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2 consecutive losses after 2 consecutive wins in ‘strongest baseball’
In the 41st episode of JTBC's entertainment program 'Strongest Baseball', which aired on the 22nd, the strongest monsters started a two-game match against Jangchunggo, and lost 3-1 in the first match.
The strongest Monsters, who won two consecutive victories against Whimoon High School, tried to win three in a row with momentum. Head coach Kim Seong-geun visited the Mok-dong baseball field where the National High School Baseball Championship was in full swing ahead of the two-game match against Jangchung High School. This is to analyze the power of Jangchunggo, which is participating in the tournament. In this way, the strongest monsters raised their momentum for victory.
Against this, Jangchung High School coach Song Min-soo showed strong confidence with his pitching ability based on the 'Five Eagle Brothers'. In response, coach Seong-geun Kim also pointed out super rookie Jung Hyeon-soo as the starting pitcher and foreshadowed a fierce pitching battle.
In this game, the 'March of 0' continued until the 3rd inning like a pitcher's match. Jeong Hyeon-soo raised his momentum by handling 9 batters in a row, but was unable to block Jangchung-go's offensive, which took a chance in the top of the 4th inning, and gave up 3 runs. As a result, the strongest monsters immediately faced a chance with a full base with one out, but only one run followed.
Lee Dae-eun took the mound after Jeong Hyeon-soo. 1st in wins, 1st in innings, and 1st in strikeouts within the team, Monsters’ ace Lee Dae-eun proved her worth with a strikeout parade. Here, Park Jae-wook's strong shoulders and 'defense fairy' Lee Dae-ho's performance made Lee Dae-eun's shoulders lighter. Thanks to this, Jang Chung-go could not add a single point against Lee Dae-eun.
The problem was the bats of the strongest monsters hitters who had been silenced. Jangchunggo, who has abundant pitching resources, led the flow of the game by taking the timing of substitutions as soon as the strongest Monsters hitters showed signs of getting used to the pitchers' balls. Here, from the end of the 6th inning, ace Hwang Jun-seo was put on the mound and the bats of the strongest Monsters hitters were sealed.
In the end, the strongest monsters did not score an extra point until the 9th inning, and lost 1-3. It was an unfortunate match by 2 points, and it was even more bitter because it was the first loss of the season against an amateur. In addition, as soon as he returned to the 70% win rate, it fell back to the 60% level, so he must win the second game against Jangchung High School to be able to play the subsequent games without any burden.
At the time when awakening was needed once again, news like thunder from the blue sky was delivered to the strongest monsters. Coach Seong-geun Kim entrusted the starting lineup for the second game to coach Gwang-gil Lee. Coach Lee Kwang-gil, the production team, and the strongest monsters who heard this news were all confused. Coach Lee Gwang-gil said, "This is the first time I've ever used it since I was born. What do I do now?” he expressed his frustration to the production team. Nonetheless, coach Kim Seong-geun silently watched the players warming up.
Amidst the curiosity about why coach Seong-geun “Yasin” Kim entrusted coach Gwang-gil Lee with drafting the starting lineup, attention is focused on how the strongest Monsters will solve the second game against Jangchung-go, who has strong pitching power.
The 41st episode of 'The Strongest Baseball' recorded an audience rating of 3.0% (provided by Nielsen Korea, based on paid households in the metropolitan area). The 2049 audience rating also showed 1.7%.
Reporter Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia bella@tenasia.co.kr
