[ASIAN GAMES] S. Korea beats Japan for 5th consecutive baseball gold medal

South Korea won its fifth consecutive Asian Games baseball gold medal on Sunday in Toyohashi, Japan, beating host Japan 3-1. Gwak Been threw 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball, and Kim Do-yeong and Moon Bo-gyeong delivered the key RBI hits in the eighth. The win avenged South Korea’s 5-0 loss to Japan in the Super Round two days earlier.

Gwak Been struck out nine batters and allowed four hits in his 6 1/3-inning start.

South Korea scored its first run in the second inning on Moon Hyun-bin’s RBI single after Yoon Dong-hee doubled.

Japan tied the game in the seventh inning on Yuki Sato’s RBI single before South Korea pulled ahead again in the eighth.

Park Yeong-hyun struck out Masato Shibasaki on a 0-2 fastball to end the game and secure the gold medal.

Published Sep 27, 2026 10:26 pm KST

South Korean baseball players celebrate after defeating Japan during the teams' baseball gold medal game at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium in Toyohashi, Sunday. Yonhap

TOYOHASHI, Japan — South Korea grabbed its fifth consecutive Asian Games gold medal in baseball on Sunday, with a 3-1 victory over the host country Japan.

Starter Gwak Been tossed 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball, and the dormant offense woke up just in time on this rainy night at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium in Toyohashi, some 85 kilometers southeast of Nagoya.

With the score tied at 1-1 in the top of the eighth inning, Kim Do-yeong delivered the go-ahead RBI with an infield single before Moon Bo-gyeong drove in an insurance run with a single of his own.

Gwak struck out nine batters and scattered four hits in another strong outing. Relievers Jo Byeong-hyeon and Park Yeong-hyun then slammed the door shut for the narrow win.

South Korea avenged a 5-0 loss to Japan in the Super Round on Friday, when it managed just four hits across seven innings against Shin Higuchi.

Higuchi started this game again on just one day's rest, and South Korea put some pressure on him early, with a walk and a single putting two men on for the heart of the order in the top of the first inning.

However, cleanup Moon Bo-gyeong struck out swinging, before cleanup Roh Si-hwan was robbed of an extra-base hit when right fielder Shohei Mizutani caught a towering fly right at the fence.

But South Korea solved Higuchi in the top second. After Yoon Dong-hee led off with a double, Moon Hyun-bin, who had gone 2-for-17 before Sunday, cashed him in with a single to center for a 1-0 lead.

South Korea then caught a lucky break to keep the rally going, though it failed to capitalize on it.

Kim Ji-chan put down a bunt to advance Moon, and after fielding the ball, Higuchi chose to go to second to get the lead runner.

Moon was called safe, but replays showed he was tagged before his feet reached the bag. There was no replay review in this tournament.

A sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk loaded the bases for South Korea, but Park Jun-soon struck out for the second straight at-bat and Kim Do-yeong flied out to left.

Kim Do-yeong of South Korea celebrates after hitting a go-ahead single against Japan during the teams' baseball gold medal game at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium in Toyohashi, Japan, Sunday. Yonhap

South Korea kept creating traffic on the base but could not add to its lead after the first two batters of the third inning reached.

While the South Korean offense continued to be silenced, starter Gwak Been held Japan without a hit through the first four innings and pitched around a leadoff double in the fifth.

South Korea had the bases loaded with two outs in the top seventh, but Moon Hyun-bin popped out to left to end that rally.

South Korea then paid the price for those missed opportunities.

Japan hit two singles off Gwak in the bottom seventh, and Yuki Sato singled through the hole on the left to drive in the tying run.

The hit knocked Gwak out of the game, and reliever Jo Byeong-hyeon put out the fire by striking out the next two batters.

South Korea punched right back and reclaimed its lead with a two-run eighth

After a double, a sacrifice bunt and a walk put runners at the corners, Kim Do-yeong smoked a hard grounder right at third baseman Yuki Sato for a tiebreaking infield single.

Moon Bo-gyeong then poked a single up the middle to bring home another run for a 3-1 lead.

South Korea escaped a one-out, two-on jam in the bottom eighth, with new pitcher Park Yeong-hyun striking out cleanup Ryosuke Aizawa and getting Yukiya Yano to fly out to left.

Park walked the tightrope in the bottom eighth, giving up a walk and a single after retiring the first two batters. It brought the go-ahead run to the plate in the form of pinch hitter Masato Shibasaki, but Park struck him out looking on a 0-2 fastball to clinch the gold medal for South Korea.

