NC Kim Young-gyu Gets a Ticket to Suwon and Becomes ‘Series MVP’
Jun-PO 1 Win, 2 Holds… NC Kim Young-gyu Gets a Ticket to Suwon and Becomes ‘Series MVP’
3 games, 3⅔ innings, no runs, brilliant pitching... PS ‘perfect attendance’, even wild card
The NC Dinos' second pitcher, Lee Jae-hak, who was holding up well on the mound in professional baseball, was hit by a batted ball, and the NC bench was put on alert.
Left-handed pitcher Kim Young-gyu (23), who took the mound in relief in the top of the 5th inning with 2 outs and runners on second base with the score ahead 7-6, put the crisis at ease by setting up Lee Jae-won with a fly ball to center field with two balls in a situation where the score would have been tied with just one hit. 바카라사이트
Kim Young-gyu, who appeared as the team's third pitcher in Game 3 of the semi-playoff (semi-PO, 3 wins out of 5 games) against SSG Landers held at Changwon NC Park on the 25th, allowed no runs through the 5th and 6th innings and held for the second time in this series. harvested.
In the 6th inning, Choo Shin-soo and Guillermo Heredia were hit with outfield fly balls, and Choi Jeong was sent out with a walk, but Hanyu Island came back with a fly.
He went 1⅓ innings and did not give up a single hit, allowing only one walk and ending the crisis with no runs.
NC, with Kim Young-gyu taking the mound in the game and settling the situation, won 7-6 over SSG and finished semi-PO early by winning all three games.
In this series, only Shin Min-hyuk, the starter in Game 1, did his part by allowing no runs in 5⅔ innings, while Game 2 starter Song Myeong-ki (3 innings, 2 runs) and Game 3 starter Tanner Turley (2 innings, 5 runs) left the mound early.
In a situation where the bullpen was overloaded, Kim Young-gyu appeared on the mound from Game 1 to Game 3 to preserve the team's victory.
In the first game, Shin Min-hyuk came on as a relief pitcher in the 6th inning and became the winning pitcher by pitching 1⅓ scoreless innings.
In the second game, he appeared as the team's fourth pitcher in the 6th inning and earned a hold with 1 hit and no runs in 1 inning.
And he played his part on the mound in Game 3, which ended the series.
Including the wild card game against the Doosan Bears, Kim Young-gyu pitched in all four games the team played in this year's fall baseball, continuing his stellar fightback with 2 wins, 2 holds, and an ERA of 0.00.
Kim Young-gyu, who pitched a shutout as a starting pitcher in 2019, the first year he debuted in the first team, guarded the mound between starting and bullpen positions, but completely converted to a bullpen pitcher last year.
With that opportunity, Kim Young-gyu's baseball life completely changed.
Last year, he went 2-7, 1 save, 13 holds, and had an ERA of 3.41.
This year, he went 2-4, 24 holds, and had an ERA of 3.06 in the regular season.
Thanks to this, he was selected as a national representative for the Hangzhou Asian Games and won a gold medal.
Kim Young-gyu, who gained experience in big games in Hangzhou, will continue to pitch well in this fall baseball season.
Now, Kim Young-gyu's eyes turn to Suwon, where KT Wiz awaits on the playoff (PO) stage.
