Unfortunately, he did not register his first victory of the season, but he created an opportunity for a turnaround with the best pitching performance of the season.
KIA Tigers left-hander Yoon Young-chul showcased an impressive outing with 5 innings, allowing 3 hits (1 home run), 1 walk, 5 strikeouts, and 2 earned runs in an away game against the Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 25th.
Out of a total of 82 pitches, 58 were strikes. His fastball reached a top speed of 143 km/h, mixing various pitches such as curves, cut fastballs, changeups, and sweepers.
Before this game, Yoon Young-chul had lost all 5 of his previous games, and his earned run average reached 9.64. He had not pitched 5 innings even once.
Yoon Young-chul struck out Kim Ji-chan for a swinging strikeout in the 1st inning but allowed a single to Kim Sung-yoon. He seemed to catch his breath by striking out Gu Ja-wook, but he allowed a two-run home run to Lewin Diaz. After a battle lasting up to 10 pitches against Kim Young-hoo, he induced a swinging strike.
Yoon Young-chul retired Ryu Ji-hyeok, Kang Min-ho, and Park Seung-kyu all on fly balls in the 2nd inning. In the 3rd inning, he overwhelmed leadoff batter Yang Do-geun with a fly ball to right field and then subdued Kim Ji-chan and Kim Sung-yoon with a fly ball to left field and a 3rd pitch Samjin.
In the 4th inning, he shut down Gu Ja-wook (Samjin), Lewin Diaz (groundout to first base), and Kim Young-hoo (groundout to second base). In the 5th inning, after two outs, he faced a crisis with Park Seung-kyu's single to left and Yang Do-geun's walk, but he ended the inning by inducing an infield groundout from Kim Ji-chan.
Yoon Young-chul handed the mound over to Lee Jun-young in the 6th inning, trailing 1-2. The KIA Tigers tied the game at 2-2 in the 7th inning after two outs when Kim Tae-kyun hit a solo home run to left center. Yoon Young-chul escaped the risk of losing.
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