‘Eight innings, eight Ks’ for Hanwha’s Ryu Hyun-jin in 9-run humiliation
“I wanted to pitch better”
‘Ace’ Ryu Hyun-jin (37-Hanwha Eagles) took the mound at Cheongju Stadium for the first time in 12 years.
Ryu started against the Kiwoom Heroes of the Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League 2024 at Cheongju Baseball Stadium on April 18 and pitched eight innings (101 pitches) of five-hit, no-hit ball with eight strikeouts and no walks to earn his fifth win of the season. Hanwha won 3-0.
Became the first pitcher to win at Cheongju Stadium in more than 5,000 days since May 11, 2010, against the LG Twins (9 innings, 5 hits, 1 walk, 1 home run, 17 strikeouts, 1 earned run).
Hanwha, which won its second straight game behind the pitching of Ryu Hyun-jin, remained in seventh place with 31 wins, 37 losses and two ties (0.456 winning percentage), while Kiwoom remained in last place with 27 wins and 42 losses (0.391 winning percentage).
Ryu Hyun-jin, who has pitched the most innings since returning to the KBO from Major League Baseball (MLB), has won three straight games and lowered his ERA to 3.38 (previously 3.75). Top speed of 149 km/h.
On a pitcher-unfriendly field in Cheongju, Ryu had his best outing of the season.
In an interview after the game, Ryu said, “I have memories of that game. I’ve never been hit like that in baseball. That’s why I wanted to throw better,” he said. Ryu was humiliated on April 5 against Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome. Ryu hung his head after giving up nine runs on nine hits with two walks and two strikeouts in 4.1 innings.
He washed away the painful memories with a strong outing.
After getting out of the first inning on a triple play, Ryu struck out Kim 먹튀검증 Gun-hee on three pitches with the bases loaded in the second inning.
After retiring the next three batters in order in the third, Ryu found himself in trouble in the fourth. After giving up an infield single to Dawson and a walk to Kim Hye-sung, Ryu struck out Song Sung-moon with runners on first and second and got catcher Choi Jae-hoon to throw to first to end the inning. Lee Won-seok then grounded out to the pitcher to end the fourth inning without allowing a run.
After not allowing a run in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings, Ryu took the mound in the eighth. He gave up a single to Ko Young-woo two batters later, but struck out the next batter, Lee Joo-hyung, on a wild pitch to end the inning.
He could have gotten a no-hitter or a complete game, but Ryu didn’t take the mound in the ninth. In the bottom of the ninth, Joo Hyun-sang gave up a leadoff single to Song Sung-moon, but struck out Lee Won-seok on a swinging strikeout to end the 카지노사이트 추천 game. Joo picked up his ninth save of the season in his hometown of Cheongju.
Meanwhile, the Ryu Hyun-jin Foundation signed a donation agreement with Porsche Autostadt on Nov. 14 to earn donations through Ryu’s victory records.
For every game in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League in which Ryu becomes the winning pitcher, Autostadt and Ryu will earn 1 million won each, totaling 2 million won, which will be donated to the Ryu Foundation. As part of its social contributions after the season, the Ryu Hyun-jin Foundation will provide scholarships of up to KRW 30 million to financially disadvantaged youth scholars.