Kiwoom Heroes ace Ahn Woo-jin fought back, but the season 3 win was postponed again to the next opportunity.
Ahn Woo-jin started in the 2023 professional baseball KBO League NC Dinos home game held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 12th and threw 110 balls, blocking 7.1 innings with 6 hits, 4 walks, 7 strikeouts and 3 runs.
Of course Kiwoom is Ahn Woo-jin, who represents the KBO League, but he hasn’t been able to laugh lately. On the 25th of last month, in the match against KT Wiz in Gocheok (Kiwoom 1-0 win), he scored his second win of the season with a good pitching of 7 scoreless innings, and after that, he was unable to establish a relationship with victory in the following two games. On April 30, he scored 3 runs in 5 innings against Sajik Lotte Giants (3-5 Kiwoom loss), but it had nothing to do with win or loss, and on the 6th against Gocheok SSG Landers (1-2 Kiwoom loss), he scored 2 runs in 7 innings. I took the 2nd loss of the season.
These results were largely due to the lack of support from other ships rather than An Woo-jin himself. On the 7th, ahead of the Gocheok SSG match (6-7 Kiwoom loss), Kiwoom coach Hong Won-ki said, “(Ahn Woo-jin) threw well like an ace. He also sighed, saying, “It’s a pity that the results are not good.”
And on this day, An Woo-jin couldn’t even smile. He kept the mound until 1 out in the 8th inning, but failed to post 3 wins due to shaking at the last minute.
The start was good. At the beginning of the first inning, Son Ah-seop and Park Min-woo were caught with a knockout and a fly to the left field. He then got a right-handed hit from Park Gun-woo, but ended the inning by striking out Jason Martin.
It cruised in the top of the 2nd inning. Leading batter Kim Seong-wook was treated as a catcher foul fly. Follow-up hitter Park Se-hyeok walked after a game that went up to 11 pitches, but Oh Young-su led the second baseman into a double hit and finished the inning with three batters.
The first run came in the top of the 3rd inning. The root of the problem was a double hit by lead batter Kim Joo-won in the right field. Afterwards, Tae-hoon Do made a fly in right field, but in the meantime, Joo-Won Kim settled down at third base. In the end, Ahn Woo-jin tied Son Ah-seop with a shortstop ground ball, but he had to watch third base runner Kim Joo-won step on the home plate. He blocked the follow-up hitter Park Min-woo with a fly to left field and did not allow any additional runs.
In the beginning of the 4th inning, the crisis management ability was outstanding. Park Gun-woo (hit) and Martin (walk) were on base and were driven to 1st and 2nd base safely, but Kim Seong-wook (strikeout), Park Se-hyeok (left fielder fly), and Oh Young-soo (strikeout) were put to rest one after another. In the top of the 5th inning, after striking out Kim Joo-won, he allowed Do Tae-hun a heavy hit, but Son Ah-seop and Park Min-woo were tied up with a shortstop grounder and a center fielder fly, respectively.
The good fight continued in the top of the 6th inning. After striking out Park Gun-woo, he induced Martin to fly in right field. Even Kim Seong-wook struck out and made his first tripartite inning that day.
However, the 7th inning was disappointing. After a walk to Park Se-hyuk, Oh Young-soo’s sacrifice bunt failed to increase the outcount due to the selection of a fielder. Afterwards, Ahn Woo-jin, who was driven to 1 out 2 and 3 base by allowing Kim Joo-won a sacrifice bunt, scored a sacrifice fly from Do Tae-hoon to center fielder and scored the 2nd run. Son Ah-seop was treated as a third baseman foul fly and no additional runs were allowed.토스카지노
Even in the top of the 8th inning, Ahn Woo-jin, who was on the mound, dedicated a heavy hit and a wild throw to lead batter Park Min-woo, and Park Min-woo also took a walk and hesitated. Afterwards, Martin treated it as a fly in left field, but in the continued one-out 1st and 2nd base, he finally lowered his head by allowing Kwon Hee-dong an RBI of sorrow and a timely hit. Afterwards, he passed the ball to Kim Jae-woong.
Fortunately, Kim Jae-woong did not score points to the successor runners and his earned run did not increase, but An Woo-jin, who withdrew from the 3-3 situation and postponed his 3rd win of the season to the next opportunity. Still, Ahn Woo-jin found some comfort as his team, Kiwoom, scored a 7-4 victory thanks to Lim Ji-yeol’s 3-run finish at the end of the 9th inning. A lot of attention is focused on whether Ahn Woo-jin will be able to win three times in his next appearance.