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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Nam-jik Han = Kim Ho-eun (28, LG Twins) achieved success in 33 days on the First Army stage.
A success that came after a long wait earned LG a very valuable victory.
Kim Ho-eun appeared in the first round of double headers against NC Dinos at the 2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO Professional Baseball League held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 10th, and appeared as a pinch hitter at the end of the seventh inning against 0 -0.
On the mound was NC ace and the many KBO League wins alone, Dru Luchinski.
Kim Ho-eun was even driven to a 1-ball-2 strike.
Kim Ho-eun, who didn’t get many chances to hit, was desperate, but he didn’t lose his cool.
He supported a ball outside the strike zone, and on a 2-ball strike, he hit Luchinski’s 139 km / h cutter and hit the right fielder on a timely hit. It was the last hit of the match on this day.
LG beat NC 5-0 and continued their fourth consecutive winning streak. The gap with second place kt wiz narrowed to 0.5 games.
LG CEO Ryu Joong-il was pleased to say, “I made a great inning showing my focus in the seventh, starting with pinch hitter Kim Ho-eun’s finishing blow.”
Kim Ho-eun said, “I am really grateful to the coach who believed and let me go in an important situation.”
It was a timely coup that grew out of a desperate situation for both the team and the individual.
It was only 33 days after the Lotte Giants game on September 7 that Kim Ho-eun had a hit in the first group.
Kim Ho-eun, who had remained in Army 1 as an auxiliary agent, descended to Army 2 on September 24 and returned to Army 1 on October 3.
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Even after returning to the first group, the opportunity to hit rarely came.
However, coach Ryu Joong-il recalled Kim Ho-eun in the double header first leg against NC on the 10th, and at the end of the seventh inning, which was 0-0, and Kim Ho-eun responded with a timely hit.
Kim Ho-eun, who joined LG in the second round of the 2016 rookie draft, hasn’t been able to cross the first group barrier for a long time.
For Kim Ho-eun, 2020 is special.
On June 12 of this year, Kim Ho-eun made the team’s first leg against Lotte and hit his first home run against the Doosan Bears on July 7.
However, the wall of the first group is still high. There’s a lot of pressure to show something on an opportunity that doesn’t show up often.
Of course, the sense of accomplishment is great and the rewards follow.
Kim Ho-eun, who appeared as a pinch in the first round of double headers and hit the final, started at first base with the sixth batter in the second round of double heads.
Kim Ho-eun promised, “The team is competing for the rankings. When I get down to bat, I will always try to help the team win.”
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