[Photo] Captain Lee Jung-hoo, cheer for home run with Shay Whitley

On the 5th at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, a World Baseball Classic (WBC) Group C pool game between Korea and the Czech Republic was held.

Korea started So Hyeong-jun, and the Czech Republic sent Danielle Padisak as the starting pitcher.

Korea, which reached the semifinals in 2006 and finished runner-up in 2009, failed to advance to the quarterfinal knockout stage in all three subsequent tournaments (2013, 2017, 2023). In this tournament, it is aiming to reach the main knockout stage for the first time in 17 years.

With one out and a runner on first in the bottom of the fifth, Korea's Shay Whitcomb hit a two-run homer to left and celebrated with Lee Jung-hoo in the dugout. Mar. 5, 2026

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