"I lost every time I came out..." He overcame the burden of transferring to the FA after losing all three games, and completed his first win and five consecutive starts for Hanwha in 18 years
"I lost every time I came out..." He overcame the burden of transferring to the FA after losing all three games, and completed his first win and five consecutive starts for Hanwha in 18 years
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Eom Sang-baek (29), a sidearm pitcher of Hanwha Eagles, has reported his first win of the season after a long hiatus. Eom has set a new record of five consecutive starts for the first time in 18 years.
In the home game against the NC Dinos of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on Sunday, Um took the mound as a starter and allowed seven hits, one walk, three strikeouts and four runs in five innings. With the Hanwha Eagles' 12-4 victory, Um's first win of the season came.먹튀검증
Um Sang-baek, who moved to Hanwha after receiving the highest treatment among FA pitchers last winter with a maximum of 7.8 billion won for four years, lost all three games of the season. He failed to pass five innings in all three games, and had an ERA of 6.75. All three games were blocked by less than three runs, but failed to manage the number of pitches and failed to lead long innings, and was the only Hanwha starter to have no victory.
However, he finally garnered his first win in his fourth appearance on the day. Starting from the first inning, Hanwha's batters exploded with five runs and big innings to assist Um Sang-baek, and seemed to have secured a win by allowing one run until the fourth inning.
However, the 5th inning, which required a starting win, was a crisis. He walked leadoff hitter Kim Hyung-joon after a game of nine pitches, and gave up three runs in an instant after a hit to right by Chun Jae-hwan, a timely RBI single to Park Min-woo, and a two-run double to left by Son A-seop. With one out and runners on second base, Oh Young-soo's toss to the first base went down low, almost resulting in an error. Chae Eun-seong, the first baseman, caught the ball well and was out, but it was a dizzying moment.
After groundering Kwon Hee-dong to the shortstop with two outs and runners on the third base, Um successfully pitched in five innings, meeting the requirement to win the starting pitcher. He pitched 89 pitches in total. Compared to the maximum speed of 147 kilometers per hour and average speed of 145 kilometers per hour (25), his ratio of change-up (56) was significantly increased, and he threw six cutters (six) and two curves (two) from time to time.
Eom Sang-baek's first win of the season was completed as Hanwha's batters added five runs in the sixth and seventh innings and the bullpen combined for four scoreless innings. Hanwha, which has recently won five consecutive games, has won five consecutive games, starting with Moon Dong-ju against Kiwoom in Daejeon on the 13th, followed by Cody Ponce (7 scoreless innings), Ryan Weiss (2 runs in 6 innings), and Ryu Hyun-jin (2 runs in 5 ⅓ innings).
It is the first time in 18 years that Hanwha has won five consecutive starts. Starting with Ryu Hyun-jin (one run in nine innings) at the Sajik Lotte Giants on August 26, 2007, Cedric Bowness (one run in seven innings) at the Daejeon Samsung Lions on August 28, Cedric Bowness (two runs in nine innings) at the Jamsil LG Twins on August 31, Jeong Min-cheol (two runs in six ⅓ innings) at the LG Twins on September 2, and Ryu Hyun-jin (two runs in seven innings) at the Daejeon KIA Tigers on September 7. During the same period, Ryu garnered three of his five wins due to six cancellations of rain, and two of them were complete games. Ryu's dignity can be felt.
Five different pitchers combined for five consecutive starts were recorded by Moon Dong-hwan (two runs in nine innings) and Cedric (two runs in seven innings) against Samsung in Daegu (Citizen) on May 2-3 of the same year, Jung Min-cheol (nine scoreless innings), Ryu Hyun-jin (three runs in six innings) and Choi Young-pil (three runs in five innings) against KIA in Daejeon on May 4-6.
It is meaningful in that Eom Sang-baek's first win in 18 years in a row was completed with Eom's first win in a transfer. "I felt very sorry for my team because I lost every time I played. I am not satisfied with my pitching today, but I feel good because of the batters I won," Eom said after the game.
Last year, Um also lost all three of his first games of this season, and had a bad start with an 8.25 ERA. However, after reporting his first win against NC in his fourth game, he finished the game with a record of 13 wins. Eom Sang-baek, who has a slow starter temperament, said, "When I look at it all the time, I think it was bad at the beginning of the season. I tried not to do that this year, but it's already spilled water. I'm going to forget the last game and prepare well for the next game. I'll show you a good performance," vowing to rebound.
Chae Eun-seong, the captain of the team who moved to the Hanwha Eagles first two years ago, also encouraged Um Sang-baek. "I bet (Um) Sang-baek will have a hard time winning his first game by exploding four hits and five RBIs in four at-bats, including his second two-run homer this season. I was like that too, but only those who have experienced it can know that he is moving to a different team with high expectations. I told him to let go of the pressure, but it is not easy. It is really difficult to live up to his expectations. If you try harder, you will be chased even more. I told him to let go of the pressure as he usually does," he said, giving helpful advice to Um.