'PS debut' Kim Taek-yeon pitched 2 ⅓ scoreless innings → It's over in 1 game of fall baseball... Now it's Premier 12
'PS debut' Kim Taek-yeon pitched 2 ⅓ scoreless innings → It's over in 1 game of fall baseball... Now it's Premier 12
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Doosan Bears' "High School Rookie Closer" Kim Taek-yeon (19) pitched like a regular season in his debut game in fall baseball. However, his team's loss and his elimination from the "upset" for the first time in history were overshadowed.
Kim Taek-yeon pitched as the team's fourth pitcher in the second game of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League wild card game against KT at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 3rd, pitching 38 pitches in two ⅓ innings with two hits, no outs, and no strikeouts.
Doosan lost 0-1 with its batters silent for two consecutive games, falling victim to the "Upset" series, in which the fifth place beat the fourth place for the first time since the wild card system was introduced in 2015.
Doosan followed Kim Kang-ryul on the mound in the top of the seventh inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases when Doosan was trailing 0-1. It was the last card Doosan took out from the brink after judging that if the score gap widened, it would be a long shot.
Taking the mound earlier than usual, the most threatening batter of KT was Mel Rojas Jr. Kim Tae-yeon escaped the crisis by striking out swinging at 150 km/h straight pitches in the eighth pitch after a fierce battle with Rojas that stretched to the eighth pitch.
In the top of the eighth inning, Kim Taek-yeon, who struck out leadoff hitter Jang Sung-woo after four pitches, held a 0-2 advantage count against the next batter, Kang Baek-ho, and threw a change-up inducement for the third pitch. It was a ball that was completely out of the strike zone outside the left-handed batter, but Kang Baek-ho hit the ball with a tenacious contact, and the ball became a heavy hit passing over the pitcher's stomach.
With one out and one on the first base, Kim Taek-yeon induced Oh Jae-il to ground out to the first base after a full count match. In the meantime, with runners on the base and two outs, Oh Yoon-seok was treated with a fly ball to the right field to end the inning without losing a point.
Kim Taek-yeon, who also took the mound in the ninth inning, treated Hwang Jae-gyun as a catcher's foul fly ball to secure one out. He gave up a left-handed hit after being hit by Bae Jeong-dae, but blocked Shim Woo-joon with a foul fly ball to the third baseman and Jung Joon-young with a fly ball to the right field, preventing KT from running further away.
However, Doosan failed to catch up with the gap by one point as it had three outs in three consecutive innings from the seventh to the ninth inning when Kim Taek-yeon was promoted. Kim's postseason debut game became the first and last appearance in the fall baseball league this year.
Kim Taek-yeon, who received attention as the best right-hander to throw heavy fastballs in high school, graduated from Incheon High School and joined Doosan as the second overall pick in the first round of the 2024 KBO League Rookie Draft.
Kim Taek-yeon, who received high expectations even before her debut, proved that she is a tall cotyledon from the beginning of the season by banking on her heavy straightforward pitching. Until May, she recorded 24 games with two wins, one save and three holds with an ERA of 3.20, quickly adapting to the first team stage and securing a place in the must-win group.
Kim Taek-yeon, who continued her "Mr. Zero" streak in June, took over Doosan's finishing touches in earnest from mid-June. It was a position that could be burdensome for a rookie pitcher, but Kim locked Doosan's back door perfectly as if he were the one to finish.
Kim Taek-yeon made 10 saves (19 years, 1 month and 20 days) in the Kiwoom Heroes match on July 23, and 17 saves in the season against the NC Dinos on August 27, breaking the record of most saves (16 saves by Na Seung-hyun, former Lotte Giants) by a high school graduate in the KBO League. Having been on a roll as a closing pitcher, he actually booked the Rookie of the Year award in his first year with a brilliant performance of 3 wins, 2 losses, 19 saves, 4 holds, and an ERA of 2.08 in 60 games.
Kim Taek-yeon, who took the mound in autumn baseball for the first time as Doosan advanced to the postseason in fourth place, proved to be a "strong heart" by throwing the ball as bravely as usual on the big stage. 안전놀이터
Kim Taek-yeon's first fall baseball ended with one game unfortunately, but baseball in 2024 is not over yet. Kim Taek-yeon is very likely to wear the national flag at the 2024 Premier 12 tournament in November.