Kwak Bin's 155km fastball was good, but in the fourth inning, he lost three runs
Nov 15, 2025
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Kwak Bin started the "2025 NAVER K-BASEBALL SERIES" warm-up match against Japan at Tokyo Dome in Japan on the 15th and recorded three hits, one walk, and three runs in three ⅓ innings. He was replaced after allowing one run, but Kwak Bin's loss became three points as the follow-up Lee Woon sent both runners given by Kwak Bin into the home.
Kwak Bin, who started the warm-up match against the Czech Republic on the 8th, a week ago, and finished preparation for the match against Japan by throwing 30 hits and no runs in two innings.
He played with up to 155km of fastballs, sliders and curves, but overall, Japanese batters couldn't timing Kwak Bin's fastball properly.
The lead, Okabayashi, was caught with a ground ball in front of second base with a fast fastball of 153km, and Nomura, the second, handled it with a shallow fly to right field with a fastball of 151km after a full count match. It was also a full-count match with No. 3 Morisita. Morisita hit a 154km fastball, but third baseman Noh Si-hwan slipped and caught it and threw it to first base to get out.
In the bottom of the second inning, he handled No. 4 Okamoto with a fly to center field, and caught Maki, who allowed a home run during APBC, with a catcher foul fly at the first pitch. Left-handed batter Jojono finished with a ground ball in front of the shortstop.
He overcame his first crisis in the bottom of the third inning. It was the first hit by leader Nishikawa. The fastball of 152km at the first pitch became a right-handed hit. The hit of a slightly high ball on the body flew to 1-2 bases, and Shin Min-jae tried to catch it, but it didn't touch the glove.
He played a full count match against Sakamoto at first base with no outs. Sakamoto's seventh pitch flowed toward the third base line, but Noh Si-hwan caught it well and sprayed it to first base. Kwak Bin, who handled Sasaki with a foul fly to the first baseman with one out and second base, was hit by Okabayashi, who met for the second time, but Moon Hyun-bin followed well and caught it.
In the top of the fourth inning, Ahn Hyun-min's first two-run shot and Song Sung-moon's rendezvous solo shot exploded, raising the mood in Korea to lead 3-0.
However, Kwak Bin, who also appeared in the bottom of the fourth inning, was in the second crisis and lost a point. He allowed a walk to the lead Nomura, and Park Hae-min caught Morishita's short fly with a super catch, but faced a double on the left-field line that handed over Noh Si-hwan's height to No. 4 pinch-hitter Yuhei Nakamura, a crisis with one out and runners on second and third bases. He then lost his first point after being hit by a left-handed hit by Maki.
Kwak Bin was replaced by Lee Woon here. Lee Ro-woon struck out Gozo with a swing and miss to make it two outs, but he allowed Nishikawa to double to the right, so both runners given up by Kwak Bin homered and tied the score 3-3. Kwak Bin lost three points.
When Lee Woo-woon walked Sakamoto and reached the first and second bases with two outs, Kim Taek-yeon came up and caught Sasaki with a ground ball in front of the second base, preventing additional runs and finishing the bottom of the fourth inning.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
