Busan High School won the Golden Lion for the first time since its founding.
Busan High School defeated Sunrin Internet High School 12-3 in the final of the ’77th Golden Lion National High School Baseball Tournament and Weekend League King of Kings’ held at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul on the 29th, and rose to the top of the tournament.
Starting pitcher Seong Young-tak became the winning pitcher with 5 hits (1 home run), 3 walks, 12 strikeouts and 3 runs (2 earned) in 6 innings. Seong Young-tak, who threw 105 pitches in the match against Sae-gwang on the 22nd, threw 103 pitches in the match that day and was responsible for the mound until the 6th inning. In the other lineup, Ahn Ji-won led the victory with 3 hits, 3 RBIs and 1 run in 4 at-bats. Batters placed in the lower batting order, including Yang Hyuk-jun, Park Jae-yeop, and Park Chan-yeop, contributed by hitting multi-hits.
Sunrin Ingo became a losing pitcher as starting pitcher Kim Tae-wan collapsed with 10 hits, 4 walks, 2 strikeouts and 7 runs (5 earned runs) in 4 innings. It was regrettable that the batting line could not save the first and second base chances safely in the first inning, and fatal mistakes were made in the defense.
The Golden Lion final was held on the 27th, but a suspended game was declared due to rain, and it started with the first and second bases unharmed at the beginning of the first inning. Starting the game in a critical situation, Busan High School’s starting pitcher Seong Young-tak struck out Yoo Chae-woon, and after inducing Lim Jae-min to ground the second baseman, Seo Ji-min also struck out and overcame the crisis without conceding.
After overcoming the crisis, Busan High School launched a counterattack right away in the bottom of the first inning. Leading batter Yeon Jun-won reached base with a hit, and Ahn Ji-won successfully hit a sacrifice bunt to make it 1 out and 2 base. In the first out and third base chance that led to a wild fight, second baseman Yoo Chae-woon played home to Lee Chan-woo’s ground ball, but Safe was judged and succeeded in raising the first point.
In Busan High School, Park Jae-yeop reached second base with a hit and a stolen base in the 2nd inning with 1 out, and Park Chan-yeop also hit a hit to create a chance for 1 out and 1st and 3rd base. Yeon Jun-won struck out, but Ahn Ji-won scored an RBI and timely hit to run away by one point. In the 3rd inning, Lee Won-jun walked, Park Seong-jun sacrificed bunt, Yang Hyuk-jun 1 RBI, timely hit, and Choi Min-jae 1 RBI double, widening the score to 4-0.
In the 4th inning, Seo Ji-min went into second base due to an error by right fielder and succeeded in stealing third base. Then, starting pitcher Seong Young-tak made up for one point by throwing an error while checking third base.
Busan High School created a chance for a run and second base with Ahn Ji-won’s hit and Lee Chan-woo’s sacrifice bunt in the 4th inning, and Lee Won-jun immediately ran away with one RBI and a timely hit. In the 5th inning, Seongje Kim responded with a solo home run.
The seonriningo,메이저놀이터 which was making the score to chase step by step, collapsed greatly in the 5th inning. Yang Hyuk-jun, Choi Min-je, and Park Chan-yeop picked out walks and made the bases one out, and third baseman Kwon Hyuk-min contributed two points to Yeon Jun-won’s grounder hit by a series of catch and throw errors. Ahn Ji-won sealed the game with two RBIs and a triple.
Sunrin Ingo caught up with one run in the top of the 6th inning, but Busan High School ran away with 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning. In the 7th inning, Busan High School added 1 more point and finished the game with no runs until the 9th inning. /