Bees mound → 12 players will take the mound against the world's No. 1, the reason why the head coach said

With Japan, the "world's No. 1," overpowered Australia in the first round of Group B, he paid attention to Australia's bee-like baseball.스포츠토토

Australia lost 3-9 to Japan in the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12 Group B matchup held at the Banterin Dome in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the 13th (Korea time).

If you open the lid, it was Australia that perfectly lost to Japan in pitching and hitting. Japan had 13 hits while Australia had six.

The most eye-catching part is the mound. He allowed nine runs, and a total of 12 pitchers took the mound.

Luis Thorpe, who came up as a starting pitcher, allowed one run and went down while catching two out-counts. He was substituted after playing only ⅔ innings.

Sam Holland then allowed one run in ⅔ innings, Blake Townsend's ⅔ scoreless, Mitch Nunborn's 1 inning scoreless, John Kennedy's 1 inning scoreless, Todd Van Stensel 1 inning scoreless, Tim Atherton 1 inning scoreless, Coen Win ⅓ 1 inning scoreless, Daniel McGrath's ⅔ scoreless, Will Sherriff 1 run in 0 innings, Josh Geyer's 2 ⅔ and Stephen Kent ⅓ scoreless innings.

Australia has set up 14 pitchers, half of them in the 28-man entry. All but two of them played from the first round.

Holland, the second of 12 pitchers to take the mound, had the most pitches with 20.

After the game, Australian manager David Neilson said, "Disappointed. It collapsed from the beginning. The team failed to revive and collapsed on its own. The Japanese pitchers were also good."

As for posting 12 pitchers, he said, "It was a prelude to a move to Taiwan. We did not have any results, but we sent them out as we wanted them to get used to the environment."

Japanese media SportiniaNex expressed caution, saying, "If we prepare for the second game (against Dominica) on the 15th in Taiwan, we can expect future games."

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