The starting pitcher recorded a no-hit, no-run strike with no hits until the 6th inning and an error on base only twice, but was suddenly replaced in the 7th inning.
The number of pitches was only 80, but a bullpen pitcher came out in the 7th inning. In the away game against SSG Landers held at Incheon SSG Landers Field on the 3rd, Kiwoom Heroes replaced Jeong Chan-heon, who pitched brilliantly with 6 innings, no hits, 4 walks, 5 strikeouts and no runs, with Won Jong-hyun at the bottom of the 7th inning.스포츠토토
For Kiwoom, who suffered a come-from-behind defeat in the bottom of the 9th inning the previous day, it was a situation where Jung Chan-heon should not hand over his early momentum to SSG. Jeong Chan-heon blocked it for sure.
He threw 80 pitches in four divisions: two-seam (20), slider (22), forkball (19), and curve (19). It was an exquisite pitch distribution.
At the bottom of the first inning, Jeong Chan-heon, who started by striking out the lead Choi Ji-hoon, finished the first inning lightly by treating Joo-hwan Choi with a ground ball in front of the first baseman in number 2 and Jeong Jeong in the third inning in front of the third baseman. In the bottom of the second inning, after catching Heredia in 4th with a ground ball in front of the third baseman, Hanyu Island in the 5th was induced to swing wrong with the 5th pitch slider, but catcher Kim Dong-heon missed the ball and Hanyu Island ran to first base and made it safe. He allowed the first on-base with a strike-out knock-out. However, Jeong Chan-heon caught 6th Park Seong-han and 7th Kim Seong-hyun side by side with a fly in center field and finished without a crisis.
A match between Kiwoom Heroes and LG Twins was held on the 11th at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul. Jeong Chan-heon, who threw a fit ball to warrior Oh Ji-hwan at the end of the 4th inning, smiled at Oh Ji-hwan who went to first base. Jamsil = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com/2023.5.11/
Jeong Chan-heon, who finished the bottom of the 3rd inning lightly with 8 balls, continued his momentum by finishing 1-0 with a ground ball to 2nd baseman Choi Joo-hwan, catcher fly 3rd Choi Jeong-eul and Heredia 4th strikeout at the bottom of the 4th inning with a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the 5th inning, the second baseman made a mistake by not catching Park Seong-han’s batted ball properly after one death, but immediately ended Kim Seong-hyun with a double hit by the shortstop.
In the bottom of the 6th inning, he continued his good pitching by finishing 3 batters with 10 balls. 80 pitches through the 6th inning. It may not be easy to throw until the ninth inning, but it seemed that Jeong Chan-heon would continue to stand on the mound until he gave up a hit. It meant a pitcher change. Won Jong-hyun, not Jung Chan-heo, climbed the mound.
Jeong Chan-heon’s most pitches this season was 86 against Jamsil LG on May 11th. Since he mostly made around 70 pitches, it can be seen that he made a substitution after judging that he reached the limit of pitches this time.
There are many baseball players who judge that it is better to continue good pitching in good physical condition and condition because he will be sluggish in pitching after overdoing it for one record. After the 144 game system, these opinions account for the majority. Still, he clearly regretted that it would have been nice to challenge the record.