LG Twins pitcher Choi Chae-hung made a strong appearance as a substitute starter.
On the 19th, Choi Chae-hung took the mound as a starting pitcher in the game against the NC Dinos at Seoul's Jamsil Stadium, recording 5⅓ innings with 4 hits allowed, 1 home run, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts, and 1 earned run. He regretted allowing the one home run.
From the 1st to the 3rd inning, he retired 9 batters in a row. In the 1st inning, he struck out Kim Ju-won looking with a 139 km/h fastball. He got a ground out from Son Ah-seob with a slow curve. Park Min-woo ended the inning with a fly ball to right field.
In the 2nd inning, he struck out Davidson swinging with a low slider outside. Park Gun-woo was out on a fly ball to first base, and Seo Ho-cheol hit a solid ball, but the right fielder ran to the center and caught it.
In the 3rd inning, Kim Hyung-jun's hit was caught by the left fielder as he slid forward. He ended the inning with a ground out from Kim Hwi-jip and a fly ball to left field from Cheon Jae-hwan.
In the 4th inning, Choi Chae-hung allowed a single in front of the left fielder to lead-off batter Kim Ju-won. It was his first hit allowed. He struck out Son Ah-seob swinging with four straight sliders.
In a matchup against Park Min-woo, he allowed a hit to right field after a high curve at 2 strikes, placing runners on 1st and 3rd. In the scoring threat, he dealt with the cleanup hitter Davidson by getting a foul fly out to first base on the second pitch, which was a 138 km/h fastball. He maintained the scoreless inning by getting Park Gun-woo out on a ground ball to third base.
In the 5th inning, he struck out lead-off batter Seo Ho-cheol swinging with a changeup. He also struck out Kim Hyung-jun swinging with a low changeup. With 2 outs, he threw a 123 km/h changeup at 2 balls and 1 strike against Kim Hwi-jip, allowing a solo home run over the left-center field fence. After the earned run, he got Cheon Jae-hwan out on a grounder to the pitcher, ending the inning.
In the 6th inning, trailing 0-1, he allowed a double to left field to lead-off batter Kim Ju-won. He got Son Ah-seob out on a fly ball to shortstop and walked Park Min-woo. With 1 out and runners on 1st and 2nd base, pitching coach Kim Gwang-sam came to the mound. A pitching change ensued, with Lee Ji-kang coming in as the relief pitcher.
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