The uniform was covered in dirt and Choi Joo-hwan's good defense kept the victory in the hurdle thrown all over his body

Jul 09, 2024

Choi Joo-hwan, who finished the game by touching the first base by hitting a straight hit by Hanwha Lee Do-yoon with one out and runners on the first and second bases in the top of the ninth inning, and Choi Joo-hwan's left arm, which was swept while tagging, clearly left a wound.

It was Choi Joo-hwan's good defense, who lifted the mitt, convinced of the out. Gocheok = Reporter Heo Sang-wook

Kiwoom Choi Joo-hwan's strong defense secured the team's victory. Despite the pain of a sprained elbow, he threw himself to block the ball.

Kiwoom Heroes won the first game of the second half against Hanwha 5-3 at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 9th.

The game was played as a showdown between Hanwha Weiss and Kiwoom Furado. Weiss and Furado both played seven innings, showing ace-down pitching. Weiss allowed five hits, four outs, three runs (one earned run) in seven innings, and Furado allowed eight hits (two home runs) in seven innings, one out and four strikeouts, and three runs.

Hanwha scored the first run in the top of the first inning with Peraza's double and An Chi-hong's timely hit. In the top of the third inning, Peraza and An Chi-hong hit a back-to-back home run to take a 3-0 lead. Kiwoom, which had been behind Weiss, began fighting back in the sixth inning. Kim Hye-sung, made by leadoff hitter Lee Ju-hyung's triple and Dawson's walk, scored a point due to the opponent's error, and Song Sung-moon hit a double to chase by a point.

Kiwoom targeted the bullpen of Hwang Joon-seo, Han Seung-hyuk and Hanwha in the eighth inning. After one out, three consecutive walks came out and the foil overlapped to tie the score. Hanwha was disappointed in defense. During Ko Young-woo's infield hit, Ha Joo-seok made a bad pitch to the first base, and Lee Hyung-jong and Choi Joo-hwan homered, widening the score to 5-3, two points.

Hanwha, trailing by two points, created a chance for one out and runners on first and second base with consecutive hits by Kim Tae-yeon and Ha Joo-seok after Chae Eun-sung's strikeout in the top of the ninth inning.

Lee Do-yoon lightly pulled Cho Sang-woo's falling ball from the ball count 1B2S. The ball flew in front of the first baseman, and Choi Joo-hwan, who cleared the ball, blew himself up and took a beat on the first base to catch a first baseman who could not return. At the same time, it was the moment when two outcounts went up to end the game.

In an instant, the first base umpire declared a foul following a short bound catch, and the Kiwoom bench asked for a video review.

Choi Joo-hwan took out the ball in his mitt, confident of a double-out. If it was a foul ball that became a bound, there would have been traces on the ball, but the ball that was not stained with soil was clean.

The result of the video review was a double out. It was the moment when Choi Joo-hwan's good defense, which blocked the crisis with one out and runners on the first and second bases, secured the team's victory.

Choi Joo-hwan's left arm left a scar of glory. Choi Joo-hwan, who checked the wound only after the game, smiled happily as he looked at his swept left arm.