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Great moments to a great game. Crucial double-plays, outstanding defensive performances, late game clutch hits, and of course, superb pitching throughout the entire game, all add up to one ridiculously intense WBC final match between Japan and South Korea.
FINAL
Japan 5
South Korea 3
10 innings
I knew it was going to be a low scoring game when I took note of the starting pitchers for both teams. And I expected the game to be tightly knit until the very end. In the contest's entirety, the prediction held true.
It was only 1-1 in the 7th inning, until Japan broke the tie and went ahead 2-1. The Japanese would add another insurance run in the 8th, but South Korea quickly made that run up and headed into the bottom of the ninth inning down 3-2.
Man, I really thought the game was over when Japan's Yu Darvish took the mound. Instead, the game got really interesting when Darvish actually surrendered the lead by allowing South Korea to tie the game 3-3 at the bottom of the ninth. So... extra innings!
Well, the 10th inning quickly opened up with Japan's rally. How cliched that the legendary Ichiro Suzuki would go forth with the game winning hit: a typical 2-run single to center field.
Darvish continued to pitch the bottom of the 10th, effectively bouncing back from his shaky 9th. The game would end with Japan's victory over South Korea, a close and intense game: 5-3, Japan.
This would give Japan consecutive WBC championship titles. Still, the Koreans played incredibly well, factoring in that their professional baseball league is still quite young, starting in 1982. I have high hopes for the South Korean team. I'm sure in the next classic they will be just as successful.
As for this year's WBC... it should've been more like the Asian Baseball Classic 2009.
Man, I really thought the game was over when Japan's Yu Darvish took the mound. Instead, the game got really interesting when Darvish actually surrendered the lead by allowing South Korea to tie the game 3-3 at the bottom of the ninth. So... extra innings!
Well, the 10th inning quickly opened up with Japan's rally. How cliched that the legendary Ichiro Suzuki would go forth with the game winning hit: a typical 2-run single to center field.
Darvish continued to pitch the bottom of the 10th, effectively bouncing back from his shaky 9th. The game would end with Japan's victory over South Korea, a close and intense game: 5-3, Japan.
This would give Japan consecutive WBC championship titles. Still, the Koreans played incredibly well, factoring in that their professional baseball league is still quite young, starting in 1982. I have high hopes for the South Korean team. I'm sure in the next classic they will be just as successful.
As for this year's WBC... it should've been more like the Asian Baseball Classic 2009.
2 comment(s):
if yu darvish was called andryu darvish, i would be that nasty
We gotta play catch soon and pitch just like him. Dude, he's only 2 years older than us.
WE CAN DO IT.
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