Xiaoxing, covered in tarpaulin, soaked…Korean Baseball Wins 4th Series in a row, Will It Be Blocked

The Korean national baseball team, which is trying to win its fourth consecutive Asian Games title, is set to face Taiwan in the final match of the Hangzhou Asian Games at Xiaoxing Baseball Stadium near Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, at 7 p.m. on the 7th (Korea Standard Time).

It rained in Xiaoxing from the previous day. The last Super Round match between Japan and Taiwan ended with a 2-0 victory and a six-time rainfall call victory by Japan.

The drizzle continued this morning. It rained throughout the bronze medal match between Japan and China. 스포츠토토

But the game went ahead. Japan won the bronze medal by 4-3 and 1 point after a bloody battle. China, which sought to enter the stadium for the first time in the history of Asian Games baseball, missed the medal in front of its eyes.

Will the final match between Korea and Taiwan be held. As of 5 p.m., the outdoor coverage area of the site was covered with tarpaulin.

It's called artificial turf, but the ground is soaking wet. The tarpaulin covering each base and mound is filled with rainwater. There is not much real-time precipitation, but the variable is that it is falling all day.

Kwak Bin and Moon Dong-ju of Korea and Lin Yu-min of Taiwan, who took the mound against Korea on the 2nd, are expected to start.

If the final is canceled due to rain, it is expected to be postponed until the morning of Myeongil. A KBO official said, "It is right that we have to play the game tomorrow morning. The time will be notified later, he explained.

If so, what if it rains until the morning of the 8th or the game cannot be played due to ground conditions due to rain. The gold and silver medals are determined by the winner's win according to the tiebreaker regulations.

South Korea and Taiwan are tied with two wins and one loss in the Super Round performance, but since Taiwan won the group stage earlier, Taiwan has the upper hand in winning the winner. South Korea could not play the final and the silver medal could be confirmed.