I threw 100 balls and it was LOHAS... Lee Seung-yeop threw the starting pitcher who shook his head. "You have to treat Ace with respect. I'm responsible for this."
Aug 18, 2024
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The Doosan Bears-KT Wiz match at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 17th. With Doosan leading 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning, a fun situation occurred when KT attacked.
Doosan starter Kwak Bin was also throwing in the bottom of the eighth inning, but when he gave up a walk to pinch hitter Moon Sang-chul after one out, pitcher coach Park Jung-bae came to the mound. At this time, Kwak Bin had exactly 100 pitches, and the next batter was Rojas. It seemed to mean that it would be replaced by anyone. However, Kwak Bin shook his head and expressed his intention to keep throwing, and coach Park looked at manager Lee Seung-yeop in the dugout on the third base side. Coach Lee Seung-yeop defended Kwak's mind by saying, "Leave it as it is, not replace it with open palms."
Kwak Bin struck out Rojas to get two outs, but he sent Moon Sang-chul to second base with a wild pitch during Kim Min-hyuk's at-bat and eventually allowed one run due to a lucky hit by Kim Min-hyuk.
The number of pitches reached 110, and when Kang Baek-ho was at-bat, the pitcher was eventually replaced. Lee Byung-hun came up and struck out Kang Baek-ho and ended the inning with a 3-2 lead.
At the top of the ninth inning, closer Kim Taek-yeon came up and was on the verge of loading the bases with one out, but he defended the victory by one point with consecutive strikeouts.
Kwak Bin became a winning pitcher with five hits, two walks, four strikeouts and two runs in seven ⅔ innings, and tied for the lead in multiple wins with 11 wins (eight losses) of the season.
Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop praised Kwak's will. Director Lee said, "(Kwak) Bin said he would throw well a few days ago. You want me to believe in you. Of course, I always have faith in you"I was actually going to change it (in the 8th inning), but when he said he wanted to throw it, I think we should treat him as an ace. Of course, if you are overturned, I will be responsible for it,' he said, expressing faith in Kwakbin.
At the same time, "I had no choice but to watch carefully as if I had put it on thin iceI wanted to protect my pride in the ace as well. If it had gone to the tie or lost, the blow would have been very big. Thanks to his good defense, I was able to keep my pride as the ace," he said with a smile.
Kwak Bin's confidence and responsibility as an ace to end the inning were applauded. Regarding Kwak's refusal to replace him, director Lee said, `I like that. Bin prepared a lot this time, and he really made up his mind to come out yesterday. He praised Kwak Bin's hard work, saying, "He said he would throw it in the eighth inning even though he had a slight blister on his hand after the seventh inning."
indyk@sportschosun.com
