Cho Sang-woo is anxious about losing 2G consecutive points and violating pitch clock even though he shot 149km

Mar 11, 2025

Cho Sang-woo is anxious about losing 2G consecutive points and violating pitch clock even though he shot 149km
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA was held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th. Kia's pitching Cho Sang-woo. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.08/



I shot 149km...

KIA Tigers' Cho Sang-woo lost another point. He passed the crisis with a double play, so he almost lost a lot of points.

Cho Sang-woo took the mound in an exhibition game against the NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park on the 11th. The team took the mound in the sixth inning with an 8-1 lead.




2nd appearance in an exhibition game. Cho Sang-woo appeared in the opening game of an exhibition game against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 8th. At that time, he took the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning when the team was leading 3-2, allowing two runs and dedicating the turnaround. In the end, the game ended with that score and became a losing pitcher.

Still, what is encouraging is that his fastball speed was 147 kilometers in the first exhibition game. It went up even higher on this day. It came up to 149 kilometers. However, he also lost a point to expose his anxiety.

I met a hard-hitting ship. He allowed an infield hit to the leadoff Kim Joo-won. Second baseman Seo Geon-chang managed to block a hit that would escape to center field, but it was impossible to catch a batter.




Cho Sang-woo is anxious about losing 2G consecutive points and violating pitch clock even though he shot 149km
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA was held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th. Kia's pitching Cho Sang-woo. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.08/
The next batter is Son Ah-seop. The fastest fastball of the day, 149km, went low. But Son Ah-seop hit it well. a right-handed hit.

On top of that, bad luck also overlapped. He led Han Jae-hwan to a ground ball toward third base, but third baseman Yoon Do-hyun missed it and became a hit. It was a strong and fast ball, but it was enough to handle, but it became a hit and lost a point.

Cho Sang-woo caught Park Gun-woo with a fly to center field, but he allowed a pitch to Shin Jae-hwan and was on the verge of loading the bases again. On top of that, he made a mistake in violating the pitch clock in a 2S advantage against the next batter, Park Hang-yeol.




Cho Sang-woo is anxious about losing 2G consecutive points and violating pitch clock even though he shot 149km
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA was held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th. Kia's pitching Cho Sang-woo. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.08/
However, it was fortunate that Jo Sang-woo did not panic and induced Park Han-gyeol to double play.

Defending champion KIA ambitiously recruited Cho Sang-woo with the goal of winning its second consecutive title this year. Jang Hyun-sik transferred to the LG Twins as an FA, and he was selected as the right person to fill the position. In order to bring Cho Sang-woo, he gave away two rookie nominations for 1 billion won in cash. However, he has been unstable in consecutive exhibition games. In order for KIA to compete for the regular season title, Cho Sang-woo's role as a must-win team is absolutely necessary.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.