On the 5th at the Tokyo Dome in Japan, the World Baseball Classic (WBC) group stage Group C game between Korea and the Czech Republic was held.
Korea started So Hyeong-jun, and the Czech Republic sent out Danielle Padisak as the starting pitcher.
Korea, which reached the semifinals in 2006 and finished runner-up in 2009, failed to make the quarterfinal knockout stage in all three subsequent tournaments (2013, 2017, 2023). In this tournament, it is aiming to reach the final-round knockout stage for the first time in 17 years.
In the bottom of the fourth with none out, Korea's Kim Do-young goes down on strikes. Mar. 5, 2026
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