The 102-ball fighting spirit of Jang Hyeon-seok (Masan Yongma High School), the ‘biggest high school fish’, did not lead to the semi-finals.
Jang Hyun-seok pitched in relief in the quarterfinals against Jangchung High School in the 78th Blue Dragon National High School Baseball Championship and Weekend League Wangjungwangjeon held at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul on the 24th.
Jang Hyun-seok climbed the mound following starter Kim Hyun-bin with one out and one base in the 3rd inning, behind 0-2. The beginning was uneasy. He allowed one RBI and a timely hit to Ryu Hyun-jun, a runner and second baseman, who had caused himself due to a check error on first base. Afterwards, Kwon Hyun walked on base and the crisis continued with one company on first and second base, but Jang Jin-hyeok and Min Kyung-seo struck out consecutively and did not concede. The restraint of the first fastball thrown to Kwon Hyun marked 155 km.
In the 4th inning, after sending lead Ahn Yo-won out on a walk, he caught Kim Min-chan’s bunt and committed a bad throw to first base. 1st and 3rd base runner Kim Min-chan was allowed to steal 2nd base. But there were no downsides. After sending Han Seung-hyun back with a strikeout with a 154km fastball, he tagged out the third base runner caught in a rundown with a pitch-out that caught Seung-wan Yang out of the bat when he was at bat. He then threw a 153km fastball to Yang Seung-wan, striking out on a swing.
In the 5th inning, the leader Kim Jae-ik walked out and showed an uneasy start, but Ryu Hyun-jun and Kwon Hyun struck out consecutively following the failure of the 1st base runner to steal the 2nd base. In the 6th inning, lead Jin-hyeok Jang hit and Min Kyung-seo sacrificed bunt with 1st out and 2nd base. He overcame it by striking out Yo-Won Ahn and Min-Chan Kim, and showed off his power struggle by striking out 3 batters in a row in the 8th inning.
Jang Hyun-seok also went to the mound in the 9th inning with a 3-2 lead. After two outs, Han Seung-hyun was allowed a heavy hit, but Yang Seung-wan was grounded by first baseman and the inning ended. 토토사이트
Unfortunately, Jang Hyun-seok’s reverse fight did not lead to Masan Yongma High School’s advance to the semifinals. Masan Yongmago, who was tied to the mound of Jangchung High School until the 7th inning, scored 2 points against Hwang Jun-seo, who was behind by 0-3.
Jang Hyun-suk became an ace of misfortune.
On the other hand, Jang Hyun-seok is a post-high school level pitcher who boarded the national team for the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. On this day, he received attention from scouts from 8 major league clubs, including 10 KBO League clubs, as well as the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics.
After the game, Jang Hyun-seok said, “I’m still thinking about going between the KBO League and entering the major leagues.”