It hurt and became more mature. a terrifying growth in the first place. 122 → 101 → 82 → 65. 5 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, and return with a good pitch

Jun 08, 2025

It hurt and became more mature. a terrifying growth in the first place. 122 → 101 → 82 → 65. 5 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, and return with a good pitch
In an exhibition game between Lotte and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 18th, Kiwoom starter Jung Hyun-woo is pitching hard. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.03.18/



It hurt and became more mature. a terrifying growth in the first place. 122 → 101 → 82 → 65. 5 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, and return with a good pitch
In an exhibition game between Lotte and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 18th, Kiwoom starter Jung Hyun-woo is pitching hard. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.03.18/
It hurt and became more mature. a terrifying growth in the first place. 122 → 101 → 82 → 65. 5 innings, 2 hits, 1 run, and return with a good pitch
In an exhibition game between Lotte and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 18th, Kiwoom starter Jung Hyun-woo is pitching hard. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.03.18/
Jung Hyun-woo, the No. 1 rookie who returned, reported his return with a good pitching show.

Kiwoom Heroes' Jung Hyun-woo started the game against the LG Twins at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 8th and allowed two hits, no four outs, five strikeouts, and one run in five innings. Since it was his first appearance since the injury, he pitched well with a limited number of pitches to 70, but he was replaced in the top of the sixth inning when he was trailing 0-1.

Jung Hyun-woo, who entered the starting rotation from the opening, threw three games and fell out due to shoulder clumping, came back to the first team in about two months and showed his first-place performance with stable pitching that was not like a rookie.




Chung Hyeon-woo is a top rookie this year. He became a winning pitcher with six runs (four earned) in five innings by throwing 122 pitches against Gwangju KIA Tigers on March 26, his first appearance, and after scoring two runs in five innings against NC on April 16 and two runs in five innings against Hanwha on April 2, he has been rehabilitating in the second division due to shoulder clumping symptoms.

He made two appearances in the Futures League and returned to the first team. Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki said, "(Today, I'm going to throw about 70 pitches)," and about his poor performance in two games in the Futures League (3 ⅓ innings, 7 hits, 2 walks, 2 shots, 7 runs (five earned runs) and an ERA of 13.50), he said, "I don't care about the performance because the goal is to check whether he is in good shape and increase the number of pitches in the second division."

In order to face Chung Hyun-woo, LG started Shin Min-jae (2nd baseman), Kim Hyun-soo (left fielder), Austin (1st baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (designated hitter), Moon Sung-joo (right fielder), Koo Bon-hyuk (striker), Lee Joo-heon (catcher), Son Yong-joon (third baseman), and Park Hae-min (middle fielder).




He got off to a shaky start in the top of the first inning, but soon found stability. Leader Shin Min-jae allowed a double to right-center. However, he grounded out Kim Hyun-soo to the second base and Austin to the shortstop. Meanwhile, Shin Min-jae homered and lost for the first time. Moon Bo-kyung struck out with a low outside fastball of 145km to finish the first inning.

In the top of the second inning, he struck out Moon Sung-joo with a slider, handled Koo Bon-hyuk with a fly to right field, and then struck out Lee Joo-heon with a fastball to his body.

In the top of the third inning, he got a right-handed hit by Shin Min-jae after two outs, but he caught Kim Hyun-soo with a ground ball in front of the second base to finish. In the top of the fourth inning, he struck out Austin swinging and got Moon Bo-kyung on base with a third baseman error, but he handled Moon Sung-joo and Koo Bon-hyuk with consecutive fly to left field and continued to score no runs.




The coaching staff caught 70 pitches, but it was only 52 until the fourth inning. Jung Hyun-woo, who also came up in the fifth inning, caught Lee Joo-hun and Son Yong-joon with consecutive infield ground balls, handled Park Hae-min with a fly to center field and finished with only 65 balls until the fifth inning. Replaced by Cho Young-gun in the top of the 6th inning.

He pitched five innings in all four appearances this season, but the number of pitches continued to decrease. In his first appearance, he threw 122 pitches, 101 pitches in the second and 82 pitches in the third, but when he returned from injury this time, he threw 65.

He sprayed 34 fastballs up to 145km, 14 sliders of 130km, and 10 curves of 115km, adding four fork balls and three changeups. With 47 strikes and 18 balls, the strike rate reached a whopping 72.3%.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.