Choo Shin-soo. yunhap news
When Shin-Soo Choo (SSG Landers) left the Texas Rangers to organize his major league life and entered the KBO League, KIA Tigers ace Hyun-Jong Yang left for the United States for a new challenge and wore a Texas uniform.
On the 8th, Yang Hyun-jong and Choo Shin-soo, who returned from SSG Landers Field in Incheon, had their first head-to-head match.
Yang Hyun-jong played with 2 hits, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts and no runs in 6 innings. After Yang Hyun-jong went down, SSG scored a goal to win 3-0, and Yang Hyun-jong finished the match without a win or loss.
In the match once morest Shin-Soo Choo, he won by decision. Shin-soo Choo failed to produce hits, such as striking out three times at bat.
Shin-soo Choo looked back on the match with Yang Hyun-jong ahead of the second day of the three-weekend match once morest the KIA on the 9th and said, “It’s because he has a lot of experience. He’s seasoned. I can see why he’s considered the best left-handed pitcher in Korea.”
He added, “He is a pitcher who is good at slow speed control and has the ability and confidence to throw any pitch as a strike from any count.”
