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102-ball heroics against Australia in APBC opener

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The match between Korea and Australia in the first round of the Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) preliminary round held at Tokyo Dome in Japan on the 16th.Moon Dong-ju is heading to the dugout after finishing the top of the 5th inning.

On the 7th of last month, when the Hangzhou Asian Games baseball finals were held, Korean baseball gained a future national ace.

Moon Dong-ju (Hanwha Eagles) appeared as a starting pitcher in the gold medal game and pitched flawlessly, allowing 3 hits, 7 strikeouts, and no runs in 6 innings.

The sight of two strikeouts in a row and roaring in the 6th inning with one out and two on second base remains one of the scenes that symbolize Korean baseball in 2023.

No matter how good a pitcher is, he cannot pitch well every game.

Moon Dong-ju, who returned to the mound a month after feeling the joy of winning the Asian Games gold medal, suffered triple hardships including his first appearance on the mound in a long time, the pitcher's narrow strike zone, and the batting lineup's sluggish performance.

Moon Dong-ju started the first game against Australia in the 2023 Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on the 16th, and left the mound with 102 pitches, 5 hits (1 home run), 4 walks, 5 strikeouts, and 2 runs in 5⅔ innings.

After returning to his team after the Asian Games and finishing the season without appearing on the mound, he was called up to the APBC national team and took the mound for the first time in a long time through a practice game with the Armed Forces Athletic Corps (Sangmu) on the 8th.

At the time, he pitched well with a fast ball reaching a maximum speed of 150 km/h, allowing 1 hit, 4 strikeouts, and 1 run over 44 pitches in 3 innings.

Moon Dong-joo fights back

The match between Korea and Australia in the first round of the Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) preliminary round held at Tokyo Dome in Japan on the 16th.Korean starter Moon Dong-ju is struggling.

Manager Ryu Joong-il selected ace Moon Dong-ju as the starting pitcher to take the lead in the first game, but he had difficulty facing the first batter.

He gave up a walk after a 7-pitch battle with Liam Spence.

The 6th fast ball thrown in a ball count of 2 balls and 2 strikes appeared to have passed the strike zone, but the umpire's hand did not rise.

Unable to hide his embarrassed expression, Moon Dong-ju also walked the third batter, Rickson Winggrove, and after two outs, Clayton Campbell hit a timely hit and allowed the first run.

Unlike the Asian Games finals, where he looked confident no matter what ball he threw, today he looked nervous, perhaps because it was his first real game appearance in a long time.

After giving up the first run in the first inning, Dong-ju Moon went on a scoreless streak from the second to the fifth inning, but the national team's batting lineup rarely showed signs of success.

Kim Hyeong-jun's timely hit from 1st and 2nd bases with 1 out in the 2nd inning tied the score at 1-1, but the subsequent opportunity with 1 out and the bases loaded was blown by two infield ground balls. 카지노사이트존