Samsung Lions rookie Yuk Seon-yeop made his first-team debut in the warmth of his older brothers’ arms against Doosan on Monday.
Yuk was selected by Samsung with the fourth overall pick in the first round of the 2024 rookie draft. He has pitched in the Futures League, going 0-1 with a 2.00 ERA in four games and 18 innings. After honing his skills, Yuk finally made it to the first team at the start of May.
He took the mound after Lee Seung-hyun in the seventh inning with his team leading 9-2. After getting Doosan’s Kang Seung-ho to fly out to center field, 안전놀이터 추천 Yuk gave up a walk to Ramos, a single to Park Kye-beom, and another walk to Cho Su-sung.
With the bases loaded, Doosan’s next batter was Heo Kyung-min. Doosan’s Heo took a 142-kilometer/h fastball from Samsung’s Yuk Sun-yup, and the ball sailed toward the shortstop. Samsung shortstop Lee Jae-hyun reacted quickly and caught the ball, forcing out Doosan’s first baseman Cho Soo-hyun at first base.
Yuk face was filled with anxiety as he looked toward first base.
As he raised his arms in anticipation of the out, a runner was called safe. After the safe call, Yook froze in place with his arms raised awkwardly. The video review began at Samsung’s request. The infielders gathered around Yuk, who was frozen on the mound, waiting for the video review.
Ryu Ji-hyuk, the oldest second baseman, smiled at Yuk, telling him not to worry, and continued to talk to him to help him relax. Moments later, the video review overturned the call from centrifugal safe to out. Yook headed back to the dugout, looking much more relaxed. This time, Gu Jau-uk and Kang Min-ho came up to him and encouraged him by joking around with his teammate.
In his first appearance for the first team, 토토사이트 모음 Yook threw one inning of one-hit ball with two strikeouts and no walks. In the dugout, everyone joined together to celebrate Yook’s no-hitter. Kim Dae-woo then took the mound to close out the game, shutting down Doosan’s offense and giving Samsung a 9-2 victory.