'Life throw in the final' 10K → 4 ⅔ innings deleted → MVP stands tall, and Kang Shim-eui, the ace of Seoul High School dreams of 'Post Won Tae-in.'
'Life throw in the final' 10K → 4 ⅔ innings deleted → MVP stands tall, and Kang Shim-eui, the ace of Seoul High School dreams of 'Post Won Tae-in.'
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Seoul High School won the first national championship in seven years. Park Ji-sung (18) was the only one to talk about.토토사이트
In the final of the 2025 Shinsegae E-Mart Cup National High School Baseball Competition held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 13th, Park Ji-sung led his team to a 4-0 victory by pitching two hits, no outs, and no runs in four ⅔ innings against Masan Yongmago.
Park Ji-sung, who is 190 centimeters tall and 93 kilograms tall, pitched in six of seven games and played 18 innings, giving his team three wins with 15 hits, eight walks, 26 strikeouts and seven runs (six earned runs) and an ERA of 3.00.
Notably, Park displayed stellar performance in the finals. Park, who handed over the baton to Park Jin-kwon with one out in the top of the third inning, became the winning pitcher with two hits, no outs, and 10 strikeouts during four ⅔ innings.
He overpowered Masan Yongmago batters based on fastballs in the mid-140km range, curves and changeups that fall at a sharp angle. In the fifth inning, he struck out the first batter Kim Chang-heon, but allowed him to get on base with a strike-out, but later turned the three batters to KKK, producing a real record of four strikeouts in one inning.
He got a hit by Kim Joo-oh with two outs in the fourth inning and sent the ball to third base due to a stolen base and a catcher's throwing error, but he escaped the crisis by striking out Choi Min-sang and faced a crisis with one out and second base due to a fielder's error in the seventh inning, when the number of pitches increased, but he blocked the follow-up hitter with a mistake and handed the ball over to Lee Ho-beom from the eighth inning.
Every time the batters got on base, they tried to steal bases or sacrifice bunt, and scored four runs over four innings. They were able to win thanks to the power of the mound.
Coach Kim Dong-soo also met with Star News shortly after winning the championship and said, "I was going to use (Park) Ji-sung for a short time, but I think it was effective because he threw it so well that he dragged it for a long time," adding, "The original fastball speed is 143km, and I hope it comes out a little more, but he is a very good pitcher. Ji-sung threw it well, so we came this far."
Pitcher coach Jeon In-hwan said, "He is a pitcher with a pretty good mentality. As the tournament progressed, I gained experience and the ability to throw my own ball in the final, he said, adding, "I think I will become a much better pitcher if I raise my speed a little more."
It was an unforgettable game for Park as well. He had 12 strikeouts in the weekend league when he won the MVP award and the Outstanding Pitcher award, but it was all the more meaningful because the pressure of the finals was made in other games. "There was a good pitcher named (Kim) Ji-woo in the background, so I pitched all the better against all the batters rather than trying to throw for too long, resulting in good results," he said.
He is the pitcher who played the most innings in his team. This means that he can trust and trust the pitcher the most. "I like throwing balls, so I want to throw as many balls as possible," Park said, expressing confidence in his team's secret of 10 strikeouts, saying, "I think I can strike out well because I have good ball control and breaking balls."
It was not easy for pitchers to display their performance on the day, as the games were suspended several times due to inclement weather with hail. However, Park said confidently, "It didn't have much impact. It was okay to warm up and go up with the training coach."
Expectations are already growing for the KBO rookie draft, which will be held in the fall. Park Ji-sung appealed, "The advantages are RBI from his tall height, good ball control, and the ability to use more-than-average breaking balls," and pledged, "I will always have confidence and work harder to become the best."
His role model is Won Tae-in, the ace of the Samsung Lions. "I want to learn about his outstanding breaking balls, ball control, and confidence on the mound," he said.