It was blocked by the KIA Tigers’ center line.
Moon Dong-ju (20),토토사이트 the “future” of the Hanwha Eagles, started against the Gwangju KIA on the 27th and failed to complete 6 innings. He gave up 5 runs on 5 hits in 5 innings. He missed one out count in the sixth inning and was replaced. Even in head-to-head matches with Yoon Young-cheol (19), his opponent and competitor for the Rookie of the Year, and his classmate and rival Kim Do-young (20), he failed to show his superiority.
The initial flow was very good.
In the bottom of the first inning, with 12 pitches, three batters were treated as criminal hits. Park Chan-ho hit a ground ball to third baseman, Kim Do-young hit a fly ball to right field, and Na Seong-beom struck out third.
In the bottom of the second inning, he hit the opponent’s center batting line. Choi Hyung-woo in 4th, Socrates Brito in 5th, and Kim Seon-bin in 6th were treated as infield ground balls in a row. It was shut out with 10 pitches.
At the end of the third inning, he overpowered the lower batting line with a fast tempo. After striking out 7th Byun Woo-hyeok, he struck out 8th Han Jun-su with a 2nd baseman grounder and 9th Choi Won-joon with a 1st baseman grounder. Three-way offense with 30 pitches in 3 consecutive innings.
The scoreless hard pitching ended in the bottom of the 4th inning. With 4 balls and 2 hits, he was in danger of being loaded with 2 outs. Kim Seon-bin allowed two RBIs and a timely hit to tie the game 2-2.
He passed the bottom of the 5th inning with three batters, but collapsed in the bottom of the 6th. Leading batter Kim Do-young got a right-handed hit. It gave up his first hit in six at-bats. Then, Na Seong-beom was allowed a right-handed hit in No. 3, leading to 1st and 2nd bases safely. Choi Hyeong-woo hit a double with 2 RBIs in the 4th.
The Hanwha bench moved. He passed the mound to Kim Bum-soo. 76 pitches.
Yoon Young-cheol was replaced first after allowing 2 runs (1 earned) in 4 innings.
In the top of the first inning, Yoon Young-chul hit a one-run homer off Kim Tae-yeon. There were 7 home runs this season, but 4 came in the match against Hanwha.
In the top of the second inning, with two walks and an error in the infield defense, the bases were loaded with one out, but it was passed with no runs. He led Do-yoon Lee to a first baseman ground ball and connected it to a double play.
Moon Dong-ju gave up 3 hits and 2 runs (1 earned) in 5⅓ innings against KIA in Gwangju on August 6th. In his first confrontation with Kim Do-young, he went 2 at bats in 3 at-bats, with no hits and one walk. In the second game, Kim Do-young scored 2 points with 1 hit, 1 walk, 2 at-bats in 3 at-bats against Dong-ju Moon.
Moon Dong-ju pitched a total of 114⅓ innings until today’s game. Now, there is one game left in the scheduled appearance.