"I'm proud of Yoon Young-chul" beat Hanwha for the first time in 351 days...Park Chan-ho + Wizdom home run chorus
"I'm proud of Yoon Young-chul" beat Hanwha for the first time in 351 days...Park Chan-ho + Wizdom home run chorus
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KIA Tigers' youngest starter Yoon Young-chul became the winning pitcher in 351 days.
KIA beat Hanwha Eagles 3-2 in Game 6 of the "2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League" held at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Sunday. KIA won 30 games (29 losses and 1 draw) this season, while Hanwha lost for two consecutive games, resulting in 36 wins and 26 losses in this season.
Kia has lined up starting pitchers Park Chan-ho (striker), Choi Won-joon (middle fielder), Oh Sun-woo (first baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (designated hitter), Patrick Wisdom (third baseman), Ko Jong-wook (left fielder), Kim Seok-hwan (right fielder), Kim Tae-gun (catcher), and Yoon Do-hyun (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Yoon Young-chul.
The Hanwha Eagles played against Esteban Floral (middle fielder), Choi In-ho (designated hitter), Moon Hyun-bin (left fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-seong (first baseman), Lee Jin-young (right fielder), Ha Joo-seok (striker), Choi Jae-hoon (catcher), and Lee Do-yoon (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Um Sang-baek.
Yoon pitched six innings, 79 pitches and three hits, one strikeout and seven strikeouts, to post his first win in eight games. It was his first win in 351 days since the match against Hanwha in Gwangju on June 21 last year (six innings, three runs and no point scored). His pitching at a quality start was also in 351 days.
Yoon Young-chul silenced Hanwha's batters with the power of his main weapons slider (34). As his fastball control (28) was relatively shaky, he managed to hold on by increasing the weight of sliders. He also mixed curves (6), change-up (5), and cutters (6). The maximum speed of his fastball was 141 kilometers.
Starting from the seventh inning, Jeon Sang-hyun (one run in one inning), Lee Joon-young (one run in one inning) and Jeong Hae-young (one run in one inning) threw consecutive games to keep the victory. Jung's 16th save in this season.
Ko Jong-wook, who started the game as soon as he was registered in the first division for the first time this season, has laid the groundwork for the first time. With one out in the bottom of the second inning, Wisdom got on base with a hit to the left of the center field. Ko Jong-wook hit a ground ball to the shortstop and sprinted to live at the first base. During Kim Seok-hwan's at-bat with two outs and runners on the first base, Ko Jong-wook stole the second base and shook the Hanwha battery, and Kim Seok-hwan hit a timely hit to the right field to lead the game 1-0.
In the bottom of the third inning, Park Chan-ho hit a home run. When Um Sang-baek's pitch-seam fastball of 145 kilometers per hour was high at the ball count of 2B0S, he swung the ball. KIA led 2-0.
In the top of the sixth inning, when the mound was replaced by Jeon, Lee Jin-young of the Hanwha Eagles hit him. With one out, Lee had a ball count of 1B2S in the match against Lee, but his fastball of 144 kilometers per hour hit him on the fourth pitch, which made him a solo shot against Lee. KIA was chased 2-1.
Wisdom countered with a solo shot to the left at the bottom of the sixth inning. As the leadoff hitter, he hit a solo shot to the left to widen the gap again to 3-1. His 11th shot of the season. It was a powerful shot that shook the main phenomenon of Hanwha's changed pitchers.
KIA put Jeon on the mound in the top of the eighth inning as well. Hanwha took out its leadoff hitter Ahn Chi-hong's card, and Ahn Chi-hong got on base with a hit to the right, signaling Hanwha's final counterattack. Ahn Chi-hong was immediately replaced by pinch runner Lee Won-seok, and Kia also replaced him with left-hander Lee Joon-young. With no outs and no outs on the first base, Floral hit Lee Joon-young's first slider, which was sucked into the first baseman's meat. He hit a straight hit, and even the first baseman Lee Won-seok, who was preparing to go to the second base, force-out, which resulted in a double play. It was a moment when KIA effectively sealed its victory.
In the top of the ninth inning, Hanwha's Chae Eun-seong stole a solo shot from the left side to Jung Hae-young and trailed him 3-2 below, but the game was not enough to turn the tables. Chae hit his 10th homer of this season, achieving double-digit homers for eight consecutive seasons. It was the 30th homerun in KBO history. 바카라
Meanwhile, Hanwha starter Um Sang-baek pitched well in six innings with 109 pitches, six hits (one homer), no four pitches, nine strikeouts, and two runs, but lost his fifth game (one win) of the season.