‘Football Closing’ Britain has achieved a small miracle in baseball.
On the 14th (hereinafter Korean time), England defeated Colombia 7-5 in Group C of the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) held at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. It was the first win after two consecutive losses. It is the first time in history that Great Britain has won the WBC.안전놀이터
England passed the European qualifiers and were assigned to Group C of the tournament. A team was formed with minor leaguers. First, he gave 3 points, but immediately balanced in the 4th inning, and after overturning the game in the 5th, he won by defending the lead in the second half of the game. He showed off a pretty structured baseball.
Starting pitcher Tyler Visa gave up 2 hits, 1 strikeout, 4 walks and 3 runs (2 earned) in 3⅓ innings. However, Gram Sparker became the winning pitcher with 1 hit and 2 strikeouts in 2⅔ innings. In the batting line, Harry Ford, who fired a runaway solo shot at the bottom of the 7th inning with a 5-3 lead, stood out. Born in 2003, he is a minor league prospect affiliated with the Seattle Mariners. On this day, he played as catcher number 4 and went 2-for-4 (1 home run), 1 RBI and 2 runs scored. Leadoff Chavez Young and Jayden Rudd, who played as the 8th hitter, scored 2 RBIs.
In Columbia, Dayan Price, who played shortstop in the ninth, had two hits, but the overall offensive power was not outstanding. In the beginning of the ninth inning, trailing by 3-7, Dilson Herrera’s solo shot in the left middle wall was pursued, and he took a chance for 1 out and 2nd and 3 bases due to an opponent’s error and wild shooting, but was content with pursuing only one more point. Colombia is 1-1.
