"Please, I ran." A rookie who believed in three failures →"I tried to show the ball." Two choices of confidence-filled readings were perfect
Jul 09, 2024
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Kiwoom won 5-3 at home against Hanwha at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 9th. Kiwoom, the lowest-ranked team, won its 36th game (46 losses) of the season, narrowing its gap with ninth-ranked Hanwha (36 wins, 2 draws, 45 losses) to 0.5 games.
Kiwoom was being dragged 2-3 until the seventh inning of the day. Starting pitcher Ariel Furado pitched seven full innings, but he was tied up until the seventh inning due to opposing starter Ryan Weiss' good pitching.
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Kiwoom also launched a counterattack in the bottom of the eighth inning as Hanwha deployed bullpen pitchers. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Hanwha posted Hwang Joon-seo. After one out, Song Sung-moon and Choi Joo-hwan drew a walk.
Hanwha again replaced the pitcher with Han Seung-hyuk. Lee Hyung-jong was allowed a straight walk, and the foil overlapped, eventually tying the game.
While Kim Gun-hee stepped down with an infield fly ball, Kiwoom made Ko Young-woo as a pinch hitter at Kim Byung-hwi's at-bat. Ko Young-woo, who joined the rookie draft in the fourth round (39th overall) in 2024, has been a pinch hitter three times this year. However, he struck out two without a hit.
Four times? was a huge success. He swung and missed at the first pitch, but watched the ball on the second pitch and hit the curve on the third pitch. The ball headed toward third base. Ko Young-woo sprinted, and the third base throw missed the direction that the first baseman could not catch. It was recorded as an infield hit, and in the meantime, two runners homered.
Ko Young-woo said "When I went out as a substitute, I didn't hit it from the first pitch, but the result was not good and I think I went against it. Today, even if I swung and missed, I tried to turn it to a good counter from the beginning, which led to a good resultHe said "I think he ran without looking at the third baseman "Please"I remembered the situation at the time. Ko Young-woo said, "I have to do my best in a given situation, so I will always do my best with the same mind."."
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Kiwoom, which turned the game around 5-3, benefited from the good defense in the top of the ninth inning. With one out and runners on the first and second bases, Lee Do-yoon's hit quickly went out in the direction of the first base. Choi Joo-hwan caught the low and fast ball by flying himself. Choi Joo-hwan immediately tagged the first base. Even the first baseman Ha Joo-seok, who couldn't return home, was out.
However, the umpire's initial decision was that Lee Do-yoon's batting was safe. Kiwoom asked for a video review, and it was corrected to out as it turned out to be a no-bound catch. The match ended with two out-counts going up.
Choi Joo-hwan said "The batter was Lee Do-yoon, but I was preparing because it seemed like a hit came in both April and Cheongju. I was preparing for the simulation, but the ball came just in time. "I tried to take the first base quickly because Ha Joo-seok, who was a runner, didn't come."
Choi Joo-hwan said "The moment I grabbed him, I thought he didn't get bound. If the results of the video reading hadn't changed, I was going to show you the ball that the soil hadn't been smeared.'
Coach Hong Won-ki said, `Hurado was able to create an opportunity to chase him because he blocked seven innings with the least number of runs. Kim Sung-min and Cho Sang-woo, who followed, also performed their roles perfectly. In the batting line, Lee Ju-hyung made a chance with a triple in the sixth inning and started the chase by making two runs with an opponent's error and Song Sung-moon's timely hit. In the eighth inning, the batters' success in getting on base with their pioneering eyes served as a stepping stone to turn the tables." Choi Joo-hwan's decisive defense in the ninth inning determined the game.", he commented in general.
Coach Hong said, `I'm happy to start the first game of the second half with a victory. It's all thanks to the fans' support. Thank you very much."
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