Cho Jae-ho laughed and Kang Dong-gung cried at the 128th lecture of PBA's representative best friends

Aug 06, 2025

Cho Jae-ho laughed and Kang Dong-gung cried at the 128th lecture of PBA's representative best friends
조재호. Photo courtesy =PBA



The joys and sorrows of best friends representing professional baseball's PBA were mixed. In the round of 128, Cho Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup Card) won completely, while Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-Car) was completely defeated.

Cho Jae-ho won a complete set score of 3-0 against Cho Jwa-ho in the third tour of the 2025-2026 season of Pro Danggu at Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do Province 'Goyang KINTEX PBA Stadium' on the 5th. On the other hand, Kang Dong-gung was eliminated after losing 0-3 to Jeon Jae-hyung.

Both Cho Jae-ho and Kang Dong-gung faced Cho Jwa-ho and Jeon Jae-hyung of the Dream (Part 2) Tour, who participated in the tournament as wild cards.




Cho Jae-ho made the set score 2-0 by finishing the first set 15-7 in four innings, followed by the second set 15-9 (7 innings). Cho Jae-ho turned the game around 8-7 with a five-run long shot at the beginning of the third set, then won three points in four innings and four points in five innings in a row, eventually winning 15-7 in five innings. Cho Jae-ho scored 2.813, ranking first overall in the PBA 128.

On the other hand, Kang Dong-gung lost helplessly against Jeon Jae-hyung. After losing 12-15 (10 innings) after a close game in the first set, Kang Dong-gung hardly got the hang of it. In the second set, he lost 9-15 (8 innings), and in the third set, Jeon Jae-hyung scored 11 high runs in the fifth inning when he was leading 4-3, breaking Kang Dong-gung's spirit by 15-3. It is the first time in 17 competitions that Kang Dong-gung Palace has been eliminated from the round of 128 since the fifth tour (Huons Championship) in the 2023-2024 season.

Cho Jae-ho laughed and Kang Dong-gung cried at the 128th lecture of PBA's representative best friends
Gangdonggung Palace. Photo courtesy =PBA
A large number of 'PBA foreign powerhouses' also succeeded in advancing to the round of 64. Javier Palason (Spain, Huons), Eddie Lefuns (SK Rent-a-Car, Belgium), Tran Deuk-min (Vietnam, Harim), Burak Hashashi (Turkey, High1 Resort), Murat Najee Choclu (Turkey, Hana Card), Nguyen Quok Nguyen (Vietnam, Hana Card), Mamin Gum (Vietnam, NH Nonghyup Card) won the set score of Yoon Soon-jae, Lee Kang-wook, Hwang Deuk-hee (SWY), Park Ji-ho, Ma Won-hee and Jin-seop, respectively, with a 3-0 complete victory.




In addition, Um Sang-pil, Sun Ji-hoon (Woori Financial Capital), Kim Hyun-woo (NH Nonghyup Card), Lee Sang-dae (Huons), Zancha Park (Turkiye), Kim Jong-won (Welcome Savings Bank), and David Zapata (Spain, Woori Financial Capital) also joined the round of 64.

In the LPBA round of 32, which was held together on the same day, Kim Ga-young (Hana Card) succeeded in advancing to the round of 16 by catching Natsumi Higashiuchi (Japan, Crown Haitai) with a set score of 3-1. Han Ji-eun (SW) succeeded in advancing to the round of 16 with a 3-0 set score against Choi Hye-mi (Welcome Savings Bank).

Lee Woo-kyung (SW) beat Lee Hwa-yeon 3-1 with a three-set perfect Q (all scores in one inning), and Kim Min-ah (NH Nonghyup Card) beat Kim Bo-reum 3-0. Park Jung-hyun (Harim) defeated teammate Information Yoon 3-1 and was named a round-of-16 contender. Lee Ji-yeon 1 Lee Mari and Park Soo-hyang were also on the list of the round of 16.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.