“There is no ball that disappears in front of you. I talked to the players with courage and let’s play well with (Cody) Ponce.”
Will Doosan Bears batters be able to show confidence against Super ace Ponce (Hanwha Eagles).
Doosan, led by acting manager Cho Sung-hwan, will play a home game of the 2025 professional baseball KBO League against Hanwha under head coach Kim Kyung-moon at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 23rd.
The starting pitcher for Hanwha on the day is Ponce. He joined hands with Hanwha ahead of this season and has played in 19 games (121.2 innings) with 12 wins and no losses with a 1.85 ERA, and is playing as a Super Aces. Acting Cho hoped that the batters would not be intimidated and bravely confront Ponce.
Acting coach Cho Sung-hwan, who met ahead of the game on the 24th, said, “The ball is passing in front of me anyway. “The strength of the ball and the various feelings will be different, but there is no ball that does not pass by,” he told the batters. It’s important what kind of swing I make. “No matter how good the other person throws, he never disappears in front of him,” he said.
“In fact, I think it will be a big study just to see the ball of an S-class pitcher like Ponce. After experiencing ball Moon Dong-ju on the first day of the three consecutive games, he got a good result yesterday (23rd). If you keep facing a good ball at bat, you will distinguish between the ball you need to hit and the ball you don’t. If the result comes out, your confidence will grow. Even if the result is not good, I hope you think that you studied really well rather than get frustrated. I told the players, “Let’s play a good game with Ponce with courage.” It’s a day when we need courage,” he added.
The atmosphere of the batting lineup is not bad either. In the match against Hanwha on the 23rd, he exploded with 15 hits, five homers and 13 points, resulting in a 13-2 victory.
Acting Cho said, “I played a really good game. There were a few (opposite starter) Hwang Joon-seo’s actual pitches in the beginning, but he led to a good hit. When the score came out, starting pitcher Choi Min-seok also pitched more aggressively, leading to good results. It couldn’t have been better. We played a very good game against the No. 1 team,” he said with a bright smile.
In particular, Park Joon-soon made three hits, one home run, and one RBI in four at-bats. Unfortunately, he failed to reach the cycling hit (hit, double, triple, and home run in one game) due to a lack of one hit, but he showed off his clear presence.
Acting coach Cho Sung-hwan said, “There will be another opportunity in the future. I’m proud of you. I’m also watching to what extent I can do well in the future, he said. “I knew there was only one hit left. It would have been nice to achieve the milestone, but the team members tried to connect the youngest at-bat somehow. That kind of image caught my eye, too. I felt that the team was getting closer. There were many good scenes,” he said with a thumbs-up.
Kim Dae-han, who came from the second division on the 23rd, also swung the bat with two hits and three RBIs in four times at bat.
Acting Cho said, “I wanted the swing I practiced to come out of the batter’s box, but good job. Watching about 20 balls, there was only one ridiculous swing. It’s decreased a lot Think. He nodded, “I’m going to go first (as a starter) today because I gave the result.”
Meanwhile, Doosan, along with pitcher Choi Seung-yong, set up a starting list of Jung Soo-bin (center fielder), Lee Yoo-chan (striker), Jake Cave (right fielder), Yang Eui-ji (catcher), Kim Jae-hwan (designated hitter), Park Jun-soon (third baseman), Oh Myung-jin (second baseman), Yang Seok-hwan (first baseman), and Kim Dae-han (left fielder).
[Jamsil (Seoul) = Lee Han-joo, MK Sports Reporter]
