S. Korea Falls to Japan for 1st Loss in Baseball
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S. Korea falls to Japan for 1st loss in baseball
NAGOYA, Japan — The four-time defending champion South Korea was shut out by Japan 5-0 for its first loss in the Asian Games baseball tournament on Friday. Made up of stars of the top domestic league, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), South Korea managed just four hits against a Japanese team of amateurs to begin the Super Round at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium in Toyohashi, some 85 kilometers southeast of the main host city, Nagoya.…
Japan has consistently sent amateur baseball players who balance their careers with baseball to the Asian Games. This was no different for the Asian Games being held in their own country for the first time in 32 years. The starting pitcher for the game against Korea in the Super Round of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, held on the 25th at Toyohashi Citizens Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, was also a 24-year-old amateur player, Hi.
(Toyohashi, Japan = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hyun-gu = The South Korean national baseball team suffered a crushing defeat in the Korea-Japan match on Chuseok.
[OSEN=Toyohashi (Japan), Reporter Lee Hu-gwang] Even the trusted closing duo crumbled. Cho Byung-hyun took the mound in relief during the first game against Japan in the Super Round of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, held at Toyohashi Citizens Stadium in Aichi Prefecture on the 25th, but faltered, allowing two runs in ⅔ of an inning. Cho took the mound in the bottom of the 6th inning, trailing 0-3. Although he had showcased a perfect pitching…
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