Korea, led by Lee Sung-yeol (Yoo Shin-go), defeated Nicaragua 9-0 in the fourth leg of the UEFA Champions League Group A at the 29th Asian Junior Baseball Championship held at Hyundai Dreamball Park in Busan.
Korea has won 3-1 and has risen to No. With Australia and Canada, which were purely defeated by rain, ranked second in the group with 2 wins and 1 loss, Nicaragua (2 wins and 2 losses) fell to fourth place. Followed by the Netherlands (1-2, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3
The tournament will be held in Group A and Group B, with six countries in Group A and UEFA Champions League, and then the top three in each group will advance to the Super Round. Korea is ahead of the weakest China and the last Kyonggi, so it has actually booked a Super Round.
Lee Min-ho, who started as a starter pitcher on the day, led the team to victory with a perfect pitch with five strikeouts and one walk without allowing a single hit in five innings.
Nam Ji-min (Busan Information High School and Hanhwa Nomination), who was the No. 3 hitter in the batting line, played well with two hits and three RBIs in four at-bats. Kim Ji-chan (laongo and Samsung's nomination) and Shin Jun-woo (Daegu and Kiwoom's nomination) also reported multi-hits with two hits and one RBI in four at-bats and two hits in three at-bats, respectively.
Nicaragua self-destructed by pouring in just three errors; Korea easily scored by adding 11 hits to Nicaragua's error.
In the third inning, Korea jumped on the opponent's error and scored three points to overtake the lead. In the fifth inning, Nicaragua's misleading play gave him a chance to win the game, scoring five points and leading 9-0.
In the sixth inning, a rain cold was declared ahead of Nicaragua's attack; as the rain thickened, the referee was poised to cover the tarpaulins and continue Kyonggi, but the rain did not stop.
Rainfall cold win ..3 wins and 1 loss, first place in group, booking for Super Round