Starting Pitcher Won Tae-in Selected for Baseball National Team's Game Against Israel

Showdown with Major League Baseball Veteran John Moscot

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Right-handed pitcher Won Tae-in (Samsung Lions) will take the mound for the baseball national team's first game. On the 28th, at a press conference held at Yokohama City Hall in Japan, national team manager Kim Kyung-moon announced Won Tae-in as the starting pitcher for the first match of Group B in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics group stage. He is the next-generation ace who has pitched excellently this season with a 10-4 record and a 2.54 ERA in fifteen professional baseball games. On the 29th at 7 PM, he will face the Israeli batting lineup at Yokohama Stadium in Japan.

Manager Kim said, "Although he is still young, he is the pitcher with the most wins in Korean professional baseball," adding, "He pitches calmly on the mound, so I believe he will fulfill his role well even in the somewhat pressure-filled first game." He continued, "We will prepare well to have a good game against Israel tomorrow."

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Meanwhile, Israel announced John Moskot as their starting pitcher against Korea. He is a right-handed pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in Major League Baseball for two years starting in 2015. He recorded a 1-4 record with a 6.82 ERA in eight games.