kim Seong-woo hit consecutive timely hits with 1 out and runners on second base to make it 7-2.
Korea put a wedge in the game when Na Seung-yeop got a walk in the 8th inning with bases loaded and no outs. 슬롯사이트