Ryu Joong Il-ho came from behind to lose to Japan...Premier 12 "Red Light".

[Anchor]
In the Premier 12 (Twelve), the national competition of baseball, Korea lost to 'enemy' Japan.It has also become virtually difficult to advance to the Super Round, which ranks second in Group



This is reporter Cho Eun-ji.

[Reporter]
It was our national team that scored first in the match between Korea and Japan.

In the top of the second inning, Lee Joo-hyung's lucky hit to take advantage of a Japanese mistake on Park Dong-won's double,
Hong Chang-gi burst at the chance of
with two outs and runners on first and third bases.

He hit a fastball on his body at 156 kilometers per hour to get the first point.

However, the joy was brief, and Choi Seung-yong, the shaken starter, allowed a turnaround with a two-run timely hit.Kim Do-young's catch, which has been reborn as a 'wall of wailing'

, and Lee Ju-hyung's good defense, which does not spare his body, gradually revived the national team's concentration.

And in the fourth inning, Park Dong-won balanced 2 to 2 with a large arch.

Takahashi, the ace who has allowed only one home run in 143 2/3 innings this season, did not miss Takahashi's actual pitching.

In the fifth inning of the two-out third base, Yoon Dong-hee, who came out as a pinch hitter, hit a timely hit, and we took the lead again.

However, Kwak Do-kyu, a trusted bullpen, brought the bases full with three outs in the fifth inning, and Lee Young-ha, who was urgently put in, gave up two runs on a hit.

In the seventh inning, Jung Hae-young gave up a two-run home run to Morissita, the opponent's fourth batter, and the loss became 3-6.

While Kim Do-young, who hit a multi-homer game against Cuba the previous day, was silent with no hits in four at-bats, the national team failed to score an additional point and suffered a painful upset loss to Japan.

It has been nine consecutive losses against Japanese professional players.

The national team, which lost 1 win and 2 losses, fell to a tie for 4th place, effectively failing to advance to the Super Round, which reached the second place in the group.

In the match against Dominica, which is a cliffhanger, Lim Chan-kyu, who was strong in big games, will start.

I'm Jo Eun Ji of YTN.

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