Strikeout war code name 'Doctor'...Ryu Hyun-jin scored 17 in a game in 2010
Strikeout war code name 'Doctor'...Ryu Hyun-jin scored 17 in a game in 2010
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As the LG Twins' winning percentage (0.690), which showed off its prowess in the "extreme first place" at the beginning of the professional baseball 2025 KBO League, collapsed, the battle for the top ranks is fierce. With the second-ranked Samsung Lions chasing LG by three games, and the third-ranked Hanwha Eagles and the fourth-ranked Lotte Giants closely tied by half games, each team's ace is starting to compete for "Doctor K."메이저놀이터
As of the 28th, when nine clubs played up to 31 games in at least 27 games, except for the NC Dinos, who are suffering from disruptions in game management due to safety diagnosis at Changwon NC Park, Cody Ponce (31), a foreign pitcher who leads Hanwha's sensation, is ranked first in the strikeout category. Debuting on the KBO stage this season, he took the mound in seven games and was responsible for 46 innings, striking out 61 times. He likes to use changeups that drop in front of home plate with a maximum speed of 157 kilometers. He recorded double-digit strikeouts in two consecutive games, including 12 strikeouts in seven innings against SSG Landers on the 15th and 13 strikeouts in seven innings against NC on the 20th. Ponce's related goal is to surpass the record of most strikeouts in a game set by his senior team Ryu Hyun-jin (38) in 2010. On May 11, his fifth year as a pro baseball player, Ryu threw 124 pitches in nine innings and secured 17 strikeouts. This is the highest number in a single KBO game in regular innings. When Ponce said he wanted to break Ryu's record, Ryu answered "Good Luck." This means that it is almost impossible in modern baseball, where starting pitchers rarely exceed 100 pitches, and the division of starting-bulpen-finishing division is taking place.
Drew Anderson (31, SSG Landers) is also gaining momentum recently. He has only won one game in six games because he did not receive support from the lineup, but he entered the competition starting with 13 strikeouts against Samsung on the 9th. On the 26th, he threw 98 pitches in 6 1/3 innings against the Kiwoom Heroes, recording 14 strikeouts, the most in the league this season. He is closely following Ponce with 54 strikeouts, with a maximum speed of 156 kilometers, changeups, curves, and cutters.
Park Se-woong of Lotte is keeping his pride as the best ace in this category (51). The number of strikeouts per inning is 1.35, slightly ahead of Ponce (1.33). All three players, including Anderson, who scored 1.60 per inning, pitched 173 2/3 innings for the Doosan Bears in 2021, surpassing Ariel Miranda (1.30 per inning), who recorded the most strikeouts (225) in a season.