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Does the veteran who led the KS championship miss this?…I choose the runner!
KT Park Kyung-soo started as the seventh batter at second base in a game between KT and Doosan in the "2022 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League" held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the afternoon of the 23rd.
Doosan got off to a good start. Yang Seok-hwan of the Doosan Bears took a 1-0 lead by hitting a first solo shot against KT starter Benjamin in the bottom of the second inning.
KT's counterattack also began in the fifth inning. Hwang Jae-kyun's infield hit in the top of the fifth inning and advanced to first base. Doosan starter Choi Won-joon's first base check fell behind, and Hwang Jae-kyun advanced to third base. The game went into extra time, with the two teams tied 1-1 with a timely hit by a follow-up batter.
When Kim In-tae got on base with a walk with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning of extra time, Doosan manager Kim Tae-hyung hired fast Cho Soo-haeng as a pinch runner. It was possible to finish with a single hit.
KT Park Young-hyun often kept Cho Soo-haeng, a fast first baseman, in check.
At the bottom of the 10th inning, Park Gye-beom of the Doosan Bears came into the batter's box with one out and runners on first base. Park Kye-beom hit a high fly ball in the direction of the second baseman. KT's second baseman Park Kyung-soo was a ball that could be caught normally.
However, Park Kyung-soo lifted the glove toward the ball but dropped it to the ground without catching the ball. He intentionally dropped the ball without catching it right.
First baseman Cho Soo-haeng ran to second base, but Park Kyung-soo caught the ball on the floor and threw it to second base to ease Cho Soo-haeng out. If he had just caught it, he would have caught one out count, but fast runner Cho Soo-haeng was still at first base.
Commentator Kwon Hyuk, who led the broadcast, also said, "It was a defense that showed Park Kyung-soo's sense. "Defensive Park Kyung-soo made a clever play of choosing a runner," he said.
Since then, Park Young-hyun has given up a walk to Kim Dae-han, and KT Lee Chae-ho, who was replaced in a crisis with two outs and runners on first and second base, handled Kang Seung-ho with an infield grounder.
KT finished the game with a 2-1 lead with Bae Jung-dae's hit and Kang Baek-ho's timely hit in the top of the 11th inning of extra time.
KT's starter Wes Benjamin set the stage for the team's victory with 94 pitches, three hits (one home run), four walks, three strikeouts and one run (one earned run) in 6⅓ innings. And Kim Min-soo, Park Young-hyun, Lee Chae-ho, and Kim Jae-yoon took the mound to protect the team's victory.
In the batting line, Kang Baek-ho scored the winning hit with two hits and one RBI in five at-bats, while Kim Joon-tae played with one hit and one RBI in three at-bats, and Bae Jung-dae played with two hits and one run in five at-bats.
