22 Hold's last 1st nomination disappeared → '8 years' thanks to unknown left-handers, "First hold since debut, it doesn't feel real."
22 Hold's last 1st nomination disappeared → '8 years' thanks to unknown left-handers, "First hold since debut, it doesn't feel real."
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The Doosan Bears had a hard time winning their first game of the season despite the risk of collapse of the mound from the beginning of the season. While Doosan's pitching staff suffered a series of injuries, even left-handed bullpen pitcher Lee Byung-hun left the team. Still, Kim Ho-joon, an unknown left-hander in the eighth year, enabled his team to win. Kim Ho-joon achieved his first hold since his debut, contributing to his team's victory.
Doosan won the 2025 Shinhan Sol Bank KBO League KT Wiz match 3-2 at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 26th. Doosan, which had lost three consecutive games in the opening period, won its first victory of the season along with escaping a losing streak.
In the game on the 26th, Doosan first took the lead with an RBI double behind the left field of follow-up hitter Cave in the first inning with no outs and runners on the first and second bases made by consecutive hits by Kim Min-seok and Kim Jae-hwan.
However, Doosan got a hit to the left by Jang Sung-woo after one out in the bottom of the second inning and a timely double by Oh Yoon-seok that cut the right-center gap. In the bottom of the fifth inning, second baseman Oh Myung-jin failed to catch Huh Kyung-min's ambiguous fly ball to second base in a crisis with two outs and runners on first and second bases, giving up the lead.온라인바카라
Doosan, which fought back, created a scoring opportunity with Kang Seung-ho's heavy hit and Cave's infield hit to the second base after one out in the top of the sixth inning. Yang Eui-ji then hit a timely RBI single to the right to lead the tie. Follow-up hitter Yang Seok-hwan also turned the game around with an infield hit in front of the third baseman.
With runners on the first and second bases with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, Doosan lowered its starting pitcher Choi Seung-yong and placed Park Jung-soo on the mound. Park handled the two batters with poor batting average to end the inning.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Doosan bench deployed Kim Ho-joon, who had previously taken the mound for the first time in the previous season and became the losing pitcher. After a full count match with Kang Baek-ho, the first batter, Kim induced a ground ball to the first base, increasing the out count. Kim Ho-joon, who received a double from the follow-up hitter Rojas on the left field line, then handed the ball over to Lee. Lee Young-ha induced Heo Kyung-min to hit a straight hit to the shortstop, and the second baseman Rojas' force-out led the inning to end. Kim Ho-joon, who took the mound with a one-point lead and grabbed an out count, achieved his first hold since his debut. Doosan then maintained the lead and posted closing pitcher Kim Taek-yeon at the bottom of the ninth inning.
After the game, Kim Ho-joon said, "I can't believe I recorded my first hold since my debut. "I feel good just because my team helped me record my first win of the season in a difficult situation. I thank the coach and coach for trusting me and hiring me."
"However, the process is not satisfactory. I am reflecting on the fact that I did not finish the inning neatly yesterday and today. I think I will become a better pitcher than I am now if I feel the challenges every day and supplement them. I will show you how I grow day by day," he continued.
Doosan is struggling with the left-hander's bullpen due to the departure of Lee Byung-hun, the "last first nomination" who achieved 22 holds last year. Lee Byung-hun was excluded from the entry on the 25th due to symptoms of enteritis. Manager Lee Seung-yeop said, "Lee Byung-hun is likely to return 10 days later after resuming pitching training this weekend." Before Lee Byung-hun returns, Kim Ho-joon's performance has become more important.
Born in 1998, Kim Ho-joon joined the Doosan Bears as a foster player in 2018 after playing for the Paju Challengers, an independent league club at the time, and began his professional career.
It took a long time for him to make his first-team mound debut. In 2023, Kim Ho-joon made his first-team debut after finishing his military service. Kim Ho-joon, who had three hits, two strikeouts, four walks, and four runs in three games (3 innings) in the first team in the 2023 season, pitched in 16 games (13.1 innings) in the 2024 season and remained 1-2 with an 8.78 ERA.
In the end, changes were made to further establish himself as a left-handed bullpen since last fall. Kim Ho-joon also decided to completely change his pitching pattern from the 2025 season by honing his two-seam fastball rather than four-seam fastball. In five exhibition games (four innings), Kim Ho-joon joined the opening entry by showing impressive performances with one loss, one hold, 2.25 ERA, three strikeouts, two walks and one run. Attention is focusing on whether Kim Ho-joon will become a new left-handed must-win team after living a long and unknown life.