Thanks to the performance of the left-handed Young-gun duo, the professional baseball KIA won 2 consecutive wins after 5 losses in a row. Rookie Yun Young-chul (19)’s good pitching in the starting pitching and second-year junior Choi Ji-min (20)’s save shone.
KIA won a 7-6 victory against Samsung in the ‘2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 17th. He succeeded in turning the atmosphere around with two consecutive wins until the day before he broke his five-game losing streak.
Young players lead the way. Starter Yoon Young-chul won his 2nd win (1 loss) of the season by throwing 2 strikeouts, 4 hits, 2 walks and 1 run in 5⅓ innings. It is the longest innings since his debut.
On this day, Yun Young-cheol’s top speed was only 141 km/h, and his fastball formed the 130 km range. He was compared to Samsung starter Albert Suarez, who recorded 155 km/h. However, Yoon Young-chul calmed the Samsung lineup with his sophisticated control and breaking ball.
At the end of the first inning, Yoon Young-chul threw a fly ball to the center fielder with a 136km/h fastball to Samsung’s fourth hitter, Ja-wook Koo, at 1st, 1st and 2nd base. He matched veteran Kang Min-ho with a sharp slider and caught it with a floating ball on first base. Even at the end of the 3rd inning, with 1 out, 1st and 2nd base, Yoon Young-chul did not waver and led Jose Pirella to a floating ball in center field with a changeup. Afterwards, Ja-wook Koo worked on his body and finished the inning with a floating ball in left field. The 2nd, 4th, and 5th times were treated as a three-way offense.
The batting line that exploded the day before also gained strength. In the top of the 3rd inning, Socrates Brito hit a pitcher’s battering ball to score the first run in the 1st, 1st and 3rd bases, which led to consecutive hits by Park Chan-ho and Ko Jong-wook. In the 2nd and 1st base, Choi Hyung-woo, Kim Seon-bin, and Hwang Dae-in added 3 points with 3 hits in a row.
Socrates widened the score gap by drawing an arch for two consecutive games with a one-run home run in the fifth inning. In the 6th inning with 1 company and 2nd base, Lee Woo-sung added 1 point with a timely hit. In the bottom of the 6th inning, he gave up 3 points due to the bullpen hunting, but in the 8th inning, Chan-ho Park and Ji-hyeok Ryu made it 7-3 with consecutive hits.
However, in KIA, Jung Hae-young, who finished at the end of the 9th inning, was shaken. With Oh Jae-il giving a right-handed hit and Kim Ji-chan a walk, shortstop Park Chan-ho made a mistake when Lee Jae-hyeon grounded and conceded a run on 1st and 1st and 2nd base. Jung Hae-young was hit with 2 RBIs in a timely manner by Pirella and allowed a one-point chase.
However, Ji-min Choi turned off the light. He saved starter Sean Anderson the previous day and continued his upward trend by winning his first win in his debut with 1⅓ scoreless innings. Choi Ji-min first induced Koo Ja-wook to ground to second base, but second base runner Pirella ran to third base and died. Choi Ji-min sighed and caught Kang Min-ho with a shortstop ground ball, and even won his first save of his career by slaying my game.
Originally, Choi Ji-min was showered with water by Jung Hae-young during a dugout interview after winning her first match the day before. 22-year-old Jung Hae-young, who enthusiastically congratulated his junior on his first victory, said with a smile, “I’m young and I have to take care of the team’s bullpen with Jimin, so I sprinkled water to celebrate the victory.”카지노사이트
Such Choi Ji-min reciprocated by rescuing a senior in crisis. Yoon Young-chul, who played his role as a starter, Choi Ji-min, who saved the team from a desperate situation, and his baby tigers are growing up.