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It was the day of the Korean League.
Ryu Hyun-jin (33, Toronto Blue Jays) and Kim Gwang-hyun (32, St. Louis Cardinals) have teamed up to win a major league win with a Korean starter on the same day after 15 years. Ryu Hyun-jin led a 4-1 victory with a perfect 7-inning pitchless pitch in the Major League Baseball’s home game against the New York Yankees on the 25th (Korean time). On the same day, Gwang-Hyun Kim pitched well with 5 innings without a run in the home game against the Milwaukee Brewers, becoming the star of the 4-2 win.
On August 25, 2005, Park Chan-ho (San Diego Padres) and Seo Jae-eung (New York Mets) were the last to win the start of the same day before the game. At that point, Park Chan-ho started against the Houston Astros and scored two runs (an ERA) in 5 innings and led a 7-4 victory. Seo Jae-eung, KIA’s current pitching coach, came out against the Arizona Diamondbacks and scored two runs in seven innings. At that point, the Mets won 18-4.
After 15 years, Hyunjin Ryu and Gwanghyun Kim accomplished a feat again. Both were the last starters in the regular league this season. Ryu Hyun-jin finished the regular season with 5 wins and 2 losses and an ERA of 2.69. Ryu Hyun-jin, who ranked No. 2 in the National League Cy Young voting last season with a No. 1 ERA for the Los Angeles Dodgers (2.32), posted a 2-point ERA after moving east of Toronto, the American League packed with hitters before this season. He showed.
Kim Gwang-hyun, who entered the major league stage this season, successfully finished the regular league with 3 wins, 1 undefeated save and an average ERA of 1.62. As the season was delayed due to the crown crisis, Kim Gwang-hyun, who trained alone in the United States without a family, proved that he works in the major leagues even under difficult circumstances. We came out to finish because we couldn’t get into the starting rotation at the beginning of the season.
The two players prepared for the postseason by reaping the ‘beauty of their kind’. It was confirmed that Ryu Hyun-jin’s Toronto would advance to the first postseason after 2016 with victory on this day.
St. Louis, which ranks second in the NL Central District, also has a strong postseason track record. In this season’s postseason, 16 teams will go up, 12 teams from 1st to 2nd in the National League and American League East, Center and West, and 4 wild cards.
On this day, Ryu Hyun-jin made a dazzling fight against the natural enemies Yankees. Initially, Toronto had just one win in the postseason advance with the AL wild card, so it seems likely that Ryu Hyunjin will adjust the number of innings and pitches according to the postseason schedule. However, Ryu Hyun-jin recorded the most innings this season (7 innings) and the most pitches this season (100).
Ryu Hyun-jin has never pitched more than 6 times this season. The previous highest pitch was 99. On this day, Ryu Hyun-jin became the first starting pitcher to pitch 7 innings in Toronto this season. Ryu Hyun-jin had 5 hits in 7 innings, but had 4 strikeouts. Didn’t score a run while trying to catch up on the trick. In particular, he was very weak with an 8.80 ERA with 2 losses to the Yankees and 7 home runs until the day before.
Kim Gwang-hyun faced Ace that day. Milwaukee starter Corbin Burnes showed outstanding pitching enough to be considered a Cy Young candidate this season. Before the match, he had 4 wins, undefeated, and an average ERA of 1.77, but this match was Kim Gwang-hyun’s decision.
Kim Gwang-hyun scored 1 run in 5 innings with 5 hits, 3 strikeouts and 2 walks. The last 5 episodes were a climax. We caught Urias with a grounder at third base, and drove Nottingham to a fly ball from center field. However, he faced a crisis by walking consecutively towards Garcia and Jelich.
Bron, a hitter who entered at-bats at 2nd, 1st and 2nd base. Kim Gwang-hyun, who played several impressive games in the KBO League, escaped the crisis by catching Bron with a fly ball in right field after a full count game. Kim Gwang-hyun smiled cheerfully as he walked down the mound.
