They were there to see Ryu Hyun-jin, the No. 99, make his first appearance of the year. Ryu started for the White (home) team against the Blue (home) team in the team’s own Blue-Black game at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on July 7, giving up one hit, one walk, one run, and three strikeouts in three innings.
The game ended in a 3-0 win for the Orange (home) team, and Ryu took the loss.
Ryu threw 46 pitches in three innings. His sharp pitches that pierced every corner of the zone and his ability to throw hitters off their timing with his fastball, which ranged from a 143-kilometer fastball to a 116-kilometer curveball, were literally a masterpiece and an art form.
However, it was Ock’s tee that gave up a hard-hit double to Chae Eun-sung, who had previously said she wanted to hit Ryu Hyun-jin’s ball. 토토사이트 He then had some bad luck with a one-bound ball to Ha Joo-seok that sailed sideways and a sharp changeup down the middle that sailed just out of the zone.
Ryu threw a 143-kilometer fastball in the first inning against Jung Eun-won.
It was his fastest pitch of the day. Jung struck out, Moon grounded out to third base, and Kim Tae-yeon grounded out to end the inning.
In the second inning, he allowed the first batter, Chae Eun-sung, to hit a double down the left field line. Chae advanced to third on Ryu Hyun-jin’s one-base hit by pitch, and Ha Joo-seok followed with a walk. The next batter, Lee Jae-won, hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score the first run of the game for both teams.
Ryu ended the inning by getting the first batter, Park Sang-un, to fly out to center field, striking out Kim Kang-min, and getting Jung Eun-won to fly out to left field to end the inning.
The game remained 1-0 until the top of the seventh inning, when Chae Eun-sung hit a two-run home run off Jeong Yi-hwang with the bases loaded to give the Orange a 3-0 victory.
In February, Ryu said goodbye to Major League Baseball after 11 seasons in the league and decided to return to the KBO, signing an eight-year, 17 billion won contract with Hanwha.
Upon departing camp the next day, Ryu said, “I threw 65 pitches indoors. I’ll have to try pitching in the bullpen, but I’m confident that I’ll be ready for the opening game.”
Afterward, Ryu threw 45 and 60 pitches in the bullpen.
He then threw 65 pitches in a live pitching session on the second day to adjust his body.
The game was Ryu’s first live pitching appearance after not pitching in any practice games during the Okinawa spring training. He threw 50 pitches before the game and finished with 46 pitches in the third inning.
The game was unofficial, but it was significant in many ways. It wasn’t a win or a loss.
But for Ryu, it was his return to the mound at the Daejeon Stadium after a whopping 4,172 days since October 4, 2012, against the Nexen (now Kiwoom) Heroes. It was also a matchup between the future of Hanwha’s No. 1, national ace Moon Dong-joo (orange), and the legendary No. 99, Ryu Ryu-jin (white).
The game also marked the debut of the automatic ball judgment system (ABS) and pitch clock. The KBO had been busy measuring the size of players returning from spring training the day before, as well as pitchers who might be used as pinch-hitters and pinch-runners.
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The ABS was scheduled to be introduced in an exhibition game, but Hanwha used the ABS in a practice game at its home stadium. This resulted in a unique situation where neither the batters nor the pitchers could complain about strike-ball decisions.
Lee Tae-yang, who commentated on the game, said, “I can feel the different power of Hanwha. I wonder how one person, 파워볼실시간 Ryu Hyun-jin, can change the atmosphere of the team like this,” he said tongue-in-cheek.
After the game, Hanwha manager Choi Won-ho said, “My pitches were a little shakier than when I pitched live or in the bullpen because of the chilly weather.” “Still, my fastball was up to about 144, and I think I’ll throw in the mid-140s if I play more games and the tension of the regular season increases.”