'The ending thrown in the sadness of losing my father.' As soon as it was over, my colleagues came and patted me.149km 1 scoreless inning. "I threw it thinking it was separate from baseball."

Oct 06, 2024

A semi-playoff game between the LG Twins and the KT Wiz at Jamsil Stadium on the 6th. The winning LG players are happy. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.10.06/

A semi-playoff game between the LG Twins and the KT Wiz at Jamsil Stadium on the 6th. LG Yoo Young-chan is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.10.06/

The second round of semi-PO between LG and KT at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 6th. LG won against KT and brought the series back to square one. LG Yoo Young-chan and Park Dong-won sharing the joy of victory after the game. Jamsil=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.10.06/

He suffered his father's injury ahead of the big game. You have to bury your personal great sadness in your heart and throw it for victory.

LG Twins closer Yoo Young-chan returned to the mound on the 6th after completing his signature and made his first postseason appearance. Yoo Young-chan took the mound to end the game in the top of the ninth inning with a 7-2 lead in the second semi-playoff game against KT Wiz in Jamsil on the 6th.

After a three-day funeral, he took the mound the next day. The world of professionals who have to do their part even though it's hard work.

It was a five-point gap, so even if it was a condition check car, if you lost a point, you could never easily win because you could give the opponent the flow for the next game.

He handled lead No. 8 Hwang Jae-gyun with a shortstop fly after a close game of full count to nine pitches, but allowed a walk for the ninth pitch after a full count match with No. 9 Shim Woo-joon.

He threw three fastballs to No. 1 Kim Min-hyuk and struck out swinging, but allowed Rojas to make an infield hit to the second baseman, and catcher Cho Dae-hyun sent a hit to the third catcher to load the bases with two outs.

Fortunately, he handled No. 4 Kang Baek-ho with a 148km fastball to left field, ending his first postseason appearance with one scoreless inning.

I won, but I couldn't do an interview with Yoo Young-chan with a smile. Yoo Young-chan, who I met in the dugout after the game, said, "(I thought a lot about it, but I thought baseball was one thing, and I threw it with the same mind as before on the mound)" "I threw it comfortably because there was a difference in scores, but I felt better."," he said in a positive light on the pitch.

After training in Icheon, he had to perform a funeral service for his father, and as soon as he finished, Yoo Young-chan returned and threw the ball, saying, "In Icheon, I trained as much as I could"When I came to the accommodation yesterday, I didn't sleep much, so I slept right away."

When the players gathered before the second game, they were seen paying silent tribute to Yoo Young-chan's father. Yoo Young-chan said, `Thank you so much for your consideration and care of me.' `I will do my best to throw the ball in any position, whether it's the end or the middle of the remaining postseason" expressed his determination.

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