Kia Tigers pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong achieved 150 innings for the first 10 years in a row as a left-hander in the KBO league. Now, Yang has 170 innings for the first 10 years in a row in the KBO league. Yang has shown ambition for that goal, and there is no compromise.
Yang Hyun-jong started against the Gwangju LG Twins on September 3rd and contributed to his team’s 7-5 victory by allowing six hits in 97 pitches (two home runs), four strikeouts, two outs and three runs.
On the day, Yang gave up the first run after Austin hit a solo home run to the left side with two outs in the top of the first inning. The fastball thrown to Austin on the sixth pitch of 142 km/h went over to the arch of the left side with a 115-meter flying distance.
Yang faced the crisis again in the top of the second inning when he gave up hits and walks to Oh Ji-hwan and Kim Bum-suk, respectively. However, Yang overcame the run-scoring crisis by treating Park Hae-min and Koo Bon-hyuk with back-to-back miscues.
Yang Hyun-jong, who overcame the foil not-out bad news in the top of the third inning, regained stability by making his first three-out inning of the day in the top of the fourth inning.
Striking a counterattack, Kia succeeded in tying the game 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning with consecutive hits by Socrates and Kim Do-young, and a timely double by Choi Hyung-woo. Kim Sun-bin’s timely two-run homerun resulted in a timely hit to the left, which was followed by one out and runners on the second and third bases.
Yang gave up a double to the left of center field to Koo Bon-hyuk after one out in the top of the fifth inning, and Hong Chang-ki hit a timely hit to center field to post his second run. Yang, who led Moon to groundout to the first base with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, met the requirement of his 11th win for this season.
With two additional runs scored in the bottom of the fifth inning, Yang took the mound in the top of the sixth inning as well. Yang allowed a 110-meter-high solo home run to leadoff hitter Oh Ji-hwan in the top of the sixth inning. Since then, Yang has been on the verge of hitting a fly ball to the second base with one out, and his team ended the inning with third baseman Kim Hyun-soo’s overrun out.
Yang handed over the ball to Lee Joon-young before the defense in the top of the seventh inning to wrap up his pitching on the day. KIA’s bullpen pitcher lineup kept Yang’s victory by engaging in relay battles consisting of Lee Joon-young (0.2 innings), Jeon Sang-hyun (0.2 innings), Kwak Do-gyu (0.2 innings) and Jeong Hae-young (1 inning).
After the game, Yang said, “I worked with Han Seung-taek for the first time in a while, and he led the game well. I received support from the batters for scoring points and helped him a lot in defense, so I was able to become a winning pitcher. I thank the players,” as he rejoiced first to achieve his 11th win in this season.
Yang said, “I have maintained consistency throughout my career so far, and I think I was born with a healthy body. However, I think one of the secrets is not to compromise with myself and not to neglect exercising to maintain that. I am trying to continue my routine based on the starting date without missing a single day,” referring to the secret of consistency.
Yang has only 15 innings left until the 170th inning of this season. If he plays in three to four games, he will be able to achieve this goal. 메이저놀이터
“Of course, team performance is important, but personally, I want to achieve 170 innings,” Yang said. “I will not give up until the end, thinking it is the result of my consistent performance so far,” Yang said. “The regular season is almost over, and I hope the players and I will just do as it is now. I think there will be good results if we continue to do as we have prepared since this spring. I will show good performance to the fans until the end of the season.”
