Demoted from the finish → Controversy over the ceremony of a 10-point difference → Chun Geum's 2 innings save...Park Sang-won's unexpected story
Aug 26, 2024
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For Hanwha Eagles Park Sang-won, the 2024 season is really dynamic.
At the beginning of the season, he proudly wore the finishing title. But with the team's sudden fall, Park Sang-won was also sluggish, perhaps too much pressure.
I had to come down from the finish. In the meantime, the head coach has also changed to head coach Kim Kyung-moon. Even so, a major accident happened. With a 10-point lead over KT Wiz on June 5, he struck out consecutively and roared loudly. This stimulated KT veterans and led to bench clearing. Under Kim's direction, Park Sang-won even visited the KT squad and apologized.
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Now coach Kim and coach Yang are looking for the most important match, Park Sang-won in the seventh and eighth innings. The ball control of the main weapon fastball found stability. Park Sang-won kept the mound as Hanwha swept the Doosan Bears' three consecutive games for the first time in 19 years on the 25th.
Following Ryu Hyun-jin, who played seven innings, Park Sang-won came up in the eighth inning. He dominated the first inning. Originally, the closing main phenomenon had to come up with a 3-12 point difference. However, he had to play three consecutive games. Of course, it was not impossible to play three consecutive games because there was a break on the 26th, but Hanwha's bench gave Park Sang-won until the ninth inning. Some of them had such good pitching, and they had the finishing experience that they believed they could manage the game even though it was an important game.
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Park Sang-won said, `Before going up to the bottom of the ninth inning, Yang pitched well in the eighth inning, so let's do it until the end.' `After the closing position was changed, I thought I would never take the mound again for a save opportunity. He was in a situation where he saved six out-counts that he couldn't even do when he was a closer, but he tried to pitch using his experience at the time. It feels good to block well."
Finally, Park Sang-won said, `The coach and coach Yang always say things that give us confidence. Such words and faith are the driving force behind good pitching now."
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