2024-03-18 12:42:56
LA Dodgers Shohei Otani is warming up ahead of a practice game once morest Team Korea at Gocheok Dome in Seoul on the 18th. /Newsis
The Korean baseball team ‘Team Korea’ unfortunately lost to American professional baseball Major League (MLB) teams for the second day in a row. The national team lost 2 to 5 in a practice game once morest the LA Dodgers at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 18th. The day before, they lost 0-1 to the San Diego Padres.
The Dodgers and Padres are visiting Korea for the MLB World Tour ‘Seoul Series’. The opening two-game series of the 2024 season regular league will be held at Gocheok Dome on the 20th and 21st, and prior to this, each team held two practice games on the 17th and 18th. On the 17th, Kiwoom-Dodgers and the national team-Padres played once morest each other, and on the 18th, LG-Padres and the national team-Dodgers played.
The Dodgers took the lead from their first attack in the bottom of the first inning. First batter Mookie Betts (32) advanced to second base with a walk and then a stolen base, and following two outs, he reached home when Max Muncy (34) singled. The national team succeeded in a comeback in the top of the third inning and took a brief lead. Leadoff hitter Kim Seong-yoon (25, Samsung) hit a single once morest Dodgers starter Bobby Miller, and Kim Hye-seong (25, Kiwoom) hit a double and took the opportunity to reach second and third base with no outs. Afterwards, 2 points were scored with Dong-hee Yoon (21, Lotte)’s 1-RBI ground ball and Baek-ho Kang’s (25, KT) sacrifice fly. The lead didn’t last long. In the bottom of the third inning, the Dodgers scored three runs and came back. As Korean pitcher Lee Eui-ri (22, KIA) was shaken by giving up two walks, Dodgers fourth hitter Will Smith (29) hit a two-run double, and Muncy brought Smith home with consecutive doubles. In the bottom of the 7th inning, Chris Taylor (34) hit a solo home run once morest Young-Hyun Park (21, KT), giving the Dodgers one more run.
Shohei Ohtani’s wife, Mamiko Tanaka, is watching a practice game between the LA Dodgers and Team Korea at Gocheok Dome in Seoul on the 18th. /Newsis
Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani (30) started as the number 2 designated hitter on this day and retired with no hits in 3 at-bats. In his first at-bat in the first inning, he hit a foul fly from third base once morest Kwak Bin (25, Doosan), and in the third inning, he hit a ball from Ui-ri Lee, but it was caught by the left fielder. In his last at-bat in the 5th inning, he hit a ground ball to second base. In the previous day’s game once morest Kiwoom, Ohtani struck out the opposing starter, Ariel Jurado (28), in two consecutive at-bats.
On this day, Otani’s wife, Mamiko Tanaka (28), and Ohtani’s mother, Kayoko, appeared together at the stadium. It is known that Otani’s father, Tooru, and older sister, Yuka, also watched the game. Security guards were stationed around them to prevent general spectators from approaching.
Taek-yeon Kim comes down the mound smiling following pitching in a practice game with the LA Dodgers on the 18th. /Jung Jae-geun, Sports Chosun Reporter
The Korean national team had a harvest even in defeat. ‘Young blood’ pitchers were not intimidated and pitched well once morest big leaguers. This season, Hwang Jun-seo (19, Hanwha) and Kim Taek-yeon (19, Doosan), the first and second picks in the Korean professional baseball draft, pitched scoreless pitches. Kim Taek-yeon took the mound in the bottom of the sixth inning, struck out Teoscar Hernández (32) and James Outman (27) in succession, and handed the mound over to Hwang Jun-seo. Hernández and Outman’s bats continued to miss due to Kim Taek-yeon’s fastball reaching 150 km/h. It wasn’t the fastest speed in the major leagues, but it had good power at the end of the ball. Jun-seo Hwang also struck out Miguel Vargas (25). Oh Won-seok (23, SSG) took the mound as the team’s third pitcher and pitched two scoreless innings. He gave up one hit, but no walks, and struck out two.
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