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| The 80th Blue Dragon High School Baseball Championship and the weekend league king's game at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul on the 6th. Whimoon Kim Yoel pitching. Mokdong = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.06/ |
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| Himungo Kim Yoel pitching hard. |
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While facing 22 batters, he struck out 11 times. He showed a powerful breaking ball that struck out half of the batters he faced.
On the 6th, the 80th Cheongryonggi High School Baseball Championship and the weekend league King Wangjung match (co-hosted by the Chosun Ilbo, Sports Chosun, and Korea Baseball Softball Association) were held at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul. Seoul High School advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-4 come-from-behind victory over Hwimungo after a close game.
Right-handed sidearm pitcher Kim Yo-el started Hwimungo. Seoul High School took the lead in the top of the first inning when Kim Ki-heon hit a two-run double. Hwimungo didn't back down either. In the bottom of the first inning, Seoul High School scored by rushing home from the third base while Kim Yong-hwi was throwing the ball to the first base when Kim Han-hole struck out swinging with one out and third base.
Seoul High School starter Han Soo-dong allowed a tiebreaking solo home run to Kim Yoon-kyu at Hwimungo in the second inning. Kim Yun-kyu hit his second homer of Cheongryonggi. Kim Han-hole hit a two-run triple in the third inning, turning the game around. Hwimungo 4-2 lead.
Seoul High School chased after Kim Ji-woo with a sacrifice fly to center field with one out in the seventh inning. In the top of the eighth inning, Seoul High School created a chance with consecutive walks by leadoff batters Kim Sun-bin and Kim Tae-sung. Later, the second baseman missed Song Ji-yoon's infield grounder, resulting in an error. Seoul High School tied the score 4-4 when Hwimungo made a mistake.
Lee Si-won, the No. 1 hitter at Seoul High School, then turned the game around with a two-run triple over the center fielder's height. Lee Si-won scored additional points as Seoul High School's No. 2 hitter Lee Jung-in even succeeded in a squeeze bunt with one out and third base. Seoul High School scored four points in the top of the eighth inning to make a dramatic turnaround in the second half of the game.
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| The 80th Blue Dragon High School Baseball Championship and the weekend league king's game at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul on the 6th. Whimoon Kim Yoel pitching. Mokdong = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.06/ |
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| The 80th Blue Dragon High School Baseball Championship and the weekend league king's game at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul on the 6th. Seoul High School came from behind to win 7-4 over Hwimungo. Kim Ji-woo of Seoul High School took the mound in the ninth inning and defended his victory. Mokdong = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.06/ |
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In the ninth inning, Kim Ji-woo, who started as the fourth batter, took the mound. Kim Ji-woo also faced a crisis with two outs and runners on the second and third bases, but finished the game after dealing with Choi Jae-young, the fourth batter at Hwimungo, with a fly to center field. Seoul High School 'Otani' Kim Ji-woo hit one hit and one RBI from four times at bat as a batter and played two roles including the last pitcher to make a save in the bottom of the ninth inning.
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| The 80th Blue Dragon High School Baseball Championship and the weekend league king's game at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul on the 6th. Seoul High School came from behind to win 7-4 over Hwimungo. Seoul High School players are greeting after the game. Mokdong = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.06/ |
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| Humungo Kim Yoel, who pitched the most five innings on both teams. |
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It ended with Seoul High School's come-from-behind victory, but Hwimungo starter Kim Yo-el pitched the most innings on both teams. Although the team suffered a come-from-behind loss, Kim Yo-el drew attention by giving up one run and striking out 11 in five innings.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
