Despite Shohei Ohtani's Silence... Team Korea ‘Knees’ at Dodgers
MLB Seoul Series... 2-5 loss.
Dong-hee Yoon and Baek-ho Kang each had 1 RBI and Ohtani had no hits for the second day in a row.
The Korean national baseball team lost 2-5 in a practice game against Los Angeles of the Major League Baseball (MLB), but showed a high-quality performance.
The national team lost to the Dodgers in the 2024 MLB Seoul Series held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 18th.
The baseball team, which lost 0-1 to San Diego the day before, ended its Seoul Series schedule with two losses. 온라인카지노
The national team gave up the first run in the bottom of the first inning.
Starting pitcher Kwak Bin (Doosan) walked leadoff hitter Mookie Betts and then allowed a stolen base, putting him in danger of reaching second base with no outs.
Kwak Bin took a breather by handling both follow-up batters Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman with fly balls.
However, after giving up a walk to Dodgers catcher Will Smith, he gave up the first run on a timely hit to Max Muncy.
Korea turned the game around in the top of the third inning. Leading hitter Kim Seong-yoon (Samsung Lions) turned Dodgers starter Bobby Miller's first pitch, a 159 km fastball, into a left-field hit.
The follow-up hitter, Kim Hye-seong (Kiwoom Heroes), also hit a 156 km/h fastball driven into the middle of the fifth pitch and hit a double that passed the height of right fielder.
Korea, which had an opportunity with no outs on second and third base, tied the score at 1-1 with Dong-hee Yoon (Lotte Giants)'s ground ball to shortstop, and with one out and one out on third base, Kang Baek-ho (kt wiz) hit a sacrifice hit to make it 2-1.
However, Korea won again in the bottom of the third inning when Lee Ui-ri (KIA Tigers) took the mound.
Ui-ri Lee gave up walks to Betts and Freeman, putting him in danger with one out and runners on first and second base, and then allowed three runs on consecutive timely hits to Smith and Muncy.
The Dodgers easily turned the tide, 4-2. In the bottom of the 7th inning, South Korea's Park Young-hyun (kt wiz), the sixth pitcher, hit a solo home run from Chris Taylor, tying the game to 2-5.
On this day, Dodgers star Ohtani was silent with no hits in three at-bats.
Shohei Ohtani, who went 0-hit in 2 at-bats and struck out 2 in the match against Kiwoom Heroes the previous day, was tied with 0-hit in 5 at-bats in the Seoul Series exhibition game.
After completing the practice game schedule, the Dodgers and San Diego will play the opening two-game series of the 2024 MLB regular season at the same venue on the 20th and 21st.