"Slider falls like a fork ball"
Professional baseball Hanwha Eagles Young Gun Kim Seo-hyun contributed to the team's victory with a powerful "KKK" pitch in one inning. Kim Seo-hyun took the mound as a bullpen pitcher in a game against NC at Changwon NC Park on the 17th and recorded a hold with three strikeouts in one inning.
Changwon NC Park and Hanwha led 2-0 in the fifth inning due to Lee Jae-won's two-run homer. Hanwha's defense and Kim Seo-hyun took the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning. He garnered a fastball of 155 kilometers in the third pitch against Kim Hui-jip, the first batter, to make one ball and two strikes. He swung and missed the fourth slider (142 kilometers).
He threw 155 kilometers of fastballs on both first and second pitches in a row against Kim. With a slider (139 kilometers) at two balls and two strikes, he garnered strikeouts swinging. He pushed his ball through three consecutive fastballs, outpacing Do in the fight for one ball-2 strike and ball count. Four sliders (142 kilometers) became balls, but five sliders (141 kilometers) swung and missed to end the inning.
He finished the game with three strikeouts and 14 balls in one inning. "People are enthusiastic about Seohyun's fastball, but his slider is a rare slider in Korea. It looks like he's bending sideways, but he falls down. So batters will not think of it as a slider, but rather think of it as a fork ball and swing," said catcher Lee Jae-won, who led Kim Seo-hyun after the game.
Kim Seo-hyun's slider ball moves like a high-speed fork ball. The speed of the slider is 141 to 142 kilometers.
Lee Jae-won said, "To throw a slider, throwing a fastball strike is the first thing to do. Seohyun has few positive hits. He has no homers, and even if he gets a hit, he or she has no positive hits. You can throw a fastball while looking at the center. I keep talking to Seoyeon about that all year round, but I think she will do it with more confidence if she has more experience. Because she seems to be doing something half-heartedly. I haven't played full time yet, and I sometimes get nervous when I'm not in good condition. If you keep telling me, it's not easy to hit (the ball) even if I throw a fastball in the middle, and if the ball count is two strikes, I think if I throw a slider, I will swing and miss on my own."
If you have confidence in your fastball and take the ball count fight to your advantage, the slider effect like Magu in 2 strikes was shown as "KKK" in 1 inning against NC.
Lee Jae-won said, "Seohyun has a chance to throw balls from many good pitchers, so I hope he knows better and throws with confidence. The slider seems to fall to the side, but the receiver (catcher) falls to the bottom. So, batters have no choice but to swing and miss. That is one of the biggest advantages. He is different from the sweeper. That's why people are enthusiastic about fastballs, but we also think sliders are really good, and we often ask him to throw fastballs to save those sliders." 메이저사이트
"It's my first time to strike out three in one inning," Kim Seo-hyun said after the game. "Coach Yang Sang-moon and catcher seniors continue to give me confidence. Coach Yang Sang-moon always trusts and gives me confidence before and after the game, and catcher seniors play that role during the game. Giving confidence and trust to people around me is the driving force behind good pitching these days."