'How was Yokishi's second appearance?' The 10-run nightmare was erased, but the arrest has not yet been made
Aug 15, 2024
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Yokishi took the mound as the starting pitcher in a home game against SSG Landers at Changwon NC Park on the 15th. Yokishi, who played for the Kiwoom Heroes from the 2019 season to June last year, played as a left-hander ace for more than four seasons.
Yokishi, who has been building up in the U.S. since dropping out last year due to injury, has faced this season without his team. Yokishi, who also took the tryout test at the Doosan Bears, reached a relationship with Korea again as NC kicked out Daniel Castano and looked for a substitute. After NC completed the final agreement on the contract, it announced its joining with Yokishi on July 31 for an annual salary of $100,000 (about 138 million won).
Yokishi, who returned to the game against the LG Twins in Jamsil on the 9th, became a losing pitcher with eight hits (two home runs) with two strikeouts, four walks and 10 runs in three ⅔ innings. In the first inning alone, Austin Dean allowed two home runs and allowed 10 runs, but he regained stability from the second inning. Coach Kang In-kwon also seemed to be embarrassed when he allowed consecutive hits in a hectic situation. From the second inning, he regained his stability and was not bad."
And the long-awaited second appearance. Yokishi started a practical sensory check against SSG. It was stable until the fourth inning. He got off to a fresh start in the first inning with three outs and a walk in the top of the second inning, but the loss process itself was not bad, inducing a double play.
Since then, he has continued to show his crisis management ability. He struck out Choi Jung with one out and runners on the first and third bases in the third inning, and although he was loaded with the bases after two outs, he induced a first-pitch outfield fly in the match against Choo Shin-soo.
It was a stable, stable version of the yokish we knew. However, the sense of the game has not fully recovered yet, and as there was a hiatus, the power of the ball fell sharply when it exceeded 70 pitches.
2B against No. 1 hitter Choi Ji-hoon?He threw 140 kilometers to the count and allowed a double to left field. In the crisis of losing a point, he threw a 138km pitch at the first pitch to the next batter, Kim Sung-hyun, but this time, he passed the ball at the exact timing and became a home run.
The pitching coach visited the mound once and asked for his intention, but Yokishi, who continued his pitching, hit another home run in the match against Choi Jeong, the next batter. This time, the 127km curve was targeted for the fifth pitch in 1B2S. Three runs in an instant. As the number of pitches approached the limit, the power definitely fell.
In the end, after allowing consecutive batter home runs, Yokishi went down the mound without completing the fifth inning. The final record was six hits (two homers) in four ⅓ innings, three walks, four strikeouts, and four runs.
Yokishi, who recorded the highest pitching speed of 143 kilometers in the match against LG, also posted the highest speed of 143 kilometers and the lowest speed of 138 kilometers on the day. It looks 3-4 kilometers away from the peak. However, his ball control was much more stable than his first appearance with 51 strikes and 32 balls.
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