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baseball team was defeated in the bronze medal match.
He was aiming for a gold medal after 13 years, but in the end he came back empty-handed.
Korean baseball, which was anxious from the start, seems to need a change.
Byung-min Yoo.
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Starter Min-Woo Kim hit two home runs in the first inning and gave up four points.
In the second inning, Park Geon-woo's just-in-time hit scored one point, and in the fourth inning, Kim Hyeon-soo's solo homer scored another point.
He showed his concentration in the heavy rain five times and turned the tide 6 to 5 by scoring four points by tying up consecutive hits and fierce fights.
The 8th inning nightmare unfolded, in which all the pitchers were mobilized to keep the lead by one point.
The best pitcher Seung-hwan Oh came on the pitch and started to collapse, allowing a two-run homer and conceding five points.
The players, in great shock, were speechless and froze on the spot.
They lost 10-6 and finished in 4th place in baseball in which six countries participated.
[Kim Kyung-moon / Baseball Team Manager: I have nothing to say.
I'm absolutely sorry
He also rebukes us as much as we failed.] The
players who were motivated by only remembering gold medals were unable to speak.
[Kim Hyun-soo / Baseball Team Captain: What a pity.
Is there anything else
I am very sorry.]
The national team, which started with a lot of pressure before the competition due to the selection controversy and quarantine deviation scandal, said that they did their best, but packed bitterly by checking only the skill gap with overseas baseball.
I couldn't even keep my last pride.
We need to calmly reflect on the reality of Korean baseball and find ways to increase our international competitiveness.
(Video coverage: Ho-Jun Choi, video editing: Jeong-Taek Lee)