He's a pitcher, but he has a 50% on-base percentage. a pitcher's trailblazing eye for a walk. To give Bo-kyung a batter's box.
Aug 16, 2025
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I got on base this time. I didn't swing once, but I walked out. LG Twins closer Yoo Young-chan had a fun experience of being a first baseman after a batter.
Yoo Young-chan took the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning in an away game against SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 15th, saving the team and making a save. He earned his 14th save of the season with no hits and no runs in one ⅓ inning.
Park Dong-won's come-from-behind three-run shot in the top of the eighth inning led 5-3, but the crisis came at the bottom of the eighth inning. Jang Hyun-sik came up, but with two hits and a walk, he was loaded with two outs. In the end, closing pitcher Yoo Young-chan took the mound. He played against Jung Joon-jae, but Jung Joon-jae hit the 150km first pitch and the left fielder caught him and the inning ended quickly.
However, an interesting situation occurred in the top of the ninth inning. The third batter had Yoo Young-chan's name, not Austin. And in the top of the ninth inning, Yoo Young-chan's at-bat was supposed to return unconditionally, starting with the first batter.
This happened when Shin Min-jae, who played as a designated hitter when Yoo Young-chan took the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning, played as a second baseman to strengthen defense. Koo Bon-hyuk, who was second baseman, went to third baseman and Moon Bo-kyung, who was third baseman, left Austin out, and Yoo Young-chan entered the position.
Yoo Young-chan also had to take the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning, so Yoo Young-chan also played as a batter. Yoo Young-chan also hit a batter against the Kiwoom Heroes in Jamsil on July 10. In the bottom of the eighth inning, he came out and hit Won Jong-hyun's 146km fastball and retired with a fly to right field. At that time, the helmet and other equipment borrowed Moon Bo-kyung's and used Koo Bon-hyuk's, the lightest bat. It was his first at-bat since he was in his third year of middle school, so he hit it with the instinct of a player even though he told him not to hit it on the bench.
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Yoo Young-chan was forced to walk to first base. He took a little lead and came out as a runner.
Moon Bo-kyung also went to the full count, and due to automatic run-and-hit, Yoo Young-chan slowly jumped to second base on the sixth pitch. Moon Bo-kyung's swing and miss strikeout ended, and runner Yoo Young-chan ended.
Yoo Young-chan, who returned to the mound, grounded out Eredia in front of shortstop, struck out Ahn Sang-hyun, and grounded out Oh Tae-gon in front of third base to end the game.
Yoo Young-chan, who met after the game, almost violated the instructions not to hit the bench again this time. "I was going to swing at the full countYoo Young-chan stayed still with the hope of letting Bogyeong take another batter's box"
There was a scene where Song Ji-man, the coach of the base, pushed Yoo Young-chan on the first base. Yoo Young-chan laughed, saying, `It was because I didn't know what to do at first base.'
Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop also showed a running pose after watching Yoo Young-chan. Yoo Young-chan explained that even if there was a hit, it was a sign to go only to the second base instead of going to the third base.
Yoo Young-chan, who came out as a left-handed hitter again this time, is listed as right-to-right on his profile. When I asked "It was written incorrectly. He originally said, "It's right to left." Next year, I think I will be able to see a proper profile with left-handedness.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
