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Smiling at the “Star Festival” are the shared all-stars (LG, Kiwoom, NC, Kia, Hanwha).
Nanum defeated the Dream All-Stars (KT, Doosan, Samsung, SSG, Lotte) 4-2 at the 2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO All-Star Game held at SSG Landers Stadium in Incheon on the 6th.
Nanum, who has won three consecutive years since 2022, narrowed the gap to 17 wins and 28 losses.
In Nanum, Choi Hyung-woo (Kia Tigers) hit a big hit including a single in the second inning with 4 hits, 2 RBIs and 1 run.
Choi Hyung-woo was selected as the All-Star and the Most Valuable Player (MVP). He received 19 votes out of 21 in the reporter’s vote, beating Austin Dean (LG Twins) who received 2 votes.
Choi Hyung-woo won the All-Star title at the age of 40 years, 7 months and 4 days, becoming the oldest winner. He broke the record of 36 years, 9 months and 11 days set by Lee Byung-gyu in the 2011 All-Star Game.
Choi Hyung-woo received a prize of 10 million won.
Austin powered into Nanham’s win with two hits, two RBIs and two runs in four at-bats, but did not receive the Mr. All-Star award.
There were 10 pitchers on the Nanum mound, and all of them, except for Kim Jae-yeol (NC Dinos), were scoreless.
Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha Hawks), who was selected as the starting pitcher for the Nanum All-Star Game, pitched in one scoreless inning with one strikeout for the first time in 12 years at the KBO All-Star Game. He did not give up any hits or walks.
Winning pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin received the Outstanding Pitcher Award.
The Best Hitter Award went to Dream All-Star David McKinnon (Three Star Lions) who had 2 hits and 2 RBI in 3 at-bats, including a two-run shot in the bottom of the 4th inning.
Ryu Hyun-jin and McKinnon received a bonus of 3 million won.
Despite forecast monsoon rains and hot and humid weather, the event opened with 22,500 tickets sold out.
As soon as the game started, professional baseball stars braved the scorching heat and strong winds to bring colorful performances to the packed stadium. The audience couldn’t hide their laughter at the stars’ performances.
Nanum All-Stars first batter Kim Do-young (KIA) imitated the male lead Sun Jae from the recently popular TV series “Choose Sun Jae and Jump”, while Ronnie Dawson (Kiwoom Heroes) took inspiration from the recently popular TV series “Choose Sun Jae and Jump” and took on the Mara Tang Hulu Challenge and created Tang Hulu wearing costumes.
Austin claimed that his childhood dream was to become the owner of a pizza restaurant. He rode his bicycle, carried a pizza box, took out a real pizza and gave it to Liang Yizhi.
Jung Soo-bin (Doosan Bears) dressed up as his nickname “Otter,” and KT Wiz pitcher Kim Min dressed up as Ali, the main character from the cartoon “Dr. Plunge.” Yang Yi-ji appeared with his daughter and son wearing panda hats inspired by his nickname “Yang Bao.”
Park Dong-won dressed up as actor Kim Kwang-kyu, who resembles himself, and David McKinnon (Samsung) dressed up as King Kong, giving heart-pounding performances.
Lotte Giants’ Yoon Dong-hee is thought to resemble female volleyball player Kim Hee-jin, who hits the ball while wearing a volleyball uniform with “Dong Hee-jin” written on it.
Lotte’s Hwang Sung-bin transformed into a “delivery nation” rider and appeared on the field. While his teammate pitcher Park Se-woong was standing on the pitcher’s mound, he delivered rosin with an “iron bag”.
It is sharing that plays a leading role.
Kia’s Choi Hyung-woo hit a home run after entering the batter’s box as the leadoff hitter in the top of the second inning and performing a show of handing the bat to his son and the helmet to his daughter. He dressed up as a li and aimed at Kim Min’s first fastball, which went over the right-center field fence.
Nanum scored an extra point with a home run by the “pizza delivery man”. In the top of the 3rd inning, Kim Hye-sung (Kium) hit a double in the inning with 2 outs and a runner on second base, and Austin hit an excellent two-run arch.
Austin, who won the Home Run Derby the day before, showed good form by hitting a home run in the All-Star Game.
Then, with two outs, Na Seong-beom (Kia)’s single and Choi Hyung-woo’s double, Nanum reached second and third base, but Jonathan Peraza (Hanwha) struck out and failed to score.
Dream, who was dragged away, chased after King Kong’s home run.
In the bottom of the 4th inning, with 2 outs, Choi Jung (SSG Landers) hit a big hit, and McKinnon, who was right behind him at the plate, hit a two-run home run over the right side wall.
However, Jang Hyun-sik (1st inning), Choi Ji-min (1st inning, KIA), and Cho Sang-woo (2nd inning, KIA) continued to pitch scoreless, and Nanum maintained its 1-point lead.
In the bottom of the 7th inning, Dream team’s leadoff hitter Park Ji-hwan (SSG) performed a wonderful dance towards PSY’s “new face” and hit a single to left center, but failed to generate a run.
Nanum, who maintained the lead, scored another point in the 8th inning.
Austin, the top hitter, hit a dominant double, and then, with one out on second base, Choi Hyung-woo hit a timely single to right field.
Joo Hyun-sang (Hanwha), who took the mound in the bottom of the 9th inning, pitched an inning without giving up a single hit and won by two runs as Nanum led 4-2.
Meanwhile, the Best Performance Award went to Lotte Hwang Seong-bin, who appeared as a Dream All-Star. Hwang received a prize of 3 million won.
(Incheon = Newsis)
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