The WBC national team continues to be in good condition day after day.
The national team won 8-2 in a practice game against KT Wiz held at the Veteran Memorial Stadium in Kino, Tucson, Arizona on the 24th (hereinafter referred to as Korean time).
On this day, starting pitcher Koh Young-pyo was on the mound, and the other lineup was Lee Jung-hoo (center fielder) – Na Seong-beom (right fielder) – Kim Hyeon-soo (left fielder) – Kang Baek-ho (designated hitter) – Park Byeong-ho (1st baseman) – Choi Jeong (3rd baseman) – Yang Eui-ji. (catcher) ~ Oh Ji-hwan (shortstop) ~ Son Min-seok (second baseman, Kt).
The main character of the first place was the national team. At the end of the 2nd inning, in a two-out situation,안전놀이터 Park Gun-woo’s walk and KT Park Young-hyun’s wild throw put him in the scoring position. Then Lee Jung-hoo’s timely hit came out and went ahead.
In the bottom of the third inning, Park Byeong-ho hit a solo home run over the middle fence against left-handed pitcher Park Se-jin.
At the end of the 4th inning, a big inning was made. The national team scored an extra point with Na Seong-beom hitting KT Son Dong-hyeon with a triple that exceeded the center fielder’s height in 1 out 1 base.
Afterwards, Kim Hyun-soo’s timely right-handed hit and Kang Baek-ho’s two-run home run widened the gap to 6-0.
At the end of the 5th inning, Park Hae-min and Na Seong-beom made it 8-0 with 2 out and 2nd base.
The fact that Park Byeong-ho, Kang Baek-ho, and the ‘Ho Brothers’ who will be in charge of the center batting line have improved their batting condition is a very good news for the national team.
On the mound of the national team on this day, Ko Young-pyo recorded 3 scoreless innings and 3 strikeouts, and Kim Gwang-hyun, Yang Hyeon-jong, Lee Yong-chan, and Kim Won-joong all pitched scoreless.
However, Gu Chang-mo, who came up at the beginning of the 9th inning, dedicated 2 points, but there was no problem in concluding the game.
Meanwhile, the national team will have one more practice game against KT at the same place on the 25th.