Won Seong-joon of the strongest monsters scored 2 RBIs in a timely manner at Sungkyunkwan University.
On the 45th episode of JTBC's 'Strongest Baseball', which aired on the 19th, the strongest Monsters played against Sungkyunkwan University in front of 16,000 spectators.
The strongest monsters shed tears of sweat through individual training every day until the day before the match as well as a practice game with Seongnam Magpais ahead of the intuitive match. I thoroughly analyzed the players while watching the Sungkyunkwan University match video. The situation where the strongest Monsters, currently recording 6 wins and 2 losses, needs to win this game in order to proceed with the next 10 games without an emitter.
The warm-up time of the strongest monsters to start the intuitive match was full of passion more than ever. Lee Taek-geun, who started practice first, as well as Jeong Geun-woo, Lee Dae-ho, and Park Yong-taek raised their spirits and appealed to coach Kim Seong-geun for their willingness to start. Coach Seong-geun Kim prepared the lineup carefully as it was an intuitive game. Kim Moon-ho got the opportunity to become the designated hitter while being number 9. Hyun-soo Jeong, the “vocal cord killer,” who had a complete win against Sungkyunkwan University last year, was nominated as the starting pitcher.
Former Unicorns and Twins head coach Jeong Jin-ho joined as a daily coach in place of coach Lee Kwang-gil, who was unable to attend this game. Coach Jeong Jin-ho, along with Sungkyunkwan University coach Lee Yeon-soo, were active as players when coach Kim Seong-geun was in charge of the professional team Dolphins. Ahead of the game, the three talked about the legendary Odaesan self-discipline training and reminisced for a while.
In addition, special guests visited the arena for the strongest Monsters intuitive game. Korean traditional music girl Song So-hee sang the national anthem, and comedians Kim Jun-hyeon and Moon Se-yoon, actors Oh Na-ra and Hong Jong-hyun, etc. visited the baseball field to watch the game of the strongest monsters, creating a sense of joy. Jung Geun-woo, the strongest Monsters player and women's national baseball team coach, added to the heat of the stadium with a meaningful time with his pupil Park Joo-ah and pitching the pitch.
With the atmosphere heating up, the strongest Monsters took over the flow of the early game. Starting pitcher Jung Hyeon-soo showed off a perfect pitch, striking out five in the second inning while his mother and grandmother watched. In the attack, the first hitter, Jung Geun-woo, hit the 'intuition 14 bang' escape hit, and from the first inning, he had a chance to safely load the bases. However, Lee Dae-ho's at bat resulted in a double play and only scored one run.
In addition, in the third episode, Jung Hyun-soo's unexpected sand dunes came out in a row and faced a crisis. Won Seong-joon, who returned to Sungkyunkwan University, his original team, was allowed 2 RBIs and timely hits to turn around and gave the atmosphere. Jeong Hyeon-soo, who could not find stability, gave two more points. Eventually, Lee Dae-eun took over the mound and finished the third inning with three balls.
In a situation where the initiative was taken away, the strongest Monsters showed their concentration once again and got a chance to score points with 1 out runner on 1st and 3rd base. Here, the team batting of captain Park Yong-taek, who recently revived the sense of hitting, shone, and saved the fire of pursuit with a sacrifice RBI. And with 2 out runners on first base, Lee Dae-ho appeared, and the atmosphere in the stadium got hotter and hotter. After destroying the chance with no bases loaded in the previous at-bat, attention is focusing on whether he will be able to make up for this opportunity or prove his name as the number 4 hitter of the strongest Monsters.
The 45th episode of 'The Strongest Baseball' recorded an audience rating of 3.5% (provided by Nielsen Korea, based on paid households in the metropolitan area), and is in charge of baseball fans' Monday nights with steady love. The 2049 audience rating also recorded 1.7%.
Reporter Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia kkk39@tenasia.co.kr