'Let's clinch first place in the group': Korea youth baseball starts with Lee Min-ho against Nicaragua
The national team led by Lee Sung-yeol (Yoo Shin-go) will play Nicaragua at Hyundai Motor Dreamball Park in Busan at 6 p.m. on the 2nd and the 4th Group A UEFA Champions League in the 29th World Youth Baseball Championships (under 18).
Korea, which defeated UEFA Champions League's biggest Canadian 8 - 5 the day before, could actually be the top group A if it beat Nicaragua.
In this Kyonggi, which Korea can never miss, the coach scored Lee Min-ho as a starter. Lee Min-ho, who received the first nomination of the professional baseball LG Twins, will make his first appearance in the tournament.
Lee Min-ho is a right-handed orthodox Pitcher with a height of 189cm and a weight of 94kg. He threw 4523 innings in the UEFA Champions League 10Kyonggi this year, his third year, with a 2-1 loss, an average ERA of 1.17 and a strikeout of 67.
The starting lineup was packed into Lee Ju-hyung (right fielder) - Kim Ji-chan (second baseman) - Men people (nominated hitter) - Jang Jae-young (first baseman) - Park Min (shortstop) - Shin Jun-woo (third baseman) - Park Joo-hong (left fielder) - Kang Hyun-woo (captain) - Park Si-won (center).
Men people (Busan Information High School), who hit .500 with a batting average in the tournament, went to No. 3, and Shin Joon-woo (Daegu High School), who had been in charge of No. 3 in the previous 3Kyonggi, moved to No. 6.