"Young Gun" hit Kim Do-young and Ahn Hyun-min and "Veteran" Ryu Hyun-jin and Noh Kyung-eun blocked, a 3-game Noh Kyung-eun match against Hanshin of the national team

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In the first game as a whole, the Korean baseball team drew with its performance.

The Korean baseball team, led by head coach Ryu Ji-hyun (55), drew 3-3 against the Hanshin Tigers of the Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB) at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan on the 2nd.

There were some regrets in the first real game played after overseas players joined, but there were also clear results.

South Korea has set up a starting lineup with Kim Do-young (third baseman, KIA), Germay Jones (left fielder, Detroit), Lee Jung-hoo (right wing, San Francisco), Shay Witcom (striker, Houston), Moon Bo-kyung (first baseman, LG), Ahn Hyun-min (designated hitter, KT), Kim Hye-sung (second baseman, LA Dodgers), Park Dong-won (catcher) and Park Hae-min (middle fielder, LG). The starting pitcher is Kwak Bin (Doosan).

Hanshin faced Nakano Takumu (second baseman), Cam Devaney (striker), Chikamoto Koji (middle fielder), Yusuke Oyama (designated hitter), Yuko Maegawa (first baseman), Hayato Nakagawa (left fielder), Nozomu Takatera (third baseman), Onodera Dan (right fielder), and Fushimi Torai (catcher). The starting pitcher was Hiroto Saiki, who ranked first in the league with 12-6 losses and 1.55 ERA last year.

From the first inning, the South Korean batters gained strength. Kim Do-young boldly swung the bat from the first pitch and got on base with an infield hit, and Lee Jung-hoo, who took the batter's box after Jones stepped down with a fly ball to center field, hit a heavy hit.

After Witcom stepped down with a catcher foul fly, Moon Bo-kyung brought Kim Do-young, who was on second base, home with a hit, followed by Ahn Hyun-min's sharp double that cut the left-field line. It was significant that he targeted Japan's top pitcher from the beginning of the game.

However, Kwak Bin, who finished with three outs in the bottom of the first inning, was shaken in the second inning. Yusuke Ooyama, the first batter, grounded out to third base, allowed a walk to Yuko Maegawa, and allowed a run when Hayato Nakagawa hit a fly ball to center field by Nozomu Takatera.

Afterwards, Onodera Dan and Fushimi Torai scored two more runs after two consecutive doubles. The pitching coach visited the mound and calmed Kwak Bin and turned Nakano into a fly ball to left field to finish the inning.

In the lineup, Kim Do-young burst. With one out in the top of the fifth inning, he hit a come-from-behind solo shot that easily crossed the left-center fence. It was a shot that showed why coach Ryu Ji-hyun used him as the main third baseman.

On the mound, when "the oldest" Noh Kyung-eun (SSG) took the mound in the third inning and allowed three innings, Son Joo-young (LG) in the fourth inning and Ko Young-pyo (KT) in the fifth inning prevented him even after allowing him to get on base.

Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha) took the mound from the sixth inning. Ryu Hyun-jin, who hit five consecutive batters with a clever pitch until the second out in the seventh inning, allowed a hit with a fly ball toward center field after passing by the pitcher even after inducing a ground ball, but handled the inning neatly with a fly ball toward shortstop Kim Joo-won.

The crisis came in the bottom of the eighth inning. Park Young-hyun (KT) allowed a walk to the first batter, followed by a shortstop error, facing a crisis with no outs and runners on first and second bases. The runner on second base then headed to third base when the fly ball to center field was thrown. A fastball toward the third base came out with one out and runners on the first and third bases, but the changed third baseman Noh Si-hwan (Hanwha) blew himself up, snatched the ball, and quickly sprayed the ball home to catch the come-from-behind runner. He then induced a ground ball to the first base to end the inning without losing a run.

In the top of the ninth inning, NC Kim Hyung-joon (NC) walked and Park Hae-min made a hit with a surprise bunt to secure the first and second bases with no outs, but Roh Si-hwan, Moon Hyun-bin (Hanwha), and Koo Ja-wook (Samsung) failed to make a hit and swallowed the disappointment.

Kim Taek-yeon (Doosan) took the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning. He was on the verge of a first and second base with one out, but he was able to end the game with a draw by inducing a ground ball and catching an out count with a narrow play.

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