Nagoya Asian Games baseball gold medal match: South Korean ace Guo Bin tied with the Japanese team 1:1

Guo Bin. (Reuters)

[Reporter Gong Naijie/Comprehensive Report] In the Nagoya Asian Games baseball gold medal game, the defending South Korean team's ace Guo Bin dominated the Japanese team's line in the first 6 innings. However, the Japanese team counterattacked in the 7th inning. Sato Yongki hit a tying hit and the two sides tied at 1:1.

The South Korean team scored first in the second inning when Yoon Dong-hee hit a double and Moon Hyun-bin hit a timely hit to score the first run. Even though there were many offensives in the early stages of the game, the South Korean team also used a large assist strategy of 4 bunts in the first 6 rounds, but the results were not good. Including strong hits, both Yoon Dong-hee and Kim Ji-chan failed to hit the ball. There were as many as 12 bases in the first 7 innings.

The firepower of his teammates failed to support him. Guo Bin used South Korea's ace skills to get Japan's first hit by Mizutani Shohei in the 4th inning. However, there was a crisis in the 7th inning. Oizawa Ryosuke and Mizutani Shohei both hit first and second base. Sato Yuki hit a timely hit and led the team to equalize the score. At the same time, Guo Bin was dismissed.

The South Korean team's ace pitcher Guo Bin fired a total of 111 pitches, allowed 4 hits in 6.1 innings, had 9 strikeouts and 2 walk-offs, and left the game with 1 run.

Japan's starting pitcher Arata Higuchi won the game against South Korea in 7 scoreless innings on the 25th. He only had one day off before taking the plate against South Korea. He scored a total of 60 pitches in 3 innings with 4 strikeouts and only lost 1 run. The Japanese team started a round of battle. Soichiro Kayo and Yoshiki Nabugami each scored 2 scoreless innings.