Professional baseball NC Dinos pitcher Shin Young-woo delivered his best pitching performance since his professional debut. It is expected to greatly aid the future management of the mound.
Shin Young-woo, who is currently recording an earned run average of 16.20 in 2 games this season, made a starting appearance in an away game against the Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 8th, pitching 5 innings with 4 walks, 7 strikeouts, and 1 earned run.
Of the total 79 pitches, 43 were strikes. He reached a top velocity of 152 km/h and mixed in sliders and curves. Shin Young-woo set new personal records for most innings pitched in a single game (previously 3 and 2/3 innings), strikeouts (previously 6), and number of pitches (previously 78) since his professional debut in 2023.
Before the game, manager Lee Ho-jun emphasized aggressive pitching, saying, "I can understand getting hit by a hit or a home run. However, I cannot understand issuing multiple walks. There’s no reason to put him on the mound." He truly showcased his abilities on the mound.
In the first inning, Shin Young-woo found himself in a crisis with no outs and runners on first and second, after a walk to Kim Ji-chan and a hit by pitch to Ryu Ji-hyuk. He managed to strike out Gu Ja-wook but then allowed Kim Ji-chan to steal third and gave up a wild pitch, moving the runners to second and third. He induced a ground ball from Lewin Diaz to first base. In the meantime, Kim Ji-chan scored, putting one point on the board. He struck out Kim Young-woong to finish the inning.
In the second inning, he completed his first 1-2-3 inning by striking out Lee Jae-hyun (looking strikeout), getting Park Byung-ho to ground out to third, and forcing Kim Jae-sung to ground out to first. In the third inning, he issued a walk to lead-off hitter Lee Seong-kyu. After preventing Lee Seong-kyu's steal to second, the situation became one out with no runners. He then retired Kim Ji-chan and Ryu Ji-hyuk with ground out to second and a looking strikeout, respectively.
In the fourth inning, he completely shut down the Samsung cleanup trio of Gu Ja-wook, Diaz, and Kim Young-woong. In the fifth, he faced a scoring threat with a walk to Lee Jae-hyun and a steal to second with two outs, but ultimately struck out Lee Seong-kyu to end the inning without allowing a run. Shin Young-woo was replaced by Son Joo-hwan in the sixth, while trailing 0-1.
Meanwhile, Shin Young-woo, who graduated from Gyeongnam High School and made his professional debut after being selected in the first round by the NC in 2023, has appeared in 6 first-team games without a win and holds a record of 1 loss. His earned run average is 11.45.
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