South Korea, led by head coach Chung In-myung, won a landslide 9-0 victory against Hong Kong in the second Group A preliminary round of the 30th Asian Baseball Championship held at Taichung Intercontinental Stadium in Taiwan on the 5th.

The team suffered a complete defeat of 0-4 in the opening match against Taiwan on Sunday. The difference in weight class was evident. The game was completely behind Taiwan, which even brought in players from the U.S. and Japan to form the best members.

The Dong-A Ilbo met Hong Kong on Tuesday. The Dong-A Ilbo met Hong Kong and the Dong-A Ilbo met Hong Kong. The Dong-A Ilbo had a complete victory in the preliminary round. The team now has one win and one loss.

In the bottom of the second inning, Euro Gyeol hit a solo home run over the left fence to score the first run. Later, Chung Hyun-seung's ground ball earned an additional point.

Kim Bum-seok and Shin Yong-seok hit a timely hit in the bottom of the third inning, making it 4-0. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Shin Yong-seok hit a sacrifice fly with one out and runners on the second and third bases, making it 5-0.

South Korea, which faced a chance to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, effectively ended the game when Seo Jung-hoon hit a double on the left field line to bring all the runners home.

Euro Gyeol played an active role with two hits (one home run) and one RBI. He became the main character of Korea's first home run of the tournament. Park Joo-chan and Shin Yong-seok hit multiple hits side by side, and Seo Jung-hoon helped the batters with three RBIs.

On the mound, starting pitcher Jang Ji-soo pitched well with two hits, one walk, and four strikeouts in three innings, and Kang Dong-hoon (1 inning), Jang Min-ki (2 innings), Kang Min-gu (1 inning) and Cho Byung-hyun (2 innings) threw one after another, ending the game without losing a point.

South Korea, which is in Group A with Taiwan, Hong Kong and Palestine in this tournament, is scheduled to play its final preliminary round match at the same place as Palestine at 1:30 p.m. on the 6th.

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