Three strong PBA players, Cho Jae-ho and Kang Dong-gung Choi Sung-won, advance to the round of 64 side by side

Oct 23, 2025

Three strong PBA players, Cho Jae-ho and Kang Dong-gung Choi Sung-won, advance to the round of 64 side by side
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Cho Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup Card), Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-Car) and Choi Sung-won (Huons), who can be called the "three strong players" in name and reality, all made it to the round of 64.

On the 22nd, the three strong players won all of the first day of the first round of the PBA 128 round of the professional baseball tournament of 2025-2026 season at Goyang City, Gyeonggi-do Province 'Goyang KINTEX PBA Stadium'. Cho Jae-ho overpowered Lee Hee-jin by a set score of 3-0, while Kang Dong-gung and Choi Sung-won also beat Kim Bong-cheol and Kim Sung-min 2 by 3-0, respectively.

Cho Jae-ho, who was the runner-up this season alone, faced wild card Lee Hee-jin in the round of 128. Cho Jae-ho, who was dragged 5-10 in the first set, immediately scored six high runs and turned the tide to 11-10. He then added two points in the seventh inning, one point in the eighth inning, and one point in the 10th inning to win the set 15-11. In the second set, Cho Jae-ho won 15-12 after a close game. The third set was one-sided. Cho Jae-ho swept 11 points at once, including three bank shots, eventually ending the game 15-7 in eight innings.




Three strong PBA players, Cho Jae-ho and Kang Dong-gung Choi Sung-won, advance to the round of 64 side by side
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Kang Dong-gung met Kim Bong-cheol, who played for Huons for three seasons in the past, in the round of 128. The all-time record is one win and one loss. Kang Dong-gung laughed in the third face-off. In the first set, Kang Dong-gung took the lead with 15-11 after a long game that lasted 16 innings. Kang Dong-gung scored 10 high runs in the fifth inning of the second set at 5-5, ending the set at 15-5. Kang Dong-gung, who was dragged to 5-6 in the third set, scored five consecutive innings from 7 innings to 12 innings, winning 15-9 (11 innings) to advance to the next round.

Choi Sung-won quickly took the lead in two sets, winning 15-5 (6 innings) in the first set and 15-3 (5 innings) in the second set against Kim Sung-min 2. In the third set, Kim Sung-min 2 scored a match point first with 14-11, but Choi Sung-won scored three points in the eighth inning to tie the score 14-14, and completed the remaining one point in the ninth inning to complete the set-score 3-0 victory. Choi Sung-won scored 2.25 on the day, ranking No. 1 in the overall number of players participating in the day.

Three strong PBA players, Cho Jae-ho and Kang Dong-gung Choi Sung-won, advance to the round of 64 side by side
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Meanwhile, Yusuke Mori (Japan, SY), the winner of this season's third tour (NH Nonghyup Card Charity Championship), and Lee Seung-jin, the winner of the fourth tour (SY Verite Homme Championship), won against Choi Kyung-joon and Hong Jong-myung, respectively, confirming their advance to the round of 64. In addition, Lee Sang-dae (Huons), Kim Jae-geun (Crown Haitai), Choi Won-joon (SW), Robinson Morales (Colombia, Huons), Kim Jong-won (Welcome Savings Bank), and Um Sang-pil (Woori Financial Capital) won the round of 128.




In the round of 32 LPBA held together on the same day, Kim Ga-young (Hana Card) defeated teammate Ayako Sakai (Japan, Hana Card) 3-0 with a set score. 'Cambodia Express'Slong Piavi (Woori Financial Capital) succeeded in advancing to the round of 16 after competing against Jung Soo-bin (NH Nonghyup Card). Jung Soo-bin, the first player, scored three points first in the match-winning match in a set score of 2-2, but the second player, Long, scored four points and won a dramatic victory. Kim Min-ah (NH Nonghyup Card), Baek Min-ju (Crown Haitai), Lee Shin-young (Huons), and Lim Kyung-jin (High1 Resort) also made it to the round of 16.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.