S. Korea clobbers Thailand to reach next phase in baseball
NAGOYA, Japan — The four-time defending champion South Korea ran its baseball winning streak to three games at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, with a comfortable, 18-1 victory over Thailand. Park Jae-hyun and Park Jun-soon each smoked a grand slam in Group B action at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Baseball Stadium in Okazaki, some 50 kilometers southeast of the main host city Nagoya, Japan,…
NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea's baseball team extended its winning streak to three consecutive games at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, defeating Thailand 18-1 in Group B on Wednesday. Park Jae-hyun and Park Jun-soon each hit a grand slam during the match at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Baseball Stadium, located 50 kilometers southeast of Nagoya, Japan.
Though South Korea conceded their first run of the tournament, their dominating performance secured their spot in the Super Round, where they will face the top two qualifiers from Group A to compete for a medal. The Super Round games are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, followed by the gold medal game on Sunday at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium in Toyohashi, situated 85 km southeast of Nagoya.
South Korea scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, courtesy of Roh Si-hwan's sacrifice fly and Moon Bo-gyeong's two-run home run. Park Jae-hyun's grand slam extended South Korea's lead to 7-0 in the second inning, and they added a further three runs in the subsequent innings.
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