5 Selection resources Young-pyo Ko, 4 innings without a run-off score… SSG, 3-11 router to NC with mound hunting
KT Wiz won a pleasing victory on the first day of the professional baseball demonstration game thanks to the three hits of’signboard hitter’ Kang Baek-ho. Moreover, KT made an expectation for this season with a strong pitch from the starter Sohn Joon Sohn, as well as Go Young-pyo and Park Si-young.
On the 21st, KT scored a massive 4 points in the first clash against Doosan at the Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 21st, with the concentration of the center hitting line in the first inning, winning 4-2.
In the first inning, KT made a chance to safely 1st and 2nd base with Hwang Jae-gyun’s walk following the hit of the lead batter Jo Yong-ho. Following this, a new foreign hitter, Almonte, took the lead with a timely hit in the middle of the left. Following this, Kang Baek-ho took the mound and bounced in the middle of the left, recording a timely hit, leading 2-0.
As Kang Baek-ho’s batted ball hit the mound, Doosan starter Lee Young-ha rubbed his ankle, and Jojo-young jumped on the pitch. Jojo-young committed a blast when Yuhan-jun at bat in the situation of unsavory first and third bases, giving extra points and allowing him to walk. Afterwards, Jang Seong-woo was caught with a floating ball in center field, but he allowed Park Kyung-soo to walk again and was driven to a top-down crisis, and Jeong Jeong-dae added one more point with a sacrifice fly for right field and flee to 4-0.
In KT, the relatively strong hitting Jo Sohn Joon hit Kim Jae-hwan, Park Gun-woo, and Heo Kyung-min with three hits and allowed two points, but the bullpen pitchers who started after Jo So Joon in the fourth inning finished the game without additional runs.
Moreover, Ko Yeong-pyo, who was the second pitcher on this day, ties up the Doosan line with three hits and five strikeouts in four innings, making manager Lee Kang-cheol happy. Park Si-young, who made the 9th appearance, also blocked Doosan’s strikeout with 1 inning and 1 strikeout.
KT’s starter Soo-Jun Sohn scored 2 runs in the 4 innings, but showed the potential of the rookie king last year with 4 innings and 2 runs, not bad for the first appearance. Kang Baek-ho swung a strong blow with 3 hits, 1 point and 1 RBI in 3 at-bats.
On the other hand, SSG Landers, who played the Changwon away game, showed an uneasy appearance such as first-time homer hit by the first NC lead batter Park Min-woo by the starter Moon Seung-won, and collapsed with 7 runs in 2 innings, which provided the foundation for the team’s 3-11 big defeat.
SSG’s’Chu Chu Train’ Choo Shin-soo, who took on a new challenge in this year’s KBO League, was sluggish with three at-bats, two strikeouts and no hits, so it could be seen that the feeling of hitting has not yet improved.
Reporter Kwon Jae-min