Korea @ Japan

2023 World Baseball Classic Pool B

KoreaKoreaKOR

0-2

Final

JapanJapanJPN

2-0


KOR
JPN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	6	1
0	0	4	0	2	5	2	0	-	13	13	1

Korea Hitting

hitters
T. Edman 2B
H. Kim SS
J. Lee CF
B. Park 1B
H. Park 1B
H. Kim LF
J. Choi LF
K. Park RF
B. Kang DH
E. Yang C
J. Choi 3B
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.222	.125
4	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.111	.000
4	0	2	1	0	0	.375	.444	.500
2	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.429	.400
1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.125	.000
0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
4	1	1	1	1	1	.286	.375	.714
4	1	1	0	0	2	.400	.400	.800
4	1	1	2	1	0	.429	.429	1.286
3	0	1	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200
34	4	6	4	2	8

Batting
2BKang (2, Darvish); Ju. Lee (1, Imanaga)
HRE. Yang (2, 3rd inning off Darvish 1 on, 0 Out); K. Park (1, 6th inning off Imanaga 0 on, 1 Out)
RBIE. Yang 2 (5), K. Park (1), Ju. Lee (1)
2Out RBIJu. Lee
Team LOB4
Team RISP2-4 (E. Yang 1-1, Hy. Kim 0-1, Ju. Lee 1-1, B. Park 0-1)

Fielding
DP1 (Je. Choi-Edman-B. Park)
EEdman (1, throw)

Japan Hitting

hitters
L. Nootbaar CF
T. Makihara PR-CF
K. Kondoh RF
S. Ohtani DH
M. Murakami 3B
M. Yoshida LF
U. Shuto PR-LF
K. Okamoto 1B
S. Maki 2B
S. Genda SS
T. Nakano SS
Y. Nakamura C
a T. Ohshiro PH-C
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	2	2	1	0	0	0	.500	.636	.500
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	3	2	3	1	2	1	.429	.636	1.000
3	2	2	1	0	2	1	.571	.727	.857
4	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.200	.000
3	0	3	5	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
5	0	2	1	0	0	1	.286	.500	.286
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.222	.500
0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.500	.250
4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
2	2	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
34	13	13	12	1	8	8

a-struck out swinging for Nakamura in the 8th

Batting
2BKondoh (1, K. Kim); Ohtani (2, Gwak)
3BNakano (1, Jeong)
HRKondoh (1, 5th inning off Won 0 on, 0 Out)
RBIMurakami (2), Kondoh 3 (3), Yoshida 5 (5), Nootbaar (1), Ohtani (3), Okamoto (1)
2Out RBIYoshida
SFMurakami; Yoshida
GIDPMaki
Team LOB8
Team RISP6-15 (Murakami 0-3, Kondoh 1-1, Yoshida 2-2, Maki 0-3, Nootbaar 1-1, Ohtani 1-1, Okamoto 1-4)

Baserunning
SBGenda (1, 2nd base off K. Kim/E. Yang)

Fielding
EMurakami (1, throw)

Korea Pitching

pitchers
K. Kim (L, 0-1)
T. Won
B. Gwak
C. Jeong
Y. Kim
W. Kim
W. Jung
C. Koo
E. Lee
S. Park
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
2.0	3	4	4	2	5	0	59-34	18.00
2.0	2	1	1	1	1	1	29-18	2.70
0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	13-8	13.50
0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	15-10	13.50
0.0	0	3	3	2	0	0	14-5	INF
0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	6-5	13.50
0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	0.00
0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	10-6	54.00
0.1	0	0	0	3	1	0	22-7	0.00
1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-9	0.00
8.0	13	13	13	8	8	1	186-107

Pitching
WPE. Lee
IBBOhtani (by Won).
HBPNootbaar (by Y. Kim)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedK. Kim 8/11; Won 6/9; Gwak 2/4; Jeong 1/2; Jung 1/2; W. Kim 2/3; Y. Kim 0/3; Koo 1/3; E. Lee 2/4; S. Park 4/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesK. Kim-11-9-10-4; Won-7-3-1-7; Gwak-1-0-3-4; Jeong-3-1-4-2; Jung-0-1-2-2; W. Kim-1-1-0-3; Y. Kim-2-0-3-0; Koo-1-0-2-3; E. Lee-4-1-2-0; S. Park-5-1-0-3
Ground Balls-Fly BallsK. Kim 0-1; Won 2-3; Gwak 1-1; Jeong 1-0; Jung 1-0; W. Kim 0-1; Koo 0-1; S. Park 2-1
Game ScoresK Kim 37

Japan Pitching

pitchers
Y. Darvish (W, 1-0)
S. Imanaga (H, 1)
Y. Udagawa
Y. Matsui
H. Takahashi
team

IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
3.0	3	3	2	1	1	48-31	6.00
3.0	3	1	1	3	1	48-34	3.00
1.0	0	0	0	2	0	11-7	0.00
1.0	0	0	0	1	0	23-16	0.00
1.0	0	0	0	1	0	12-7	0.00
9.0	6	4	3	8	2	142-95

Pitching
HBPB. Park (by Darvish)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedDarvish 9/14; Matsui 0/3; Imanaga 8/12; H. Takahashi 2/3; Udagawa 1/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesDarvish-8-3-8-12; Matsui-2-3-9-2; Imanaga-8-9-8-9; H. Takahashi-0-2-3-2; Udagawa-3-1-2-0
Ground Balls-Fly BallsDarvish 4-5; Matsui 0-2; Imanaga 2-4; H. Takahashi 2-0; Udagawa 0-1
Game ScoresY Darvish 44

Scoring Summary

		KOR	JPN
3rd	E. Yang homered to left center (394 feet), Kang scored.	2	0
3rd	Ju. Lee singled to right, Kim scored, Ju. Lee to second.	3	0
3rd	Nootbaar singled to center, Genda scored, Nakamura to third.	3	1
3rd	Kondoh doubled to center, Nakamura scored, Nootbaar to third.	3	2
3rd	Yoshida singled to center, Kondoh scored and Nootbaar scored, Ohtani to second.	3	4
5th	Kondoh homered to center right (354 feet).	3	5
5th	Yoshida hit sacrifice fly to right, Ohtani scored.	3	6
6th	K. Park homered to right (376 feet).	4	6
6th	Kondoh walked, Nakano scored, Nootbaar to second, Nakamura to third.	4	7
6th	Ohtani singled to right, Nakamura scored, Kondoh to second, Nootbaar to third.	4	8
6th	Murakami hit sacrifice fly to left, Nootbaar scored.	4	9
6th	Yoshida singled to right, Kondoh scored, Ohtani to second.	4	10
6th	Okamoto singled to left, Ohtani scored, Yoshida to third.	4	11
7th	Nakano scored on E. Lee wild pitch, Kondoh to second on wild pitch by E. Lee, Taisei to third on wild pitch by E. Lee.	4	12
7th	Yoshida walked, Taisei scored, Ohtani to second, Kondoh to third.	4	13

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Korea @ Japan

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