In the first round of the WBC (World Baseball Classic) of baseball, Australia won 8-7 in the match between Australia and South Korea in the same group as Japan.
[Tokyo Dome 12:00 Start of game]
｜123｜456｜789｜Total HE
Australia｜000｜110｜330｜810 0
Korea｜000｜031｜030｜770
[Winning pitcher] Kennedy 1 win
[Losing pitcher] Kim Wonjun 1 loss
[Save] Guyer 1S
[home run]
(Australia) Kennelly (No. 1 solo, 5 innings)
Glendinning (No. 1 3 runs, 7 innings)
Perkins (No. 1 3 runs, 8 innings)
(Korea) Yang - Wiji (No. 1, 3 runs, 5 innings)
The first round of the WBC will be divided into four groups, with China, South Korea, the Czech Republic, and Australia in Group B, the same group as Japan, with the top two teams advancing to the quarterfinals.
On the 9th, ahead of Japan's match at the Tokyo Dome, South Korea, who were runners-up in the 2nd tournament in 2009, played against Australia, who have been eliminated in the first round of each of the past four tournaments.
In the match, Australia scored one run each in the 4th and 5th innings to take the lead, but in the 5th inning Yang Wi-ji of South Korea hit a three-run homer to give Australia a lead, and they added a run in the 6th inning. it was done.
In the 7th inning, Australia trailed by 2 points, No. 3 Glendinning hit a three-run home run, and succeeded in coming from behind with a score of 5-4.
In the 8th inning, No. 8 Perkins extended his lead with a three-run, and after that, although Korea caught up, Australia managed to escape with an 8-7 score and got off to a winning start.
Japan will face South Korea on the 10th and Australia on the 12th.