Oh no, the march of Sung Young-tak, who used to score no runs in a row, has come to an end.
Jun 24, 2025
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KIA Tigers' Sung Young-tak scored his first run of the season.
Sung Young-tak is Kia's rookie bullpen that has appeared like a comet this season. He barely wore a professional uniform in the 10th round of last year's rookie draft, and his performance this year was so perfect that he doubted why he was chosen in the 10th round.
Sung Young-tak, who made his professional debut against KT Wiz on the 20th of last month, announced a strong start by pitching two scoreless innings in the game.
Sung Young-tak helped out of the bullpen little by little. There was no loss. He pitched a scoreless pitch against KT on the 19th, breaking the record of the longest consecutive innings since legend Cho Gye-hyun's franchise debut in 1989. The previous record was 13 ⅔ innings.
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However, a home run through made Sung Yeong-tak cry. Sung Young-tak was the fourth pitcher of the game against Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 24th. In the bottom of the sixth inning, when both teams faced off 6-6. When Choi Ji-min created a crisis with one out and runners on first and second bases, head coach Lee Bum-ho raised Sung Young-tak. To face right-handed hitter Lim Ji-yeol.
However, Lim Ji-yeol hit Sung Young-tak's ball and made it a three-run home run over the left-center wall. The two runners who went ahead were Choi Ji-min's runs, but Lim Ji-yeol's home run was Sung Young-tak's run since he hit a home run.
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Sung Young-tak ended the inning by hitting and striking out Choi Joo-hwan and Lee Ju-hyung, the opponent's center hitters, respectively, even in the absence of strength.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.