Deoksu and Cheongryonggi won three consecutive competitions? 147km Kim Tae-hyung 7 innings of reverse pitching → 1st grader Um Jun-sang sweeps the final hit! 1R Seoul Dongsan High School's complete defeat.

Jul 07, 2024

The 79th Blue Dragon National High School Baseball Championship match between Seoul Dongsan High School and Deoksu High School at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 7th. Deoksu High School Kim Tae-hyung who took the mound as a starting pitcher. Mokdong = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.7/

The 79th Blue Dragon National High School Baseball Championship match between Seoul Dongsan High School and Deoksu High School at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 7th. Um Jun-sang is delighted after hitting a sweeping double with two outs in the top of the fifth inning. Mokdong = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.7/

'No. 1 candidate' Deoksu's stormy sprint continued in Cheongryonggi.

Deoksu defeated Seoul Dongsan High School 11-1 in the first round of the 79th Cheongryonggi National High School Baseball Championship and the weekend league King Wangjung match (co-hosted by the Chosun Ilbo, Sports Chosun, and the Korea Baseball Softball Association) at Mokdong Stadium on the 7th.

Jeon's position is full of high school All-Star-level players. Earlier, he won the E-Mart Cup and the Golden Lion, showing off his even stronger presence this year. Of course, he is the No. 1 favorite in Cheongryonggi as well.

In the past, he won the Blue Dragon Flag for three consecutive years from 2012 to 2014, and has a deep relationship with the Blue Dragon Flag, with six wins in history, second only to Gyeongnam High School (9 times) and Gyeongbuk High School (8 times). However, he has not won in seven years, even though he has been considered a favorite every year since winning in 2016.

Along with Jung Woo-joo of Jeonju High School, it is a team that has both Jung Hyun-woo and Kim Tae-hyung, who are considered one of this year's rookie draft pitchers. Perhaps because of this memory, Deoksu High School started Kim Taek-hyung regardless of whether he was in the first round or not. In the batting line-up, Park Joon-soon, who is considered the biggest fish among fielders this year, as well as the main players such as third-year Woo Jung-an Bae Seung-soo, second-year Oh Si-hoo, and first-year Um Jun-sang, all started.

The 79th Blue Dragon National High School Baseball Championship match between Seoul Dongsan High School and Deoksu High School at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 7th. Kim Joon-ho, who scored on Bae Seo-joon's infield ground ball at Dongsan High School in Seoul with one out and third base in the bottom of the first inning, is cheering. Mokdong = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.7/

The prediction of the game is Deoksu's complete victory. However, Deoksu Unexpectedly struggled in the early part of the game. In the bottom of the first inning, Bae Seo-joon gave up the first run with an infield ground ball following a triple by Kim Joon-ho of Seoul Dongsan High School. Park Ji-won, the starting pitcher of Seoul Dongsan High School, was also noticeable.

Still, Kim Tae-hyung regained his condition from the second inning, giving the team a sense of stability. After that, he tied the Seoul Dongsan High School lineup to four hits without four pitches until the seventh inning. Six strikeouts are a bonus.

Deoksu High School balanced Park Joon-soon's equalizer in the top of the third inning with Park Min-seok's double and Jung Min-seo's sacrifice bunt.

The 79th Blue Dragon National High School Baseball Championship match between Seoul Dongsan High School and Deoksu High School at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 7th. In the top of the sixth inning, Deoksu High School Jung Min-seo is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with no outs. Mokdong = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.7/

In the top of the fifth inning, Park Min-seok also made a hit. Park Joon-soon's pitch, the opposing pitcher's check error, and Woo Jung-an's intentional four pitches made it two outs. After Park Ji-won (2 ⅓ innings), Yoon Seon-ho (2 innings) and ace Hong Tae-rang (4 runs in ⅓ innings) took the mound as the third pitcher in Seoul Dongsan High School.

Here, Eom Jun-sang, the sixth batter of Deoksu High School, turned the game around with a three-run sweep double that fell to the third base line. It was a one-shot turnaround and the final hit of the day.

After Hong Tae-rang collapsed, Seoul Dongsan High School continued the mound with Kim Bum-joo, Ha Yoon-sung and Yoon Seo-hyun, but it did not stop Deoksu's explosive batting lineup any longer.

Deoksu High School widened the gap to 6-1 in the top of the sixth inning when Jung Min-seo, who had sacrificed both of the previous two at-bats after Park Min-seok walked to get on base, fired a superior wedge two-run shot.

The 79th Blue Dragon National High School Baseball Championship match between Seoul Dongsan High School and Deoksu High School at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 7th. Deoksu catcher Park Hangyul caught Bae Seo-joon, who played third base during Kim Tae-hyung's wild pitch with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning. Mokdong = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.7.7/

Starting with Lee Chae-hoon's double in the top of the eighth inning, Park Min-seok's hit ball, Jung Min-seo and Park Jun-soon's hits, and Oh Si-hoo's double were combined to create a cold game situation by scoring five points and widening the score gap to 11-1. According to the tournament regulations, cold games are played if there is a difference of 10 points from the 5th to 6th round and 7 points from the 7th to the 8th round.

Through the seventh inning, Kim had 82 pitches. Deoksu replaced the pitcher with Kim Young-bin in the bottom of the eighth inning to wrap up the game.

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