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| Cho Byung-hyun politely greets Oh Seung-hwan, who he admires on the retirement tour. Daegu = Reporter Park Jae-man |
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Cho Byung-hyun, who expressed respect by handing over a bouquet of flowers to the end leader Oh Seung-hwan with a shy expression, took the mound in the ninth inning and showed pitching reminiscent of Oh Seung-hwan in his prime.
Daegu Lions Park on the 11th when Oh Seung-hwan's retirement tour was held. Before the start of the game, the Samsung and SSG teams came out in front of the dugout and lined up. Oh Seung-hwan, who appeared on the ground with the introduction of an in-house MC, greeted his fans.
SSG Cho Byung-hyun came to the dugout with a bouquet of flowers in advance and looked at Oh Seung-hwan with a shy expression. Cho Byung-hyun, who first approached Oh Seung-hwan and handed him a bouquet of flowers with a polite greeting, shook hands with a senior he had admired since childhood and took a commemorative photo.
When asked about the second Oh Seung-hwan among his juniors at the retirement press conference, Oh picked Kim Taek-yeon, Kim Seo-hyun, Park Young-hyun and Cho Byung-hyun.
Cho Byung-hyun, the successor of Oh Seung-hwan, looked excited like a child after shaking hands with his senior whom he longed for during the retirement tour before the game.
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| Cho Byung-hyun, who held Oh Seung-hwan's hand tightly. |
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In front of Oh Seung-hwan, Korea's top professional baseball closer who has been cheering on television since he dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player, Cho Byung-hyun took the mound in the ninth inning and threw five fastballs in a row like Oh Seung-hwan in his prime.
The game, which began after the warm retirement tour event, was fierce. Samsung, which had a 4-3 1-point lead until the second half of the game, activated a must-win group in the top of the eighth inning. Even after the start, Kim Tae-hoon, who took the mound after the start, hoped to keep the inning clean, but the result was disastrous.
He suddenly shook after hitting leadoff hitter Ahn Sang-hyun to shortstop. When he gave up a walk to Choi Jung in the ensuing match, coach Park Jin-man put left-hander Bae Chan-seung on the mound, but the result was a straight walk. In order to put out the urgent fire, closer Kim Jae-yoon took the mound early, but he allowed a hit in the game with Ryu Hyo-seung, leading to a one-out bases-loaded crisis. Closer Kim Jae-yoon tied the game with a walk to the Jihoon Choi, and in the match against Ko Myung-joon, he was timely hit and eventually allowed to turn the tables.
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| Even Kim Jae-yoon, who took the mound in the eighth inning to extinguish the urgent fire, collapsed. |
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Following the Samsung must-win group in the eighth inning, the SSG attack, which succeeded in turning the tables by destroying the closer Kim Jae-yoon, continued in the ninth inning without stopping. Coach Lee Sung-yong, who immediately widened the game to 8-44 points with Ahn Sang-hyun's two-run shot and Choi Jeong's solo shot, took Cho Byung-hyun to the mound in the ninth inning.
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| SSG closer Cho Byung-hyun, who overwhelmed Samsung batters with a fastball in the presence of end leader Oh Seung-hwan. |
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Cho Byung-hyun, who shook hands with his yearning senior Oh Seung-hwan and liked him like a child, focused only on pitching without changing his expression the moment he took the mound. Cho Byung-hyun, who threw only three fastballs in the match with the leadoff batter Kim Hun-gon and handled the infield fly ball, and Ryu Ji-hyuk, a pinch hitter, quickly posted two out-counts by groundering shortstop with one fastball.
After the 2nd out, Cho Byung-hyun, who took the mound in the 9th inning with Lee Sung-kyu and the first pitch in the game, was distributed so differently that he threw only five straight fastballs that he was most confident in.
Cho's maximum speed on the day was 149 kilometers, but it seemed like a rising fastball that did not fall off at the last minute when he entered the catcher's mart.
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| Catcher Lee Ji-young gave a thumbs up to Cho Byung-hyun, who finished the game neatly. |
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Unlike Samsung, which allowed the reversal by collapsing to the finish of the must-win group, SSG won the upset by defending the mound without conceding a single point.
In the presence of Oh Seung-hwan, Cho Byung-hyun, who confidently beat batters with a fastball match like Oh Seung-hwan in his heyday, was impressive.
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| Cho Byung-hyun, who first gave a bouquet to Oh Seung-hwan, his senior whom he admired. |
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| Cho Byung-hyun, standing side by side with end leader Oh Seung-hwan, poses. |
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| The Samsung and SSG teams all gathered and took their last photos with the departing leader, Oh Seung-hwan. |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
