SSG Park Jong-hoon threw hope… First win of the season in support of childhood cancer patients

On-site support for Kim Jin-wook and Park Jong-hoon’s first victory in 2018

Hanwha’s 7 innings wins with a single run… 16 consecutive wins against Hanwha

SSG Starter Park Jong-Hoon
SSG Starter Park Jong-Hoon

(Incheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Yoon Tae-hyun = The match between Incheon SSG Landers and Daejeon Hanwha Eagles at the SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 6th. In the first inning, SSG starter Park Jong-hoon is struggling. 2021.4.6 [email protected]

(Incheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Gyeong-yoon = In August 2018, Park Jong-hoon (30), the starting pitcher of SSG Landers, first met Kim Jin-wook (14), who is fighting an optic nerve gliomas as a type of childhood cancer.

At the time, Park Jong-hoon made a relationship with Kim as part of the club’s’Add Hope Campaign’, and he started a full-fledged donation activity, saying he wanted to help more children after seeing Kim’s flawless appearance.

He raised a total of 22 million won from 2018 to last year to support medical expenses for patients.

Park Jong-hoon was a true hero who conveyed courage and hope to his children.

Kim Jin-wook's cheering picket while fighting childhood cancer
Kim Jin-wook’s cheering picket while fighting childhood cancer

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Park Jong-hoon threw the ball while thinking of sick children in the Hanwha Eagles game on the 6th, the first starting game in the 2021 season.

At the Incheon SSG Landers Field, where the game was held on this day, Kim Jin-wook personally visited and cheered for Park Jong-hoon, and Park Jong-hoon, conscious of Kim sitting in the audience, threw a ball with a clenched tooth.

Park Jong-hoon showed the best pitching. In the third inning, he allowed a tie-solo home run to the opposing team Lim Jong-chan, but he led the team’s 2-1 victory by cooking the Hanwha strikeout with 2 hits (1 home run), 5 strikeouts and 1 run point (1 run) until the 7th inning.

Park Jong-hoon has increased the record of winning streaks against Hanwha, which has continued since April 16, 2017, to 16 consecutive wins.

The problem of allowing theft, which was pointed out as a weakness until last season, was also completely improved.

Extreme under-throw pitcher Park Jong-hoon allowed many steals due to his slow pitching motion, but in this day’s game, he made up for the shortcomings with a slide step (the pitcher speeding up the pitching movement when there is a runner). Tied up.

In the second inning, first base runner Kim Min-ha was held in check.

Park Jong-hoon said, “I feel more proud because I think I won thanks to Jinwook’s support for today,” and “I hope Jinwook will grow brighter and stronger in the future.”

He added, “Before this season, pitching coach Jo Woong-cheon, Lee Dae-jin and the power analysis team helped a lot to overcome the pitching problem.”

An official from SSG introduced, “Kim Jin-wook is not in good shape, but he visited the cheering car stadium for Park Jong-hoon’s first victory in the season.”

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