Hwang Joon-seo (Jangchung High School 3), who is likely to go to the Hanwha Eagles as the No. 1 overall pick in the rookie draft, left a disappointing result in the showdown with Taiwan in the Baseball World Cup. As a result, the Korean national team experienced the pain of losing the first game of the tournament. 바카라
Hwang Joon-seo started against Taiwan in the preliminary round of the 2023 WBSC World Baseball Championship (U-18) Baseball World Cup in Taichung, Taiwan, on the 2nd (Korea time) and recorded 56 pitches, five hits, three outs, three strikeouts and four runs (three earned runs) in two ⅓ innings.
The U-18 national team, led by head coach Lee Young-bok, conducted reinforcement training in Korea from the 21st of last month and left for Taiwan on the 30th to win its sixth championship after a practice match with Hanil Jangshin University and Wonkwang University. South Korea, which belongs to Group A with Taiwan, Australia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Czech Republic, was scheduled to face Puerto Rico for the first time the previous day (1st), but failed to play due to rain, and will face Taiwan on the 2nd.
Hwang Joon-seo took the heavy responsibility of the selection. Hwang Joon-seo began to stand out in 2021 when he was in his first year of high school, marking one win and 1.42 ERA in four games, and he pitched in 12 games in 2022 with two wins, two losses, 1.84 ERA, and six wins, two losses, and a 2.16 ERA in 15 games this year. Currently, the Hanwha Eagles is the most likely pitcher to be nominated as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 Rookie Draft, which will be held on the 14th. However, his start at international competitions was disappointing.
Hwang Joon-seo took the mound with one point of support on his back from the top of the first inning, but his start to the game was not very good. Hwang Joon-seo induced a fly ball to right field against the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the first inning, and Lee Seung-min (Whimoon High School 3), the son of “red horse” coach Lee Byung-kyu (Samsung Lions), started the game with the leadoff hitter out, and the snowball rolled and led to a loss.
Hwang Joon-seo breathed a sigh by dealing with Lin Chi-wei’s fly ball to center field in the second base with one out, which allowed a sacrifice bunt to a follow-up hitter, and recorded his first run when he was hit by a timely hit by fourth batter Wang Ni’an Hao. And the crisis continued. He faced first and second bases while getting another hit with two outs and one base. However, he struck out the fifth batter and fortunately ended the inning without additional runs.
He got out of the crisis with difficulty in the first inning, but the pitching content hardly improved. Hwang Joon-seo gave a walk to the leadoff hitter and was driven to second and third bases with one out, including a hit by a follow-up hitter. However, he finished the inning by striking out two batters in a row in this scene, showing his crisis management ability. However, Hwang Joon-seo, who was on the verge of every inning, eventually failed to pass the third inning.
Hwang Joon-seo caught the leadoff hitter Lee Chi-way with a groundout in the third inning, catching the leadoff hitter for the first time in a long time. However, when he gave up a hit ball to Wang Ni’an Hao, he began to shake again, gave up a walk to a follow-up hitter, and after two timely hits, he handed over the baton to Kim Taek-yeon (Incheon High School 3rd grader) and went down the mound. And Hwang Joon-seo’s run rose to four points as Kim Taek-yeon, who followed, also allowed a timely hit and failed to block the lead runner’s score sent out by Hwang Joon-seo.
After the first inning, the scoreless streak continued. In the top of the second inning, South Korea failed to connect the opportunity of two outs and second base, and one out and first base in the third inning, which was made by Lee Sang-joon (aged 3 of Gyeonggi High School), to score, and in the top of the fourth and fifth innings, it was tied to Taiwanese starter Lin Weien with two consecutive innings of “three outs and one out.” And in the top of the sixth inning, no troubleshooter appeared, with Cho Hyun-min (Chungam High School 3rd) striking out and Lee Seung-min stepping down with a fly ball to left field.
South Korea lost to Taiwan 1-6 as Kim Taek-yeon, who took over the mound from Hwang Joon-seo, scored one run on defense in the bottom of the fourth inning, and Jeon Mir (Gyeongbuk High School 3rd), who took the mound in the bottom of the sixth inning, gave up one more point.