[IS 인천 스타]Choi Jeong proves’Incheon Baseball Sign’, “Pledge to be a Happy Baseball”

Incheon baseball’s main hitter is still Choi Jung (34, SSG). Proven before the opening.

Choi Jeong-eun led SSG’s 5-3 victory by starting as a 4th batter and 3rd baseman in the opening game of the 2021 KBO League against Lotte held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 4th, recording 4 hits, 3 hits (2 home runs), 2 RBIs, and 3 points. . He became the protagonist of his first hit (home run), RBI, and scoring. He also recorded 370 homers in his personal career. Following Lee Seung-yeop (retired), he was the second ever to aim for a 400 home run high, and from the opening game, he showed his instinct of ‘geo-po’.

At the end of the second inning against Choi Jung-eun 0-0, he led the first score by hitting a dominant solo home run from opponent starter Dan Straley. This is a home run hit by pushing the outer four-seam fastball. This is the main point where you can get a glimpse of Choi Jeong’s current hitting feeling.

Even in the second at-bat in the 4th inning, he had to produce a sharp batting ball toward third base to record a hit. In the 5th inning, he withdrew from a foul fly, but in the 8th inning, SSG scored 3-2, 1 point ahead, hitting an arch in the middle of the right from opposing pitcher Choi Jun-yong, pouring cold water on the opponent’s chase.

SSG’s “temporary” finisher Kim Sang-soo hit a solo shot by Jung-hoon in the early defense of the ninth inning, leading 5-2, and was pushed to the second base. .

Choi Jeong-eun showed an excellent performance as the best player in the game (MVP). After the game, he said, “For the first opening game after the foundation, the players before the game gathered together and made a commitment to unite together this season and enjoy happily,” he said. “I had a great desire to win, and I also hit a home run to win, so I can get good results. I am happy to have it.

Incheon = Reporter Ahn Hee-soo [email protected]