Tommy Edman (St. Louis Cardinals), who played as a member of the Korean national team in the World Baseball Classic (WBC), led his team to victory with a final hit.
St. Louis beat the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on the 17th (Korean time) in the 2023 American Professional Baseball Major League (MLB) home game, Edmon’s timely hit to finish with two outs at the end of the 10th inning overtime won 5-4. .
With Pittsburgh’s Bae Ji-hwan removed from the starting list, St. Louis and Pittsburgh faced off 3-3. St. Louis gave Pittsburgh a run in the top of the 6th inning and trailed 1-3, but in a counterattack at the end of the 6th inning, Lars Nuthba counterbalanced the game with a 2-run homer.
The tight game, up to 3-3, eventually went into overtime, and Pittsburgh took the initiative first. Andrew McCutchen,먹튀검증 who was on second base, scored on consecutive ground balls from Carlos Santana and Kanan Smith Nzigba in a game-breaking situation.
However, St. Louis also immediately struck back. With Paul Goldschmidt on second base, Wilson Contreras’s walk and Nolan Gorman’s acknowledged double equalized the score 4-4, and opportunities to finish with one out, second, and third came.
Pittsburgh seemed to breathe a sigh by striking out Jordan Walker after Nutba went on base on an intentional walk. But Edmund was behind him. Edmund hit Pittsburgh pitcher Wil Crow’s first pitch and made a timely hit that rolled toward center fielder Bae Ji-hwan from the end of the 10th inning.