'He's not the top candidate for no reason.'He threw a maximum 152km fastball and hit the final shot, and Jung Woo-joo, 'Perfect personality'

Jul 13, 2024

Jeon and Jung Woo-joo took the mound with a smile

Jeon Woo-joo, who hit Cheongdam High School batter with a maximum speed of 152 km fastball. Mok-dong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com

Jung Woo-joo, a high school pitcher who is considered the biggest fish in this year's professional baseball rookie draft, took the mound as the second pitcher of Cheongdam High School in the quarterfinals of Cheongryonggi and threw a ball bravely.

At the moment of the crisis, Jeon high school student Jung Woo-joo, who took the mound with a smile, overwhelmed the opponent with a maximum speed of 152km.

Jung Woo-joo, who continued his scoreless pitching with overwhelming pitching, hit Cheongdam High School Lim Joon-young's fastball with one out and third base in the sixth inning, when the score was tied 1 to 1, and brought the third baseman home. Jung Woo-joo, the batter who turned the game around, heated up the atmosphere by performing a heart ceremony toward the dugout after stepping on the first base.

The 79th Cheongryonggi National High School Baseball Championship and the weekend league King Wangjung match (co-hosted by the Chosun Ilbo, Sports Chosun, and Korea Baseball Softball Association) held at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul on the 12th.

Jeonju High School's hot lineup, which came up with a cold win in the 13-05th inning against Cheonggu High School, which was the previous match, was blocked by Cheongdam High School starter Han Ye-sung. Jeon Ju who didn't score a single point until the 5th inning. Rather, he was dragged after giving up the first run after a timely hit by Cheongdam High School Bae Sung-yoon with two outs and a runner on second base in the fourth inning.

Jeon Ho-min, starting pitcher who was in charge of the mound until the 2nd inning in the 4th inning,

When Jeon High School starter Lee Ho-min's pitch hit just 60 in the fourth inning with two outs and runners on second base, manager Joo Chang-hoon took the mound with the ball. It was a 1-0 one-point difference, but he took out Jung Woo-ju's card to prevent additional runs in short-term games that no one knew.

Jung Woo-joo, who was already warming up, took the mound with a smile. He hit Chung Min-gyu with his most confident fastball in the match, and then used sliders and curves. Jung Woo-joo's last ball, which was disappointed by the referee's consecutive ball declaration, was also a fastball. As soon as a 150-kilometer fastball went into catcher Lee Han-rim's meet, Cheongdam High School's Bae Sung-yoon's bat went in vain.

Jung Woo-joo, who neatly erased the crisis by striking out, applauded the catcher and smiled broadly.

Jeon and Jung Woo-joo, who struck out the batter with a fastball at the moment of the crisis of losing a point, are smiling

Jung Woo-joo, who entered the batter's box as a leadoff hitter in the fifth inning, advanced to second base on a wild pitch after getting on base with a walk. Afterwards, Jung Woo-joo, who took third base during Yoon Do-yeon's sacrifice bunt, threw himself toward home aiming for a tie score when Lee Ho-yeon grounded out to shortstop, but was caught by Cheongdam High School catcher Bae Sung-yoon's tag and was out. The result was disappointing, but Jung Woo-joo's hustle play, which spared no effort for the team, was impressive.

Jung Woo-joo, who took the mound again in the top of the sixth inning, allowed an infield hit to leadoff hitter Oh Young-joon, but finished the inning by hitting all subsequent batters.

Tagged by a gap, but running toward the home without sparing himself

Jeon Goo hit back in the bottom of the sixth inning. While Cheongdam High School's second pitcher Lim Joon-young was shaking, Jeonju High School created chances for the second and third bases with no outs. Later, Park Han-gyeol tied the game by hitting an RBI sacrifice fly. Jung Woo-joo, who entered the batter's box with one out, made a clean hit to the right, bringing the third baseman home.

Pitcher Jung Woo-joo, who roared when he threw a fastball to strike out a batter, hit a come-from-behind hit and heated the atmosphere with a cute heart ceremony.

When Jung Woo-joo's control shook in the seventh inning, coach Joo Chang-hoon, who visited the mound, patted his shoulder and gave him strength. Jung Woo-joo smiled brightly as if it was nothing.

Batter Jung Woo-ju who hits a turnaround and performs a heart ceremony toward the dugout

Due to the nature of Go Baseball, which has a limit on the number of pitches, Jung Woo-joo came down from the mound after striking out leadoff hitter Shin Hee-joo in the ninth inning. Both starters Lee Ho-min and Jung Woo-ju will face Gangneung High School for tickets to the finals on the 14th.

Jung Woo-joo, who became the winning pitcher by pitching 4.2 innings with a maximum speed of 152 km, one hit, two walks, and seven strikeouts, led the batter to the semifinals.