Moon Dong-ju, the first-inning steel plate, is a 140km fastball…have nothing unusual about It wasn't an injury.
Oct 31, 2025
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Moon Dong-joo took the mound as a starter in Game 5 of the postseason Korean Series against the LG Twins at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 31st and allowed two hits, one walk, and one strikeout and one run in one inning.
Moon Dong-ju started Game 5 following Game 1.
Moon Dong-ju, who won 11 games as a starting pitcher this season, came out as a bullpen in the playoffs. He took the mound in Games 1 and 3, overwhelmingly stopped two and four innings, and won the series MVP along with two daily MVPs.
He returned as a starter in the Korean Series. However, it was not easy to throw four innings into the bullpen and take the mound after four days of rest. He started the first ⅓ and allowed four hits (one home run), three walks, three strikeouts, and four runs (three earned) in four innings.
Han Han, who has been driven to one win and three losses in the series, predicted Moon Dong-ju as the starter for Game 4.
Coming up after a four-day break. The restraint has dropped. The average fastball speed of mid-150km was only 140km on average. The maximum speed was 150 kilometers. Even this was just one.
In the top of the first inning, he caught leadoff hitter Hong Chang-ki with a ground ball to the first base.However, Shin Min-jae and Kim Hyun-soo lost points as both folk balls were attacked.
His fastball speed was 140km against Moon Bo-kyung. It wasn't normal.Later, Austin's groundout gave him two outs and runners on first and third, and Oh Ji-hwan struck out after seven pitches. Three balls came out after the 2S, but Oh Ji-hwan's bat turned around on the outside fork ball to overcome the crisis.
The total number of pitches is 21. The Hanwha bench made a decision. Jung Woo-joo took the mound in the top of the second inning. Fortunately, Moon is not injured. An official from Hanwha explained that `Moon Dong-ju has nothing unusual about him.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
