‘Korean Monster’ Ryu Hyun-jin , who returned from injury, reported victory after a year and three months.
Ryu Hyun-jin started in the home game of the ‘2023 US Major League Baseball’ held at the Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 14 (Korean time) and played 5 innings, striking out 3, giving up 2 hits, 2 walks and 2 runs. (Visa book), the first victory of the season and the first victory after returning from injury. Amid Ryu Hyun-jin’s strong fighting, his team, Toronto, escaped from a three-game losing streak by winning 11-4 against the Chicago Cubs.
Ryu Hyun-jin started cleanly by inducing a swing strikeout from the first batter in the first inning, but the team’s defense later made a mistake and allowed the first run.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who gave up a walk to Nico Horner after one out in the first inning, induced Ian Hap to hit a ground ball to the first baseman at bat, but Toronto’s first baseman Belt made a catch error, creating a crisis with one out and runners on first and second. Later, Ryu Hyun-jin handled Cody Bellinger with a fly ball, but Dancebee Swanson’s ball crossed the line to third base, giving him the first run, and Ryu Hyun-jin’s visa book gave up two points.
Since then, Ryu Hyun-jin, who finished the first inning without additional runs, has neatly passed the second inning with three outs.
As Ryu Hyun-jin gained strength, Toronto’s batters also fired. In the bottom of the second inning, Toronto Biashaw threw a three-run shot and quickly turned the game around 3-2. Toronto then ran away 5-2 with Guerrero Jr. and Springer hitting a series of timely hits at second base, first and second base. It was the moment when Ryu Hyun-jin’s first win was laid down.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who received scoring support from the team’s batters, took the mound in the top of the third inning and gave Horner a heavy hit, but there was no crisis as Toronto catcher Jansen blocked a steal to second base.
In the fourth inning, he gave up a walk to the first batter, Cody Bellinger, but he did not allow follow-up batters to get on base and allowed no runs.
Meanwhile, Toronto’s batters made 8-2 with Guerrero Jr.’s left-handed timely hit and Basho’s two RBIs in the bottom of the fourth inning, resulting in Cubs starter Tyrone being substituted in the fourth inning.
On the other hand, Ryu Hyun-jin finished with a three-way exit in the top of the fifth inning to achieve the winning requirement, and Ryu Hyun-jin, who had a calf injury in the previous game against Cleveland, went down the mound without difficulty to fill five innings.
On this day, Ryu Hyun-jin threw 86 pitches in 5 innings and scored 2 runs (no ERA). His best speed was 91.1 miles (146.6 km). He tied the Cubs lineup with just two hits and struck out three while allowing two walks. As a result, Ryu Hyun-jin lowered the average ERA from 4.00 to 2.57.
Toronto, which started the bullpen from the beginning of the 6th inning after Hyun-Jin Ryu, allowed 2 runs with a home run in the top of the 7th inning, but scored 3 more runs in the 8th inning and won 11-4. It was the moment when Ryu Hyun-jin, who underwent Tommy John surgery in June of last year and completed a long rehabilitation, confirmed his victory after 444 days.
by: 배트맨토토