'Kim Do-young and Koo Ja-wook DH' Ryu Ji Hyun-ho revealed the lineup of his first practice game at WBC, "Kim Do-young's physical condition is not at all problematic" [Onnason site]

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The first real lineup of the Korean national baseball team led by head coach Ryu Ji-hyun came out.

The Korean national team will play its first game against the Samsung Lions at Akama Stadium in Onnason, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on the 20th.

On this day, the national team consisted of Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Ahn Hyun-min (right wing), Kim Do-young (designated hitter), Noh Si-hwan (first baseman), Koo Ja-wook (designated hitter), Park Dong-won (captor), Moon Hyun-bin (left wing), Kim Joo-won (striker) and Park Hae-min (middle fielder). In the third base, where Kim Do-young is away, Samsung's Kim Ho-jin will play as a member of the Armed Forces Sports Unit.

The starting pitcher is Cho Hyung-joon, who will play two innings. Following this, Jung Woo-ju (Hanwha) played two innings, Noh Kyung-eun (SSG) one inning, Ko Young-pyo one inning, and Park Young-hyun (KT) one inning, a total of seven innings.

The most noticeable thing is Kim Do-young's designated hitter. Coach Ryu Ji-hyun said, "There is no problem with Kim Do-young's physical condition at all. He is one of the best prepared players. However, since practice and actual games are different in tension, it is better to adapt them one more time, so they go as designated batters. Today, I focus only on the hitting side and the defense is helped by Sangmu," he said.

Noh Si-hwan (Hanwha) and Moon Bo-kyung (LG) will go first and Moon Bo-kyung will come in as a substitute. In response, coach Ryu Ji-hyun said, "Roh Si-hwan is really good at first base. The strength of first baseman Noh Si-hwan is that he has a very good handling to catch a one-bound bad pitch, he said. "In fact, I was thinking of using Kim Do-young as a designated hitter to use Noh on third base and Moon Bo-kyung on first base, but he said he had a good sense of first base."

Against this, Samsung formed a lineup of Kim Ji-chan (center fielder), Kim Sung-yoon (right wing), Shim Jae-hoon (second baseman), Lewin Diaz (first baseman), Park Se-hyuk (captor), Ryu Ji-hyuk (third baseman), Lee Sung-kyu (designated hitter), Su-ho (left wing), and Yang Woo-hyun (striker). The starting shortstop was changed from Lee Hae-seung to Yang Woo-hyun before the start of the game. The starting pitcher will throw two innings as Choi Won-tae. Yang Chang-seop (2 innings), Lee Seung-min (1 inning), Lee Jae-ik (1 inning) and Bae Chan-seung (1 inning) will take the mound one after another.

Both teams have a limit on the number of pitches as it is their first real game except for the Blue and White games. The national team will play only seven innings regardless of victory or defeat with the first ball. If the number of pitchers in the national team exceeds 20 per inning, the innings will be terminated after the at-bat. The number of Samsung pitchers does not exceed 30 per person.

In addition, the World Baseball (WBC) pitch clock rules will be applied. It is 30 seconds between at-bats, 15 seconds between pitches (18 seconds when there is a runner), 2 times the limit on the departure of the pitcher's plate, and 1 time for batters per at-bat. The pitch clock will be used to install a simple pitch clock, but Samsung has no sanctions even if it violates it.

The inning shift time is 2 minutes and 40 seconds, and the pitcher replacement time is 2 minutes and 15 seconds, and the national team uses WBC official balls and Samsung uses KBO official balls. Even if the national team's batters are replaced by defense, they can hit again if they return to the batter's box.

Starting with the game on the 14th, the national team players, who have been called up to Okinawa, Japan, will play a total of six practice games, including the Hanwha Eagles (Kadena Stadium) on the 21st and 23rd, the KIA Tigers (Kadena Stadium) on the 24th, the Samsung (Onnason Stadium) on the 26th, and the KT Wiz (Kadena Stadium) on the 27th.

After that, he will move to Osaka, Japan, and play the final warm-up match against the Hanshin Tigers of the Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB) on the 2nd and the Orix Buffaloes on the 3rd at Kyocera Dome.

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