Jung Hyun-woo (19), a rookie pitcher of the Kiwoom Heroes in professional baseball, showed a powerful pitch in his second appearance, leaving behind his disappointing first practice game. 

Kiwoom lost 1-11, against the Zhongxin Brothers of Taiwan's professional baseball league, held at Pingdong Baseball Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on the 23rd. With the loss, the Taiwanese practice game recorded one draw and two losses. 카지노

Despite losing the game, starting pitcher Chung Hyeon-woo's quality pitching stood out. Chung displayed good pitching during the two innings, allowing one hit, one walk and four strikeouts, to dispel regret from taking the mound at his first practice game (two hits and two walks in the ⅔ innings). He pitched 34 pitches and posted a strike rate of 61.8 percent. His maximum speed was recorded at 147 kilometers per hour. 

Chung Hyeon-woo, who received the first overall pick in the 2025 rookie draft, is a promising left-handed pitcher who is expected to play in the first division immediately this year. During his high school years, he played as an ace for Deoksu High School and recorded a total of 29 games (101 ⅓ innings) with 11 wins and 1 loss with an earned run average of 1.24. In September last year, he played for the youth national team at the under-18 baseball championship held in Taipei, Taiwan, and showed good performance in international matches with one loss and one save with an earned run average of 2.81 in two games (three ⅔ innings). After receiving the first overall pick by Kiwoom, he ranked third in the rookie contract amount (500 million won) in the club's history. 

After taking the mound on the day, Chung said, "On the bus on the way back home after the last game, I reviewed the pitching details and pondered what I lacked. I prepared for my second appearance while thinking about supplementary points even on my day off." 

"In today's game, I took the mound with three goals: breaking ball control, first pitch strike, and fast game," Chung said. "I think I pitched as planned. My speed has not fully increased yet, but now I think it is important to gradually improve my physical condition by finding the sense of the game. I will prepare step by step in time for the season," he said, vowing to make better pitches in the future. 

While Chung Hyeon-woo's quality pitching shone, the bullpen that followed him struggled. The bullpen pitcher lineup consisting of Park Jung-hoon (six runs allowed in two innings), Park Joo-sung (three runs allowed in two innings), Park Yoon-sung (one scoreless inning), Kim Dong-gyu (two runs allowed in one inning), and Kim Seon-ki (one scoreless inning) was hit hard by serious hitters and gave up as many as 11 runs. 

The Kiwoom lineup was started by Yasiel Puig (left fielder), Ruben Cadines (right fielder), Song Sung-moon (second baseman), Choi Joo-hwan (first baseman), Lee Joo-hyung (middle fielder), Kim Gun-hee (poster), Kim Dong-yup (designated hitter), Yeo Dong-wook (third baseman), and Kim Tae-jin (striker). Kang Jin-sung, who played as a substitute, beat multi-hit, and Kim Dong-yup succeeded in multi-base with one hit and one walk, but only scored one point due to the overall poverty of the batters. 

Kiwoom will hold its fourth practice game with the Jungshin Brothers of Taiwanese professional baseball at Pingdong Baseball Stadium at 2 p.m. on the 25th. The game will also be broadcast live on the Heroes' official YouTube channel and live platform "SOOP."