The national baseball team took out the catcher card of Min-ho Kang (Samsung Lions) to advance to the Olympic final.
The baseball team, led by manager Kim Kyung-moon, selected Kang Min-ho as the 5th batter catcher for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Baseball Loser Semifinals held at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan on the 5th.
On the 29th of last month, Kang Min-ho started as the 6th batter catcher against Israel, the first game of the group stage, and scored one hit and one goal in three at-bats.
Park Hae-min (Samsung), who succeeded in getting the lead batter on base once in all five games, maintained his position as the number one hitter in center field.
Next, designated batter Kang Baek-ho (kt wiz) and batter 3 left fielder Jeong-hoo Lee (Kiwoom Heroes) are in the same batting order as yesterday's semifinal with Japan.
Jung-hoo Lee moved from right fielder to left fielder.
However, Yang Eui-ji (NC Dinos), who played as the catcher for the 4th batter, was excluded from today's game.
Kim Hyun-soo (LG Twins), who has a good batting average with a batting average of 0.455, 2 home runs, and 6 RBIs, was placed in the batter's seat.
The defensive position is first base, not the traditional left fielder.
Park Geon-woo (Doosan Bears) plays in right field in batting 6, followed by shortstop Oh Ji-hwan (LG) in hitter 7, Kyung-min Heo (Doosan) in batter 8 and Hye-seong Kim (Kiwoom) in second base.
The starting pitcher is rookie left-handed pitcher Lee Ui-ri (19).
The national team must win today's match to advance to the final and continue their challenge of winning the Olympics for the second time in a row.
Japan, who defeated Korea yesterday, advances to the final, which will be held at 7 pm the day after tomorrow.
If you lose to the United States today, you will have to play a bronze medal match against the Dominican Republic at 12:00 noon the next day.
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