Right-hander Ha Young-min of the Kiwoom Heroes started in the 14th game of the season against the Samsung Lions of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Sunday. Ha was recording 9 wins and 6 losses with an ERA of 4.21 before the game. He made his first 10 wins since his debut.안전놀이터
Before the game, Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki said, “Ten wins will be very unique. However, you can’t win 10 games just because you want to. Luck, defense, and batting assistance should follow. I pitched well against LG, but my luck didn’t follow,” adding, “I hope it will be done before the end of the season, but I met a team that has strong hitting effect. The first and second innings are important.”
It played one game against Samsung, which had one loss. At the Gocheok game on April 28, the team showed sluggish performance by allowing seven hits, three strikeouts, four strikeouts, and six runs (five earned runs) in 3.1 innings.
Ha faced a crisis in the first inning. He gave up hits to Kim Ji-chan and walks to Yoon Jeong-bin and Koo Ja-wook, causing a big run crisis with no outs. However, he had no run. He lightly hit both Lewin Diaz and Park Byung-ho with fly balls to the second base, and handled Park with a ground ball to the third base to end the inning without allowing a run.
Ha Young-min, who finished the second inning with three outs and a walk, faced another crisis after the third inning. He gave up a walk to Koo Ja-wook. He then had a hit to the right field with two outs and a runner on the second base. Koo Ja-wook hit home around the third base. He got out of the woods by tagging out Koo Ja-wook with right fielder Won Sung-joon’s powerful throw home.
In the fifth inning, Ku was on the verge of losing a point due to Kim Ji-chan’s fastball, but he swung Koo Ja-wook to a fly ball to center field. In the sixth inning, he swung Diaz to fly to center field, Park Byung-ho to strike out, and Kang Min-ho to fly ball.
On the day, Ha pitched six innings of four hits, three strikeouts and no runs. It was his ninth quality start of the season (less than three earned runs in six innings as a starting pitcher). Throwing 96 pitches, Ha chose fastballs (32), sliders (25), folk balls (25), and curves (14). His maximum speed was 146 km.
But there were no 10 wins that I expected. When Ha Young-min came down from the mound in the seventh inning, the score was 0-0. He was out after a no-decision.
As head coach Hong Won-ki said before the game, it was right that 10 wins should be accompanied by luck, defense and batting help. Ha Young-min also pitched well against the Gocheok LG Twins on August 23 with 5.2 innings of six hits, two outs, three strikeouts and three runs, but withdrew without winning or losing.
Ha Young-min’s good pitching and Kim Yeon-joo, Kim Dong-wook, Joo Seung-woo and Cho Young-gun held the game scoreless through four innings. Lee Myung-jong hit a solo homer off Koo Ja-wook in the 11th inning, but he pitched well by allowing only one run. However, his team did not explode. On the day, Kiwoom’s batters only had three hits. No player can be a winning pitcher if he has three hits and no goals.