“Two-seam was good”
So-Jun Sohn of the Korean World Baseball Classic (WBC) national team became the losing pitcher in the evaluation match, but received a good evaluation from the opposing coach.
On the 6th, Joon Sohn started the match against the Orix Buffaloes in the WBC official evaluation match held at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. He allowed 3 runs (1 earned run) on 3 hits in 1⅓ innings, and became the losing pitcher as Korea lost 2-4.토토사이트
On this day, Joon Sohn recorded the highest speed of 151 km and showed a faster speed than usual. He pitched decently, but was not helped by a fielding error. Director Lee said on the 5th, “I will make Hyung-Jun So throw two innings,” but he was replaced earlier than planned when a series of mistakes came out.
He threw the first fastball to leadoff batter Noguchi in the first inning and was hit by a right-hander. He advanced the runner to third base as he handled two subsequent batters with ground balls to second baseman in succession. From the first episode, Oryx performed various operations such as run and hit.
In the 2nd and 3rd base, he threw a curve with a full count against Tongoo. I stole the timing, but Tongoo held out his bat with his back missing, and the bat flew farther than expected and hit his left wall. It was a good hit by the opposing batter. He gave up one run, but ended the inning on a pitcher grounder from second out and first base.
In the 2nd inning, the lead batter, Gita, hit a double in the first place. In the safe second base crisis, he actively used his main weapon, two-seam, and induced grounder hits one after another. However, he allowed an unscheduled run due to a series of errors by shortstop Oh Ji-hwan.
Oh Ji-hwan caught Wakatsuki’s ground ball well at second base, tied the second base runner up, and threw it out to first base. However, as he tried to catch Ikeda’s grounder and missed it, it became a crisis with one company and 1st and 3rd base. Next, Yamaashi’s ground ball was also caught by Oh Ji-hwan, and he took the ball out and dropped it, making a mistake. The runner on third base scored.
So Joon So-jun, who threw 23 pitches, was replaced by Kwang-hyun Kim at 1st and 3rd base. Kim Gwang-hyeon was hit in the middle right by the first batter, so Joon So-jun’s run increased to 3 points (1 ERA).
Orix was the winning team in the Japan Series last year. On this day, he confronted the national team with the strength of the 1.5 team. After the game, coach Satoshi Nakajima, the winning coach, said, “I am grateful that I was able to play against a team that represents my country.”
He then gave a short but impressive evaluation of Joon Sohn. He said, “I got the impression that the starting pitcher is a good pitcher with a strong two-mindedness.”