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| A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. Hanwha Um Sang-baek is catching his breath. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. In the top of the second inning, Hanwha starter Um Sang-baek is coming down from the mound without catching a single out count. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. Hanwha Um Sang-baek is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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"I was going to go 5 innings no matter how much you give me.... I couldn't help changing it."
Hanwha Eagles head coach Kim Kyung-moon finally made a decision. He lowered Eom Sang-baek, an FA pitcher who was expected to play a good role in starting this season, to the second division.
Ahead of the LG Twins match in Jamsil on the 10th, Hanwha canceled Um Sang-baek and infielder Hwang Young-mook from the first team and called up left-handed pitcher Kim Ki-joong and catcher Heo In-seo.
Um Sang-baek started in an away game against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th, but he came down without finishing the second inning. He allowed five hits (one home run) with three walks and one strikeout and six runs in one inning. Hanwha lost 1-8 as Um Sang-baek collapsed in the beginning and the batters failed to attack LG's starting Chirinos. Hanwha, which has lost three consecutive games, widened its gap with No. 1 LG to three games.
Coach Kim originally predicted a 'surprise selection' for the game on the 9th, but he issued an ordinary card called Um Sang-baek for a reason. The first pitcher Kim thought of was Kim Bum-soo, a left-handed bullpen. Manager Kim said in the game on the 9th, `I was going to throw a left-handed pitcher if I tell him now,' adding, `But if the player doesn't have a long inning anyway, bullpen pitchers should continue to go out again. So I thought about Hwang Joon-soo and others and thought it would be better for the starter to throw, so I decided to give Sang-baek a chance." Kim Bum-soo was the starting candidate that a Hanwha official revealed later.
However, Um Sang-baek collapsed from the beginning than expected, resulting in the worst result of the bullpen operating from the second inning.
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. In the top of the second inning, Hanwha starter Um Sang-baek is coming down from the mound without catching a single out count. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. Hanwha catcher Lee Jae-won has visited the mound since the first inning to encourage starting pitcher Um Sang-baek. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 9th. Hanwha Um Sang-baek and Moon Dong-ju are watching the game. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.09/ |
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Coach Kim expected the team to gain strength if he threw well and showed a good performance, but the content was so bad. No matter how much (the score) I had to go five innings and use the bullpen after that, but I couldn't change it," he said, expressing his disappointment with Um Sang-baek.
In this season, Um posted one win and seven losses and an earned run average of 7.42 in 19 games. In the second half of the year, he posted one loss and an earned run average of 18.47 in four games, which is even worse. In the end, there was no choice but to be evaluated as having to adjust in the second group.
When asked why he had a bad performance this season, coach Kim said, `There are many bad players in the first year of the FA. That's how much pressure it has. We have to overcome that as well, but this year, we are having an offbeat."
Asked about Um Sang-baek's future schedule, head coach Kim said "Go down, take an MRI first, see the results, and I think the future schedule will come out.'
I was worried about whether I was in a bad condition, but the club said "It's a common test during the season. Since the (grade) is so bad, I'm going to take a picture once it's been canceled, he said. "I'm going to take a picture of the elbow area."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
