The strongest Monsters managed to get two games against the prestigious Whimoon High School in baseball.
In the 40th episode of the JTBC entertainment program ‘Strongest Baseball’, broadcast on the 15th, the strongest Monsters won the second game against Whimungo 6-3, returning a 70% win rate.
The strongest Monsters won the first game against Whimungo, but it was not refreshing because Whimungo made many erroneous plays. The strongest monsters were determined to win the second game with their skills. Lee Taek-geun and Jung Geun-woo of the “Kwangkwang Brothers” showed their will to get away without a hit in this game.
Coach Seong-geun Kim announced the starting lineup for the Whimungo series raid. Park Yong-taek became the first hitter twice in a row, and luckily, Jung Geun-woo took the second hitter position. Manager Kim Seong-geun, who entrusted the ninth batting position to Lee Taek-geun, who had ’10 wins,’ said, “This is the last time,” further increasing the tension. The mound was given to Oh Joo-won, a pitcher with ‘nuclear (?)’. Also, in place of coach Lee Gwang-gil, who was away due to personal schedules, Moon-ho Kim was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of being the third base coach. Director Kim Seong-geun and the strongest beasts became worried when they saw Kim Moon-ho wandering around and confused while remembering only three signatures.
Oh Joo-won showed a nervous appearance at the first start of the 2023 season. Whimungo took the lead, starting with Oh Joo-won’s body still unsolved in the first inning, and immediately counterattacked the strongest Monsters. In the top of the second inning, Lee Taek-geun had his first hit of the season, announcing his 10-hit shutout, and in a bases-loaded situation with one runner out, Whimungo brought in two a runner in due to a throwing error, and was able to reverse with a score of 2 to 1.
The strongest Monsters had a chance to load the bases with one out in the third inning, but an unfortunate situation occurred where they could not score a run. However, Oh Joo-won’s pitching, which found a sense of stability, shone brightly and thwarted the batter’s sharp attacks.
In the 4th inning, Jung Geun-woo finally scored a hit to get out of the 10-kwang crisis. The stronger monsters added just one run due to Whimungo’s error in the bases loaded one out opportunity they faced again. However, Joo-Won Oh mastered the ‘aesthetics of leadership’ of pitching in a state of exhaustion in a state of exhaustion, and finished this inning with a three-way retreat. Coach Seong-Geun Kim entrusted the mound to Joo-Won Oh until the 5th inning, and Joo-Won Oh faithfully repaid that trust.
The daily coach Kim Moon-ho made the worst result of failure in the execution of the strategy and the atmosphere in my team immediately froze. In addition, Shin Jae-young, who took the mound instead of Oh Joo-won in the 6th inning, was greedy and gave 2 points in an instant, allowing a 3-3 draw. In the end, in the 7th inning, he handed over the mound to acting Lee Dae-eun and went into the dugout bitter. Lee Dae-eun took control on the mound with perfect pitches as a team ace, and the strongest Monsters ran away with a score of 6-3 in the 8th inning with a walk and 2 RBI Chung Eui-yoon.
In the end, Whimungo failed to score an extra point, and Lee Dae-eun became the winning pitcher with a season-high speed of 146 km/h. Director Kim Seong-geun said, “The boat overturned and rose again. That’s life and that’s baseball. I don’t know where or how to move. Tomorrow we have to practice. That makes it a strong team.”
The strongest Monsters happily swept Whimungo and the two games in a row, rising to a win rate of 70.5. The next opponent that awaits them is Jangchung High School, where they will play against the so-called ‘Five Eagle Brothers’ which consists of ace pitchers. The mighty Monsters also announced a fierce pitching battle by putting super rookie Jung Hyun-soo and ace Lee Dae-eun on the mound.
The 40th episode of ‘Strongest Baseball’ recorded an audience rating of 3.5% (provided by Nielsen Korea, based on paid households in the metropolitan area), and viewers love it as a representative entertainment program on Monday nights. The 2049 audience score is also 1.5%, which stands in the middle of the topic every time.
On the other hand, ‘Bass Cyrfaf’ will host the second instinct game of the 2023 season on the 21st. The opponent is Sungkyunkwan University, the strongest team in college baseball, which won the championship title for two consecutive years in the 2021 and 2022 college baseball game against Wangjung.
The 41st episode of ‘The Strongest Baseball’ will be broadcast on the 22nd (Monday) at 10:30pm.
Electronic Newspaper Internet Reporter Junsu Lee (junsoo@etnews.com)
