The Korean national baseball team led by Ryu Joong-il will face off against Japan in the third round of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12 Group B match, which will take place at Taipei Dome in Taiwan on Tuesday. The Korean national baseball team, which belongs to the same group as Taiwan, Cuba, Japan, the Dominican Republic and Australia, is aiming to advance to the Super Round (semi-finals). The team lost the first group match against Taiwan, but changed its mood by winning the second group match against Cuba. Japan, which played its first group match against Australia on the 13th, moved to Taiwan to prepare for the match against Korea.온라인카지노

The national baseball team has defeated "Cuba Express" Livan Moinello (29) of the Softbank Hawks, one of the best foreign pitchers in the Japanese professional baseball league. Moinello ranked No. 1 in ERA in the NPB Pacific League this season with 11 wins and 5 losses and 1.88 ERA. The prevailing view was that he would not be able to target the team, but the outcome was unexpected. He gave up six runs on four hits (one homer) during two innings. Including Kim Do-young's grand slam, he scored six runs in the second inning, and collapsed early on. He also displayed aggressive base running by swinging the opponent's battery with two stolen bases.

To qualify for the Super Round, which is given to the top two teams in Group B, Takahashi must win the match against Japan. Taiwan has emerged as No. 1 in Group B by winning both of its first two matches (against Korea and the Dominican Republic). If the team loses to Japan, it could lose to both Taiwan and Japan. The opponent team will be Hiroto Takahashi (22) of the Chunichi Dragons. Takahashi has 12 wins, four losses and an ERA of 1.38 this season.

Tomoyuki Sugano, ranking second in ERA (1.67), not only in his team's Central League but also in the Pacific League. His on-base allowed per inning (WHIP) is also at a level of 0.98 (ranking third in the Central League). He has strong capability to suppress hitters as he has only one homerun (11 against Monilos) against 569 hitters. Takahashi mixes two-seam fastballs, splitters, cut fastballs, and curves freely.

Choi Seung-yong (23) of the Doosan Bears will be in charge of starting the national baseball team. Choi's record this year is 6.00 with two wins and one hold in 12 games. According to Yonhap News, Choi said, "I don't think it's a special match against Japan. I'll throw it as usual," adding, "I'm well aware of Japanese players such as Morishita Shota, (Japan's No. 4 hitter). They are all good players, but I'll throw it valiantly because I'm still young."