Yang Hyeon-jong, who challenges the big leaguer in the Texas Rangers of the American Professional Baseball (MLB), is playing a live pitching by throwing a batter for the first time after joining Spring Camp at the auxiliary stadium of Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Arizona, USA on the 4th. Video capture provided by the Texas Rangers club
Yang Hyun-jong (33, Texas Rangers) struggled with no goal in the start of the second demonstration game.
Yang Hyun-jong appeared as the team’s third pitcher against the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2021 Major League pilot game held at the American Family Fields of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona, USA on the 14th (Korean time) and made a striking streak with two innings, one hit and three strikeouts.
In the debut match of the demonstration game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the 8th, he recorded 1 inning, 2 hits, 1 home run, 1 strikeout and 1 run.
Yang Hyeon-jong, who appeared again in six days, showed both a fast ball and a changing ball. He climbed the mound at the end of the 5th inning, which was tense 3-3, and gave a hit to lead hitter Guerrette Mitchell, but he tried to steal and went out.
Yang Hyun-jong ended the 5th inning by turning Jackie Bradley Jr. to a missed swing and handling Abisail Garcia with a straight shortstop.
At the end of the 6th inning, he recorded a triple offense. After catching lead hitter Jack Green with a right field fly, Dylan Kujins and Billy McKinney were struck out in a row. Yang Hyeon-jong’s average ERA after finishing his grade went down to 3.00.
Meanwhile, Texas and Milwaukee couldn’t decide the match 4-4.
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