'Kim Kyung-munho' Designated 4th Batter Yang Eui-ji in Korea-Japan Match

Using the Batting Order as Is for Knockout Stage 1 and 2 Rounds

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The baseball national team led by manager Kim Kyung-moon will face Japan without changing the batting order. The team will use the same batting order from the knockout stage rounds 1 and 2 in the semifinals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held on the 4th at Yokohama Stadium in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The lineup is as follows: No. 1 center fielder Park Hae-min (Samsung), No. 2 designated hitter Kang Baek-ho (kt), No. 3 right fielder Lee Jung-hoo (Kiwoom), No. 4 catcher Yang Eui-ji (NC), No. 5 left fielder Kim Hyun-soo (LG), No. 6 first baseman Oh Jae-il (Samsung), No. 7 shortstop Oh Ji-hwan (LG), No. 8 third baseman Heo Kyung-min (Doosan), and No. 9 second baseman Hwang Jae-gyun (kt). The starting pitcher will be Go Young-pyo (kt). Japan's starting pitcher is Orix Buffaloes ace Yamamoto Yoshinobu. He recorded an ERA of 1.82 in sixteen games in his domestic league this year. In this tournament, he has also performed well, shutting down the Dominican Republic's lineup with 2 hits, 1 walk, 9 strikeouts, and no runs allowed over 6 innings.

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