For me, today is the Korean Series → Hanwha's unknown pitcher Park Joon-young's 110th pitch! He appears to have won his first career start with two runs in five innings
Oct 03, 2025
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Park Joon-young started against KT Wiz in the final game of the 2025 KBO League regular season at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. Park Joon-young pitched 110 pitches in five innings and scored two runs. He handed over the mound to Kang Jae-min in the top of the sixth inning with a 6-2 lead.
Ryu Hyun-jin could have come out in order, but Hanwha confirmed second place in the pennant race and gave the prospect a chance.
Park Joon-young is from Cheongju Wooam Elementary School, Segwang Middle School, and Sehwa Advertising. It's a local boy in Daejeon. It is a special prospect who was selected as the first overall rookie draft in 2022.
Park Joon-young has appeared in nine first-team games in 2022 and 2023. He lost one game without a win and had a 12.91 ERA in 15 ⅓ innings.
Park Joon-young fulfilled his military duty as an active duty in 2023. He was discharged from the military in April this year.
Park Joon-young took the mound in the first division for the first time since Sept. 27, 2023.
Park Joon-young continued his surprise pitching streak. He allowed only one hit until the fourth inning. He also received ample support for scoring.
The crisis was in the bottom of the fifth inning with a 6-0 lead. If he had three more out-counts, he could have met the requirements for a winning pitcher, but it was not easy.
Park Joon-young gave a walk to Kim Sang-soo, the first batter. I got a hit by the Junghoon Lee. When he reached the first and third bases with no outs, Yang Sang-moon, the pitching coach, visited the mound and stopped the flow.
Park Joon-young allowed Huh Kyung-min to hit a big ball in left-center, but blocked it with a fly ball. Third baseman Kim Sang-soo scored.
Park Joon-young handled Kim Min-hyuk with a fly ball to right field. One out count up to the requirement for a winning pitcher.
Park Joon-young was on the verge of loading the bases when he gave Kang Baek-ho a walk.
Park Joon-young walked Hwang Jae-gyun again. an extra run on a push. Chased 6-2.
The Hanwha bench did not move here either. It was interpreted as meaning to do as much as you can to Park Joon-young.
Park Joon-young also threw two consecutive balls against Jang Sung-woo.
Park Joon-young finally recovered his composure. After that, he put three balls in the strike zone in succession. He struck out Jang Sung-woo to achieve the winning pitcher requirement.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
