I caught up with them all...Veteran Eom Sang-pil, who dreamed of winning his first championship after two missed shots, failed to win the PBA after a close race, and Shin Mori was thrilled to win his first championship
Aug 12, 2025
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Um Sang-pil (Woori Financial Capital)'s third attempt to win the tour, which has consistently participated in the professional baseball PBA since its launch season, led to another disappointing conclusion. This time, he was caught by Yusuke Mori (Sewy) from Japan.
The taste of defeat is consistently bitter, but this defeat seems to come more bitterly to Um Sang-pil. This is because he gave up the first three sets but belatedly burned his fighting spirit and won four to six sets, leading to the final seven sets.
Unlike the first to sixth sets, which end with 15 points, the final seven sets have 11 points. The game is decided at a faster time. A fleeting mistake can open the door to the abyss. In order to win the championship, he eventually had to reduce his mistakes, but Um Sang-pil failed to cross this gate. The failure of five and six consecutive innings in the seventh set became a fatal hit.
Um Sang-pil was the runner-up in his third victory opportunity, losing to Mori by a set score of 3-4 (7-159-153-15 3-15 15-8 15-11 15-114-114-11) in the third round of the Prodang-gu 2025-2026 season at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on the night of the 11th.
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It also won 100 million won in prize money. The amount exceeds the previous total prize money (86.5 million won). In addition, he was named the first PBA winner from Japan.
Um Sang-pil went back to the final 350 days after the third tour of the 2023-2024 season (SY Bazar Hanoi Open), seeking his first win, but failed to finish the championship cup, which seemed to be in front of him due to a mistake in the last seven sets.
It seems to be more regrettable because it was a game that turned the game from an absolute disadvantage to square one.
Mori seemed to finish the game easily, winning one to three sets. Mori scored eight high runs in the first inning in the first set and won 15-7 after gaining the upper hand. Then, in the second set, he scored five points, including two bank shots, in the third inning when he was trailing 1-9, and after pulling the reins of the chase, he won 15-9 by scoring six points in four innings, two points in five innings, and one point in six innings. Eom Sang-pil's batting continued for a long time.
The third set was almost one-sided, too. Mori won 15-7 in just six innings, leaving just one set to win.
However, from then on, Um Sang-pil began to spread 'the tenacity of Koreans'. The fourth set was a crisis. After a close game of up to 14 innings, he won a set of 15-8 and strengthened from the 6th inning when he was trailing 7-9 in the 5th set. He pulled four runs in six and seven innings in a row, making up another set at 15-11.
Now the pace is over to Um Sang-pil. The sixth set was one-sided. Um Sang-pil overpowered Mori 15-1 in three innings, even revealing his pressure. Mori seemed to have completely lost his spirits. The airflow on the table has changed.
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Mori, who went first, failed to attack at the first turn. The pressure of the final seven sets seemed to have lowered the sophistication of the shot. On the other hand, Um Sang-pil scored the first goal by successfully turning it back long. The next batch, the competition, failed. I had to settle for a 1-0 lead.
Mori, who fought back, continued to falter. After recovering one point by turning back, he tried to score consecutive points by turning sideways, but failed to score due to an absurd kiss. There was a sense of embarrassment on my face.
Um Sang-pil has a chance. Arrangements with the balls close to the left corner. However, Um Sang-pil tried a one-bank shot reverse rotation shot with a nearby short cushion, not a far three-bank shot. However, it fails, hitting the first target slightly thinly. From this point on, Um Sang-pil was also under the pressure of the final set.
Both players made mistakes.
Mori tried a three-bank shot in the third inning, but he kissed and hit a ball again. Um Sang-pil also failed because of the long turn back. In the fourth inning, Mori hit the turn back looking at the five cushion, but it missed.
Um Sang-pil did not miss this opportunity. The turning back contest was successful to make it 2-1. The next ball position play is done. Turn back again. He got 5 cushions and scored consecutive points. Backward rotation arrangements were made. However, it was a successful arrangement only when it was short hit by a long cushion and dropped. I hit it according to the standard, but it slightly missed at the end.
Morey couldn't run away, and Mori had a chance to recover. Mori scored three consecutive points in five innings to make the game 4-3.
Eom Sang-pil, who fought back, succeeded in turning it back short to make it 4-4. However, Um Sang-pil made a bold attempt in this next shot.
Arrangements where both side and back turns are ambiguous. Eom Sang-pil, who was pondering, attempted a bank shot of Five Cushions. If he went in, he could have taken a step closer to winning with a two-point lead. Unfortunately, however, he failed and rather gave Mori an easy side turn arrangement. It was the first of two missed shots that prevented Um Sang-pil from winning.
For Mori, it seems to have been a layout like a string of Dong-A from heaven. Mori succeeded in a long side turn, followed by a difficult front turn with a thin thickness to make it 6-4. The next shot before the tournament is a failure.
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While watching with his hands together at the stadium, the LPBA winner of Woori Financial Capital sighed with his eyes closed when Um Sang-pil's shot failed. It was the deadliest second miss shot to determine the direction of the game. He even gave Mori a chance to take a one-bank shot.
Morrie has regained her composure completely. Mori, who scored two runs in the seventh inning with a light one-bank shot, agonizes for a long time He even made a side turn shot. Another long side turn arrangement. It was also a close success, making it 10-4. He then succeeded even a tricky set-up to the right with an elaborate shot, becoming the final winner of the long and long final.
Mori cheered with his hands raised. Um Sang-pil got up and congratulated the winner. It's hard to get used to defeat. Still, Um Sang-pil silently endured this difficult process again. Maybe in my mind 'I'll make sure to next time!may have made a pledge that ' This is why Um Sang-pil's next challenge is expected.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
