"There's no pitcher to stop the 7th to 9th innings" Lee Dae-ho took a blow at the crisis of Korean baseball... The solution is "Beeball."

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The legend, who was called "Joseon's No. 4 hitter," gave a cold evaluation to his juniors. As everyone thought, they found the cause of the defeat on the loose mound.

The Korean national baseball team lost 4-5 to Taiwan in the third Group C match of 2026 WBC held at Tokyo Dome in Japan on the 8th after a 10-inning match.

He won the first game 11-4 against the Czech Republic, but lost to Japan 6-8 and lost two consecutive games, putting him on the verge of elimination.

The situation is not easy. Despite winning by more than five points against Australia at 7 p.m. on the 10th, the team can only advance to the quarterfinals if the number of runs is blocked by less than two points.

After the match against Taiwan on the 8th, Lee Dae-ho looked back on the Taiwan match while eating with his juniors after the game on his YouTube channel "Lee Dae-ho [RE: DAEHO]."

Lee Dae-ho said, "There are times when hitting is good or bad, and I said it's a pitching battle when it comes to international competitions, but I think I lost because there is no clear pitcher to stop the 7, 8, and 9 innings," adding, "When Kim Do-young hit a two-run home run to turn the tables, it should have ended by blocking the atmosphere."

Regarding the match against Australia, he also said, "Tomorrow we really have to stop it with a pitching match. If there are many runs, it is hard to go up. "I have to finish the game without losing a point at all, but I think that will be a burden to the pitchers," he said.

"Today, I used three starting pitchers (Ryu Hyun-jin, Kwak Bin, and Dane Dunning). "Tomorrow is Jung Woo-ju or Soh Hyung-joon," he said. "I think Jung Woo-ju or Song Seung-gi could come out because Soh Hyung-joon didn't pass 50 pitches against the Czech Republic (42 pitches). "All the pitchers who can throw should carry out a bee operation and go to an operation to settle every point," he explained.

Fortunately, Japan beat Australia, creating a last-ditch hope, but it still has to fight a fairly slim probability battle. Australia beat Taiwan (3-0) by reversing expectations and is known to be strong enough to suffer a one-point defeat (3-4) against Japan, so it is not expected to be an easy match.

Regarding the Australian batting lineup, which has plagued not only Taiwan but also Japan, he said, "The Australian batting lineup also has many batters who can hit home runs. It's not easy, he said. "I didn't get a hit today, but I gave four runs to Bang Bang Bang (home run). We have to look forward to it," he said.

KBS baseball commentator Lee Dae-hyung also expressed regret over KBS Sports' YouTube channel live broadcast after the game, saying, "I didn't expect the lineup to be blocked like this at the beginning of the game."

KBS baseball commentator Park Yong-taek said, "What is certain is that we have to do it with the idea of the last inning starting from the first inning tomorrow," and Lee Dae-hyung stressed, "We have to pay as much as we can to score a lot of points."

Park Yong-taek, a member of the committee, said, "I can't help but think about it because it's too bad, but we still have to forget about our players. "That's the best way to do it tomorrow," said Lee Dae-hyung, a member of the committee, and said, "If you quickly forget and score explosively from the first inning and completely block it, you may have a chance, so please cheer until the end."

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