South Korean baseball failed to advance to Premier 12 Super Round

[Anchor]
Korean baseball has failed to advance to the Super Round, where the semifinals compete in the Premier 12, a national competition.

Korea has one match left against Australia today (19th), and Japan and Taiwan added wins side by side, confirming their advance to the semifinals as first and second place in the group.

This is reporter Lee Kyung-jae.

[Reporter]
A six-point reversal over the Dominican Republic.

Our national team has continued its dream of advancing to the Super Round with the determination to not give up, but unfortunately, it went up in smoke in a day.

Japan, which had won three consecutive games, beat Cuba hard to secure the top spot in the group and advance to the semifinal super round with all four wins.

He led 5-1 and allowed a 6-6 tie in the seventh inning, but scored the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning.

In the ninth inning with the bases loaded, Fujihira struck out the remaining two batters to secure the victory.

Opening round host Taiwan also defeated Australia 11-3 to advance to the semifinals with a 3-1 record and second place in the group.

Even if our country beats Australia in the last match today, and Taiwan loses to Cuba, and our country and Taiwan both lose to Cuba, Taiwan, which beat us according to the rules, comes in second place.

Our country will play the last game against Australia at 1 p.m. today.

The national team challenged young players to the World Baseball Classic in 26 and the Los Angeles Olympics in 28.

In the end, he couldn't overcome the injuries of the main players and the weaknesses of the starting mound, which came even before the tournament, and was satisfied with gaining experience.

This is YTN Lee Kyungjae.

Video editing: Kim Hee-jung