2024-04-05 13:34:00
▲ Ryu Hyun-jin with a regretful expression
‘The Return of the Korean Monster’ Ryu Hyun-jin (37, Hanwha Eagles) had the worst nightmare.
Ryu Hyun-jin started the 2024 professional baseball visiting game against Kiwoom Heroes held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul today (5th) and performed poorly, allowing 9 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, and 9 runs (9 earned runs) in 4⅓ innings, becoming the losing pitcher.
This is the first time since his professional debut that Ryu Hyun-jin has allowed 9 goals in one game.
The previous record for most runs and earned runs was 8 in a game against the Samsung Lions on July 18, 2012.
Ryu Hyun-jin pitched without giving up until the 4th inning, but collapsed in the 5th inning when his stamina was low, recording 7 consecutive hits.
Due to the worst pitching, Ryu Hyun-jin’s first win since returning to the KBO League and his 99th career win were all blown away.
Hanwha lost 11 to 7, and Ryu Hyun-jin’s season ERA soared from 3.72 to a whopping 8.36.
He threw 81 balls that day, and the highest fastball speed was 147 km/h and the lowest speed was 140 km/h.
Ryu Hyun-jin recorded his first out in the 5th inning by catching Song Seong-moon with a fly ball to right field with 1st and 2nd bases out and no outs, but a terrible nightmare unfolded afterwards.
Most of Ryu Hyun-jin’s balls were driven to the center, and Kiwoom batters had a string of hits.
Ryu Hyun-jin got a timely hit in the left field from Kim Jae-hyun, a timely hit in the left field from Su-jong Park, a timely hit in the middle of the field from Joo-hyung Lee, a timely hit to the right field from Dawson, a timely hit to the left field from Kim Hye-seong, a timely hit to the right field from Joo-hwan Choi, and a timely hit in the middle from Hwi-jip Kim.
All six batters, from Park Soo-jong to Kim Hwi-jip, had quick wins within one or two pitches, and all resulted in hits.
An unbelievable situation unfolded as Ryu Hyun-jin’s pitch control problems and Kiwoom’s ‘first pitch hitting strategy’ intertwined.
The score of 4-0 quickly became 7-4.
The Hanwha bench, which had not anticipated Ryu Hyun-jin’s sudden difficulty in controlling the ball, belatedly put Kim Seo-hyun on the mound, and as Kim Seo-hyun called home two leading runners, Ryu Hyun-jin’s runs allowed and earned runs increased to 9.
Kiwoom had eight batters record consecutive hits against Ryu Hyun-jin and Kim Seo-hyun in the bottom of the fifth inning, tying the record for the most consecutive batters in team history.
Hanwha pursued with all its firepower, but ultimately failed to turn the game around, and Ryu Hyun-jin suffered his second loss of the season.
(Photo = Yonhap News)
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