[엑스포츠뉴스 창원, 조은혜 기자] NC Dinos Wes Parsons made a good fight in the first appearance of a demonstration game. It was also a pleasant experience for Parsons to face Shinsoo Choo, a “big leaguer”.
NC won 11-3 in a demonstration game against SSG Landers in the 2021 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Changwon NC Park on the 21st. Parsons, who started as a starting pitcher that day, tied the SSG’s hitting line with 3 innings, 2 hits, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, and no run. With a total of 59 pitches and a four-seam fastball, sinker, curve, slider and changeup, Parsons marked the highest limit of 151km/h.
Parsons, who walked the first inning leader Jong-wook Go on a walk, turned Choo Shin-soo, who entered the KBO’s first at-bat, into a looking strikeout at the fourth pitch. Following him, Choi Jung hit a heavy hit and was driven to the first and third base crisis, but struck out Jamie Romac and ended the first inning without a run-off, holding Choi Ju-hwan as third baseman.
In the second inning, he allowed O Tae-gon to hit an infield hit and steal a base after the Hanyu Island left fielder, but both Lee Jae-won and Kim Seong-hyun were treated as right fielder. In the third inning, he watched Go Jong-wook’s on-base with a first baseman’s error, but he treated Shin-soo Cho as a missed swing and struck out Choi Jung as well, and Romac finished his pitching this day by catching a floating ball in left field.
After the game, Parsons said, “From the beginning of the game, I had good strength. Our team hitters were also helped by scoring a lot in the early stages.’Slider, sinker, curve, and changeup all went in the direction I wanted, and not only me, but all the team members did well, so I was able to bring out good results. It was self-explanatory. He added,’It fits well with catcher Yang Eui-ji, but today the slider went well, so I think I asked for a lot’, he added.
Meanwhile, Parsons became the first pitcher Choo Shin-soo faced in Korea, who played his first real match on the KBO stage on this day. The result was Parsons’ victory with two strikeouts. Parsons gave a message of support for the match against Choo Shin-soo, saying, “It is always fun to have a confrontation with a player with a great career in the United States.
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