"The news of Alcantara broke my heart"...Despite the unexpected breakup and sadness, Kwak Bin only looked forward
"The news of Alcantara broke my heart"...Despite the unexpected breakup and sadness, Kwak Bin only looked forward
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"It was so heartbreaking"
Kwak Bin of the Doosan Bears started in Game 8 of the season and the final game of the first half of the season between the Lotte Giants of the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 4th, recording 97 pitches, two hits, five walks, and five strikeouts in six innings to secure his seventh win of the season.
He started the regular season with a loss, but won the game in the end. His pitching was impeccable except for walks. Kwak started the game by throwing fastballs of 150 kilometers or more from the start of the first inning, throwing three outs and leading the upper-ranked batters to Hwang Sung-bin, Yoon Dong-hee and Jeon Jun-woo. He was on the verge of losing a point in the second inning when Na Seung-yeop hit a double after hitting a fastball of 153 kilometers with no runners on the base, but ended the inning by tying both Noh Jin-hyuk and Choi Hang with poor batting.
Kwak Bin's concentration also increased as Lotte starter Aaron Wilkerson was pitching perfectly. Kwak Bin gave up walks to Park Seung-wook, Hwang Sung-bin, and Jeon Joon-woo in the top of the third inning, causing a crisis with two outs and a full base. However, he escaped the crisis by catching Victor Reyes with a fly ball to right field in a critical situation, and made another three-out inning in the fourth inning by cooking Na Seung-yeop with a ground ball to the first base, Roh Jin-hyuk with a fly ball to the third base, and Choi Hang with a ground ball to the second base.
Kwak made himself in a crisis situation by allowing walks to Park Seung-wook and Yoon Dong-hee in the fifth inning as well. However, he managed to secure the victory by securing two strikeouts and tying up Lotte's batters without losing a point. With strong support from his batters, Kwak again took the mound in the sixth inning and pitched a scoreless pitch, completing his duty. He pitched a mixture of up to 155 kilometers of fastballs (29 pitches) and sliders (25 pitches), curves (23 pitches) and change-up (19 pitches) to achieve his seventh win of this season along with quality start (less than three earned runs in six innings).
Kwak Bin, who started the interview with reporters soaked in heavy rain at the end of the game, said, "I'm going to the last game of the first half, and I'm very fortunate to win. In fact, I was a little nervous because my opponent was a Wilkerson player. He's a very good thrower and wasn't he very good in June? That's why I thought I had to stop him within two points to win, but it worked out well," and asked if it was Wilkerson's consciousness that he had five walks, he smiled. "I was a little disappointed in the dune, but I don't care because the strike rate is good overall today." 유흥알바
Kwak's curveball was truly a dance on the day. It was powerful enough to strike out eight out of the 18 outcounts Kwak was responsible for. When asked about the curve, Kwak said, "I throw a lot because I have confidence in my curves, but I keep getting responses. There were some actual throws, but when I saw that the curveball was good today, I thought, and (Yang) Eui-ji also thought about this and signed a lot."