'A staggering 12 runs in the first inning' — U-18 South Korea baseball national team secures a cold game victory against Singapore with a 15-0 lead through four innings... 'Park Geun-seo: 2 scoreless innings, 5 strikeouts'

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The U-18 South Korea baseball national team competing in the 14th Asian Youth Baseball Championship defeated Singapore via a cold game to secure back-to-back victories in the group stage.

Under head coach Jung Yun-jin, Lee Kkeu-neun (CEO) defeated Singapore 15-0 in the second group stage match of the tournament held at Xinzhang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on the 8th.

Following a 2-0 victory over Taiwan in the first group stage match the previous day (the 8th), the national team now stands on the verge of advancing to the Super Round as the top seed in its group.

The national team scored 12 runs starting from the first inning. After remaining scoreless in the second inning, they added three more runs in the third to meet the conditions for a cold game.

In this tournament, a cold game is declared if a team leads by 15 runs after four innings or by 10 runs after five innings.

The national team shut out Singapore without allowing any runs in the top of the fourth inning to seal the victory.

Lee Nal (CEO) treated the match as an opportunity to assess the pitching velocity of its key pitchers and the batting form of its hitters. Starting pitchers Park Geun-seo (Seoul Design High School), who forms a one-two punch with Ha Hyun-seung (Busan High School), pitched two innings, recording five strikeouts while remaining scoreless before leaving the mound.

Yoon Ye-seong (Inchang High School), who entered in the top of the third inning, struck out all three batters he faced using fastballs exceeding 150 km/h.

In the top of the fourth inning, Kwak Do-hyun (Busan Industrial High School) and Han Gyu-min (Daejeon High School) closed out the inning without allowing any runs.

Coach Jung made some changes to the lineup for this game. Jeon Young-hoon (Segwang High School), who sat out the previous day, started as the primary catcher, while Ahn Woo-seok (Gyeongnam High School) took over the shortstop position vacated by Eom Jun-sang (Deoksung High School).

Including Ahn Woo-seok, fourth baseman Lee Ho-min (Gyeongnam High School) and eighth hitter Jang Min-je (Chungam High School) recorded multi-hit games.

The national team will face Thailand in the final group stage match on the 9th.

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