Prince of Daejeon's spectacular comeback. Moon Dong-ju, 158km fastball, 143km fork ball, 3+2 innings without allowing any runs (at Jamsil site)
Mar 27, 2025
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Moon Dong-ju started in an away game against the LG Twins in Jamsil on the 27th and threw 61 pitches in five innings, opening the 2025 season wide with one hit, no four outs, and no six strikeouts.
If he continues to start in the future and increases the number of pitches, normal starting pitching will soon be possible.
Moon Dong-ju, who joined in 2022, won the Rookie of the Year award in his second season, 2023 with an 8-8 record and a 3.72 ERA. He was selected to the Asian Games national team that year and pitched well in the preliminary and final matches against Taiwan as an ace, leading to the gold medal.
However, last year, he was not good with 7 wins and 7 losses and a 5.17 ERA in 21 games. During the season, he suffered from back pain, and at the end of the season, his shoulder hurt. He was removed from the entry after allowing one run in six innings against the Doosan Bears on September 3, and the season ended as it was.
He accompanied him to the spring camp, but he couldn't pitch in real life. As much as I was sick, I chose the process of slowly increasing the number of pitches.
Moon Dong-ju, who carefully built his body, played his first game only in an exhibition game. In the game against SSG Landers on the 11th, he had no hit, walked one and allowed two strikeouts in one inning. Moon Dong-ju, who announced his healthy return with a maximum speed of 159km, kept the mound a little longer against Lotte on the 14th with two scoreless innings.
Originally, Moon Dong-ju's plan to return was to the first team after raising the number of pitches in the second team. Cho Dong-wook was preparing for the fifth starting position without Moon Dong-ju.
However, as Moon Dong-joo quickly improved his sense of play, he changed his direction to increase the number of pitches by throwing as a starter in the first team.
Coach Kim will throw 3 innings as Moon Dong-ju's starting pitcher on the 25th. However, I would be grateful if I filled all three innings. He expressed his intention to focus a little more on the number of pitches.
If Moon Dong-ju pitched three innings, Cho Dong-wook decided to throw after that. So they were called up to the first team together on that day.
Moon Dong-ju was strong against LG last year. He started three games and recorded a 1.06 ERA with two wins and no losses. He pitched 17 innings and allowed four runs (two earned).
Last year, Kim Hyun-soo was 2 for 2, Shin Min-jae was 4 for 7 and Park Hae-min was 3 for 6 against Moon Dong-joo.
On the other hand, Hong Chang-ki was 1 for 5, Oh Ji-hwan was 1 for 6, Austin was only 1 for 7, Moon Sung-joo was 0 for 5, Moon Bo-kyung was 0 for 7, and Park Dong-won was also 0 for 2.
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It was chaotic in the bottom of the first inning. Hong Chang-ki's ball flowed slowly toward the second baseman, and second baseman An Chi-hong tried to catch it and throw it to first base, but missed the ball. an infield hit. No. 2 Moon Sung-joo seemed to be making a double play with a ground ball toward the shortstop, but this time shortstop Shim Woo-joon caught the ball and dropped it. The double play failed, forcing out only the second base.
Moon Dong-ju started to organize himself. He struck out Austin swinging. The fastball thrown in the fourth pitch became a ball, but he also shot 158km. Moon allowed first baseman Moon Sung-joo to steal second base during the fourth Moon Bok-kyung at-bat. Moon Dong-joo, who had a full count match at the risk of scoring rights, struck out Moon with a 137km fork ball to end the first inning. The number of pitches was 19.
The bottom of the second inning was neat. Oh Ji-hwan struck out swinging, Kim Hyun-soo grounded out in front of the second base, and Lee Joo-heon struck out swinging, ending with a walkout. The number of pitches was 10, which was 29 until the second inning.
In the bottom of the third inning, the lead Park Hae-min made a fly to center field on the first pitch, and No. 9 Shin Min-jae grounded out in front of the shortstop on the fourth pitch, and Hong Chang-ki
He swung and missed with a 141km folk ball and struck out three pitches. The number of pitches is 37.
Manager Kim Kyung-moon said before the game, `I think about three innings, but if the number of pitches is small, I can throw more,' and in fact, Moon Dong-ju took the mound at the end of the fourth inning as well.
The first opponent is Song Chan-ui, who replaced Moon Sung-joo, who lost his back due to back clumping while stealing. Song Chan-eui's ball rolled in front of the shortstop, but suddenly it became an irregular bound in front of Shim Woo-jun and bounced sideways after being hit by the glove. a shortstop error on base. With Austin grounded out in front of the third baseman and one out, Moon Dong-ju, who met Moon Bo-kyung again, handled it with a pitcher grounded out. Song Chan-ui ran to third base without checking the runner on second base and threw it to first base. He caught Oh Ji-hwan with a shortstop foul fly and finished the fourth inning scoreless.
He also took the mound in the fifth inning. After catching the lead Kim Hyun-soo and Lee Joo-heon with consecutive center field flies, he struck out Park Hae-min with a swing and miss and finished until the fifth inning. Replaced by Cho Dong-wook in the bottom of the sixth inning.
He sprayed 42 fastballs of up to 158km out of 61, and added 9 folk balls of up to 143km, 4 sliders of 141km, and 6 curves of 134km to tie LG's batting line that ranks first.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
