The mound was shaky, the bats were silent.

The South Korean baseball team, led by Ryu Jung-il, fell 0-4 to Chinese Taipei in the second game of their Group B matchup at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at the Shaoxing Baseball and Softball Sports Center on Tuesday.

It was the most important game of the group stage for South Korea, which is trying to win its fourth consecutive Asian Games title.

The stakes were high, and so was the support.

It was not uncommon to see Korean supporters in the stadium carrying Korean flags and chanting "Daejeon, Korea".

It was a very different scene from other stadiums where it was hard to find Korean supporters.

The national team also came out strong from the start.

Moon Dong-ju, considered a "must-win card," took the mound.

Moon Dong-ju, a right-hander in his second year in the KBO, is a typical fireballer with a top speed of 160 kilometers per hour.

In 23 games this season, he has an 8-8 record with a 3.72 ERA. 바카라사이트

It's clear that he's determined to get the win against Taiwan.

But that was it. South Korea was outplayed on both sides of the ball on this day.

Taiwan started Lin Yumin, a 2003-born left-handed pitcher like Moon Dong-joo.

Lin is currently playing in Double-A for the Arizona Diamondbacks of the Major League Baseball, and has a 5-2 record with a 4.28 ERA this year.

It was a shoulder-to-shoulder matchup between two young pitchers who were both born in 2003.

And Moon came out on the losing end of this matchup.

After a shaky start in the first inning, Moon gave up a four-pitch double to left-center field to the first batter, Zheng Zhongjie, and a triple to Lin Anker in the fourth.

Battery breathing was also bad.

In particular, Moon threw a wild pitch in the fourth inning with runners on first and third base, giving up a run.