Kim Do-young, who has made KIA fans shout 'Don't you've got to live like a sweat' all season, now all baseball fans are saying, "Doyoung, you have to live like a sweat."
Kim Do-young, who has made KIA fans shout 'Don't you've got to live like a sweat' all season, now all baseball fans are saying, "Doyoung, you have to live like a sweat."
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"Doni-sal." It is one of the nicknames of Kim Do-young (21), who made Kia fans excited this season. It is an abbreviation of "Doyoung, I will live like a sweat," which is a Jeolla dialect of "I live because of you." Kim Do-young, who is participating in the Premier 12 2024, has made not only KIA fans but also Korean baseball fans shout "Doni-sal."
With Kim Do-young's strong offense and defense, the Korean national baseball team overcame Cuba to escape the defeat in the opening game.
The South Korean baseball team, led by head coach Ryu Joong-il, beat Cuba 8-4 in the second Group B match of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12 2024 at Tianmu Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan on the 14th.
In the opening game against Taiwan held the previous day, South Korea had to cry with a grand slam. Starting pitcher Ko Young-pyo allowed two homers in one inning, including a two-run shot, after hitting a grand slam with two outs in the second inning, and eventually lost 3-6.
At this year's event, the second-ranked team in the group will be given a ticket to the Super Round, which is equivalent to the semifinals. Due to the loss at the opening game, dark cloud casts over the team's advance to the Super Round. Furthermore, Cuba, which will face off on Friday, has put forward Livan Moinello (Softbank Hawks) as its starting pitcher against Korea. After joining the Japanese pro baseball league in 2017, Moinello, who was a bullpen pitcher until last year, turned into a starting pitcher this season, and pitched in 25 games to post 11 wins, 5 losses and an ERA of 1.88 in 163 innings. He has been the best pitcher in the league, including No. 1 in ERA in the Pacific League, No. 2 in strikeouts (155), and No. 1 in WHIP (0.94).
Kim Do-young instantly destroyed such an opponent with a heavy home run. After two outs in the bottom of the second inning when the score was 0-0, Moon Bo-kyung (LG) opened the scoring with a double that fell to the left-center field, and Park Sung-han (SSG) connected the chance to the first and third bases with a hit to the left-center field. Choi Won-joon (KIA) hit a base hit next to the shortstop, and Korea scored a valuable first run. Moinello allowed a walk to Hong Chang-ki (LG) and caused a bases-loaded walk with two outs, causing another run to allow Shin Min-jae (LG) to hit the ball.
With two outs and a bases-loaded walk, Kim entered the batter's box. Kim was struck out swinging at Mo'nello's breaking ball in the first inning. Kim, who exploded his potential with a batting average of 0.347 (189 hits in 544 times at bat) and 38 homers, 109 RBIs and 40 steals this season in his third year in the KBO League, did not suffer consecutive losses. He pulled Mo'nello's fastball at the first pitch. It was a big hit that he could sense was a home run at the moment of the hit. Cuban left fielder even gave up chasing him. With Kim's grand slam, the score on the electronic display widened from 2-0 to 6-0. This grand slam is Kim's first home run for an adult national team. As a superstar, he connected his first home run with a grand slam. As he left the mound after the second inning, Mo'nello became a losing pitcher with four hits, three outs and six runs in two innings.
Kim did not stop. At his third batter's box in the bottom of the fifth inning, he hit a fastball to second base. The Cuban right fielder rushed to throw the ball to second base, but Kim arrived at the base. Although he failed to score due to a follow-up, Kim showed that he has fast feet as well as slugging power. 메이저놀이터
Kim took the batter's box for the fourth time in the bottom of the seventh inning with no runners on one out, and pulled Pavel Hernandez-Bruce's first pitch to well over the left wall. Korea, which gave up a run to Cuba in the top of the seventh inning earlier, widened the score to 8-1 again with Kim's second homer of the game. Kim, who started the game as the third batter and third baseman, had three hits (two homers) in four times at bat (two homers) with five RBIs and two runs scored on the day.
Kim made a league-high 30 errors in defense this season, but he also showed off his genius in defense on the day. In the second inning, he jumped and caught Yadir Drake's bullet-like hit heading to the left field line, and in the fifth inning, with no outs and runners on the first and second bases, he locked a third baseman's hit to his glove with amazing reflexes. In other words, Korea won the game with Kim Do-young's "one-man show" through offense and defense.
Scouts from more than 10 Major League Baseball teams visited Tianmu Stadium to watch Softbank ace Moello's pitching. They came to see Moello and captured the amazing plays of Korean baseball superstar Kim Do-young.
After the game, Kim said, "He really looked like a ball (to rank No. 1 in ERA) in the Japanese pro baseball. I could see that when I was at bat in the first inning. I think I was very lucky today. I think I got such a result because I didn't have a bad batting feeling."
He also had one hit and one RBI from three times at bat in the match against Taiwan on the previous day, and is now in charge of hitting long balls as No. 3 hitter for the second consecutive day. He also had a hard time due to bad physical conditions right after joining the national team. "I focused on every at-bat today to maintain a good sense of play," he said. "I don't know what will happen in the remaining games, but there are only important games left for now. I hope this sense of play will be maintained."
Now, Japan, an archrival of the Korean national team, is waiting in front of the national team. Korea, which had one win and one loss in its group league, will have its third match against Japan at the Taipei Dome at 7 p.m. on Saturday local time.
Hiroto Takahashi (Chunichi Dragons) is expected to start for the Japanese team. If Monello, who has 1.88 ERA, ranks first in the Pacific League of the Japanese professional baseball league, Takahashi, who has 1.38 ERA, ranks first in the Central League.
"I heard that starting pitchers are very good against Japan tomorrow," Kim said. "I think he will be similar to top-class KBO League players. I will keep the same mindset as today when I thought I will only do what I care about at bat." Finally, Kim said, "I want to bump into you first. On the wall of the world," and left to board the national team bus.