Korean baseball Korea news!' Taiwan National University Draws 2-2 Sweat Against Kiwoom, '3rd consecutive last place' → 'Kwak Bin Friend' 2 runs in 2 innings

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The Taiwanese national team, which is set to play against the South Korean national team in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in March, failed to win at home against the Kiwoom Heroes, who were at the bottom of the KBO league last season.

Considering Taiwan ET Today, TSNA, and Yahoo Sports, Kiwoom Heroes tied the Taiwanese national team 2-2 in a closed practice game at Taipei Dome on the 21st.

The most surprising news is the lackluster performance of Gurin Ruiliang (26, Nippon Ham Fighters), a key force in Taiwan's mound. "Kwakbin Friend" Gurin Ruiliang, who is also familiar to domestic fans as he is known to have conducted joint training in Korea with Kwak Bin (27) of the Doosan Bears, was struggling with the sharp concentration of Kiwoom's batters.

Gurin Luyi, who took the mound as a Taiwanese starting pitcher, allowed three hits in two innings and allowed two runs, giving up the lead early in the game to Kiwoom. The fact that a pitcher who is likely to take the mound in any form against Korea in the WBC was shaken by the batting of the KBO League's "third consecutive last" team is interpreted as a good news to the Korean baseball community.

Taiwan operated the best batting lineup, including Chang Yu-cheng, a former major league player, and Chen Zhiecien, but only picked two points due to Kiwoom pitchers' good pitching in the relay. On this day, Taiwan's batters constantly created opportunities with a total of six hits and seven outs, but a decisive shot did not explode.

Although it was a practice game, Kiwoom put in seven pitchers and struck out nine to break Taiwan's willingness to chase. In the second half of the game, Taiwan managed to escape the crisis of defeat with a timely hit by Zhang Yu-cheng (2 hits and 1 RBI) by mobilizing all of its main pitchers such as Huizwei and Sun Yirei. On the contrary, Kiwoom had one more hit with seven. In particular, Taiwan's bullpen Sun Yee-rey (Nipponham Fighters) recorded a maximum speed of 155km and held a good scoreless inning.

Taiwan manager Tseng Hao-ju said in a comment provided after the game, "Overall, the pitching staff's pitching was satisfactory. The overall offense of the batters was not bad, but the pace of adapting to the replacement of the opposing pitcher was slow. It seems that I will gradually find my rhythm. Still, I'm getting closer to my actual condition," he said.

Meanwhile, the match does not appear to have been disclosed to Taiwanese reporters. Starting lineups and records were also not provided to the media, and only the number of hits by each team and the simple pitching of pitchers were specified.

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