Kim Do-young's 8th-Inning Winning Hit Leads South Korea to 5th Consecutive Asian Games Baseball Gold

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The South Korean national baseball team, which suffered a shocking defeat to Japan two days ago, got its revenge in the Asian Games final to claim the top spot. In the late stages of a tight game, star player Kim Do-young drove in the winning RBI, leading the team to its fifth consecutive tournament title.

Our first report today (September 27) comes from reporter Bae Jeonghun.

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The national team, which suffered a painful shutout loss to Japan two days ago, struck first early today.

In the second inning, Yoon Dong-hee hit a double off the fence, followed by an RBI single from Moon Hyun-bin to take a 1-0 lead.

However, the team left runners in scoring position stranded on multiple subsequent occasions, swallowing its disappointment, and eventually allowed a tying run in the late innings.

Ace Kwak Bin, who pitched brilliantly and allowed no runs through six innings despite the poor weather, returned to the mound for the seventh, but surrendered an RBI single on his 111th pitch to allow the tie.

Yet the national team did not miss out on the ensuing promised eighth inning.

Star player Kim Do-young hit a hard grounder toward third base with two outs and runners on first and third in the bottom of the eighth, and the third baseman failed to field it cleanly, resulting in a game-winning RBI.

Adding Moon Bo-gyung's insurance RBI single up the middle to pull ahead by two runs, the national team completed a 3-1 victory as Cho Byong-hyun and Park Young-hyun, who followed Kwak Bin, protected the lead without allowing a run.

The players embraced one another and reveled in the joy of victory.

[Moon Hyun-bin / National Baseball Team Player: The tension was so high that it still doesn't feel real (to win). I am just so happy.]

Having achieved five consecutive Asian Games titles since the 2010 Guangzhou Games, the national baseball team will return home tomorrow.

(Video by Yang Doo-won | Video Editing by Park Gi-deok)
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