He greets the Czech player in a Korean way. Kwak Bin's 156km fastball 2 innings without allowing 4K runs

Nov 08, 2025

He greets the Czech player in a Korean way. Kwak Bin's 156km fastball 2 innings without allowing 4K runs
2025 K-BASEBALL SERIES A warm-up match between South Korea and the Czech Republic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 8th. Kwak Bin apologizes to Czech Mensic right after dune. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.11.08/



He greets the Czech player in a Korean way. Kwak Bin's 156km fastball 2 innings without allowing 4K runs
2025 K-BASEBALL SERIES A warm-up match between South Korea and the Czech Republic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 8th. Kwak Bin is struggling. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.11.08/
He greets the Czech player in a Korean way. Kwak Bin's 156km fastball 2 innings without allowing 4K runs
2025 K-BASEBALL SERIES A warm-up match between South Korea and the Czech Republic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 8th. Kwak Bin is struggling. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.11.08/
Kwak Bin of the Korean baseball team got the first step well.

Kwak Bin started the K-baseball series warm-up match against the Czech Republic at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 8th and recorded no hit, one out and four strikeouts in two innings.

In the top of the first inning, the lead Vojtech Mensik was given a high ball on the shoulder and allowed him to get on base. After Mensik arrived at first base in Korean style, he took off his hat and said hello and expressed his sorry. After that, he struck out Willy Escala and Milan Prokop in succession, then dealt with No. 4 Marek Hloop with a ground ball in front of third base.




In the top of the second inning, he struck out No. 5 Mikal Sindelka, struck out Martin Muzik with a swing and miss, and then caught No. 7 Jan Pospisil with a ground ball in front of the shortstop to finish with a three-out strikeout. At the beginning of the third inning, Kim Gun-woo went up.

Kwak Bin threw a total of 30 pitches in two innings, striking 19 and ball 11. He threw 18 fastballs, 11 curves, and one slider with a maximum speed of 156 kilometers, showing mainly fastballs. He was in good condition with a maximum fastball speed of 156km and a minimum speed of 151km, recording an average of 153km.

Kwak Bin, who tied for the most wins with 15 wins last year, returned in early June due to injury this season, and did not show the same strength as last year even when he returned. In 19 games, he won five games and lost seven games with a 4.20 ERA.




He greets the Czech player in a Korean way. Kwak Bin's 156km fastball 2 innings without allowing 4K runs
2025 K-BASEBALL SERIES A warm-up match between South Korea and the Czech Republic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 8th. Kwak Bin is struggling. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.11.08/
He greets the Czech player in a Korean way. Kwak Bin's 156km fastball 2 innings without allowing 4K runs
2025 K-BASEBALL SERIES A warm-up match between South Korea and the Czech Republic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 8th. Kwak Bin is struggling. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.11.08/
He greets the Czech player in a Korean way. Kwak Bin's 156km fastball 2 innings without allowing 4K runs
2025 K-BASEBALL SERIES A warm-up match between South Korea and the Czech Republic was held at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 8th. Kwak Bin is struggling. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.11.08/
Kwak Bin, however, had a desire to throw more while pitching well at the end. On September 22, he became a winning pitcher with four hits, two walks and 11 strikeouts in five innings against Incheon SSG, and on the 28th, his last appearance against Jamsil Lotte ended with a victory with two hits (one home run), one walk, eight strikeouts and two runs in seven innings.

Kwak Bin said, `I felt like I was looking for mine because I liked the last two games"I want to keep throwing and find more confidence, and I think it's late, but I feel like I want to find something like 'I'm this kind of player'."

Kwak Bin had taken the mound against the Czech Republic in the 2023 WBC. Kwak Bin, who took the mound in the fifth inning with two outs and a runner on second base with a 6-0 lead at the time, escaped the crisis with a strikeout, and blocked well in the sixth inning with three outs, allowed consecutive hits as soon as he came out in the seventh inning and went down the mound, with his follow-up Jung Chul-won hitting a two-run double, giving Kwak Bin two runs. He allowed two hits, three strikeouts, and two runs in one ⅓ inning.




Kwak Bin said of his first start in the warm-up match "A lot of pitchers in the Korean Series threw it, so I got to go first. It's literally a warm-up match, so I'll do my best to show you a better performanceIt is also conducting power analysis because it is better to do it while knowing the other person rather than doing it without knowing the other person. I played in 2023 and it's just not easy hitters. I think I need to show everything about myself," he said with determination.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.