스포츠토토 The Korean national baseball under-23 team, led by manager Choi Tae-won (Kyung Hee University), lost to Japan at the 5th World Baseball Championship (Baseball World Cup) and finished the tournament sixth.
South Korea lost to Japan 1-2 in the third round of the Super Round of the tournament in Saussing, China on the 14th (Korea Standard Time).
This brings South Korea to one win and four losses to sixth place in the Super Round, where six teams competed.
Having defeated Korea, Japan ranked second after Puerto Rico (five wins) with four wins and one loss to advance to the final. China and Nicaragua will play the third and fourth place match with two wins and three losses.
South Korea reached the Super Round earlier with 3-2 in the opening round, but only won against China (7-2) and lost all other games.
Korea scored the first run in the top of the second inning. With one out, Ryu Hyun-joon and Choi Sung-min had consecutive hits to make the first and third bases, and Kim Doo-hyun was outscored by a sacrifice fly to center field.
However, he allowed Song to take the mound in the fifth inning. After starting pitcher Kim Tae-hyun faced the crisis of loading the bases with no outs, he gave Song the mound. However, Song lost the lead by allowing two runs.
After that, South Korea fought back in the sixth and seventh innings, but failed to score and bowed by one point.