韩国队周日在日本丰桥举行的亚运会棒球比赛中以3比1击败东道主日本队，夺得五连冠。郭炳江投了6又1/3局，仅失一分，金度荣和文甫京在第八局的关键安打帮助韩国队锁定胜局。这场胜利也报了韩国队两天前在超级循环赛中0比5负于日本队的一箭之仇。

郭本在6又1/3局的先发中三振了9名打者，只被击出4支安打。

韩国队在第二局凭借文贤彬的打点安打拿下第一分，此前尹东熙击出二垒安打。

日本队在第七局凭借佐藤祐树的打点安打扳平比分，但韩国队在第八局再次取得领先。

朴英铉用0-2的快速球三振了柴崎正人，结束了比赛，确保了金牌。

发布于2026年9月27日晚上10:26（韩国标准时间）

周日，在爱知-名古屋亚运会丰桥市棒球场举行的棒球金牌争夺战中，韩国棒球队战胜日本队后庆祝胜利。（韩联社）

日本丰桥——韩国队周日以 3 比 1 战胜东道主日本队，连续第五次获得亚运会棒球金牌。

先发投手郭胜平投了 6 又 1/3 局，只丢了一分，而沉寂已久的进攻在丰桥市棒球场这个雨夜及时苏醒，该球场位于名古屋东南约 85 公里的丰桥市。

第八局上半，双方比分战成 1-1 平，金道英击出内野安打，拿下制胜分，随后文宝京也击出安打，再添一分保险分。

郭克投球表现出色，送出9次三振，仅被击出4支安打。随后，救援投手赵炳贤和朴英铉稳住局面，最终帮助球队险胜。

韩国队在周五的超级循环赛中以 0-5 负于日本队，成功复仇。当时，韩国队面对樋口真，在七局比赛中仅击出四支安打。

樋口只休息了一天就再次首发，韩国队开局就给他施加了一些压力，在第一局上半局，凭借一次保送和一次安打，让两名打者站上了对方的中路。

然而，第四棒文宝京挥棒落空被三振出局，随后第四棒卢时焕击出长打，右外野手水谷翔平在围栏边接住了高飞球，错失了长打机会。

但韩国队在第二局上半局就解决了樋口。尹东熙率先击出二垒安打，随后此前17打数仅2安打的文贤彬击出中外野安打，帮助韩国队1-0领先。

韩国随后幸运地迎来了一波上涨行情，但未能充分利用这一机会。

金智灿触击推进文，接球后，樋口选择上二垒追分。

裁判判穆恩安全上垒，但回放显示，他的脚在触垒前就被触碰了。本次比赛没有录像回放审查。

韩国队通过牺牲触击和故意保送攻占了垒包，但朴俊顺连续第二次击球被三振出局，金道英击出左外野高飞球出局。

周日，在日本丰桥市丰桥棒球场举行的爱知-名古屋亚运会棒球金牌争夺战中，韩国选手金道英击出制胜安打后庆祝。（韩联社）

韩国队在第三局前两名击球手上垒后，不断给垒上制造麻烦，但未能扩大领先优势。

尽管韩国队的进攻仍然被压制，但先发投手郭炳江在前四局没有让日本队击出安打，并在第五局被击出一支二垒安打后稳住了局面。

韩国队在第七局上半两出局的情况下攻占了满垒，但文贤彬击出左外野高飞球被接杀，结束了韩国队的攻势。

韩国随后为错失的这些机会付出了代价。

日本队在第七局下半从郭胜铉手中击出两支安打，佐藤勇树击出一支穿过左外野空档的安打，打回了追平比分的跑者。

这一击将郭击出局，救援投手赵炳贤三振了接下来的两名击球手，扑灭了对方的攻势。

韩国队迅速反击，在第八局拿下两分，重新取得领先。

在一次二垒安打、一次牺牲触击和一次保送之后，跑垒员分别站上了三垒和一垒。金道英击出一记强劲的滚地球，正中三垒手佐藤勇树，形成一支打破僵局的内野安打。

随后，文宝京击出一记中路安打，再得一分，将比分改写为 3-1。

韩国队在第八局下半局一出局二垒有人时化解了危机，新投手朴英铉三振了第四棒相泽亮介，并让矢野幸也击出左外野高飞球出局。

朴智星在第八局下半局如履薄冰，在解决掉前两名打者后，又送出一次保送和一次安打。这使得韩国队的代打柴崎正人站上了打击区，但朴智星用一记0-2的快速球三振了他，为韩国队锁定了金牌。