The bronze medal match against the Dominican Republic at the Tokyo Olympics held at Yokohama Stadium on the 7th. Seunghwan Oh bows his head in the dugout when defeat is certain to be 6-10 in the bottom of the ninth. [연합뉴스]
After the game, veteran Oh Seung-hwan (39, Samsung Lions) could not speak.
The baseball team, led by coach Kim Kyung-moon, lost the bronze medal match against the Dominican Republic 6-10 at the Tokyo Olympics held at Yokohama Stadium in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan on the 7th. It was a situation in which the 2nd consecutive championship was canceled as they had already failed to advance to the finals. He aimed for the beauty of Yoo Jong with a bronze medal, but finished the competition in 4th place.
It wasn’t that he didn’t have a chance to win. The game, which was behind 2-5, was overturned to 6-5 by scoring four goals at the end of the fifth inning. However, in the early 8th inning, he consecrated a ‘big inning’ with 5 runs in the Dominican Republic batting line. All five runs were attributed to closing pitcher Oh Seung-hwan. He became a losing pitcher with 4 hits (1 homer) and 5 runs in 1/3 innings. There were seven juniors (7) who could receive military service benefits if they won a bronze medal, but this was a shocking defeat.
After the match, Oh Seung-hwan repeated the same words, saying, “I don’t know what to say. Everyone worked hard, but the result is this… I don’t know what to say now.” He continued, “The results are not good, but the players are breaking down now, and I am very sorry. It’s hard to give, and I’m sorry.”
There is a high possibility that Seung-hwan Oh, who is about to lose his temper, will put down the Taegeuk mark at the end of this tournament. He said, “I thought it was the last time. I talked to the players and wanted to finish well, but it’s really hard right now.
Yokohama = Reporter Bae Joong-hyun bae.junghyune@joongang.co.kr
