Eom Jun-sang, MVP of the 'No. 1 overall candidate'! Deoksu defeated Seoul Convention High School to win the U-18 Spring Baseball Tournament for the second consecutive year

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Defending champion Deoksu High School succeeded in defending the title of the Spring Baseball Tournament under the age of 18 (U-18) in Seoul Metropolitan Government.

Deoksu High School won the final round of the "2026 Seoul Under 18 (U-18) Spring Baseball Tournament" held at the Gu Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 19th with a 3-2 victory over Seoul Convention High School.

The Seoul Under 18 (U-18) Spring Baseball Tournament is the first high school tournament hosted by the Seoul Baseball Softball Association. The competition, which has been held at Shinwol and Gu District Baseball Stadium since the 5th, was attended by 26 teams from high schools in Seoul.

At the bottom of the first inning, Deoksu scored a point first. Convention High School tied 1-1 in the top of the third inning, Deoksu High School ran away with one run in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Convention High School recovered in the top of the eighth inning. However, Deoksu did not miss the last chance to attack in the bottom of the ninth inning. He made a walk-off hit and ended the breathtaking game on his own.

Sunlin Internet High School and Kyungdong High School took the joint third place in the competition. The MVP of the tournament was won by Eom Jun-sang (18), captain of Deoksu High School, the No. 1 candidate for the 2027 KBO Rookie Draft, which will be held later this year.

The Outstanding Pitcher Award was won by Chung Ju-young, a second-year student at Deoksu High School, Lee Ha-ram, a third-year student at Convention High School, and Seol Jae-min, a third-year student at Deoksu High School, respectively. Players who won the individual award were given gold ball park baseball product gift certificates from Wipan Co., Ltd.

Playerchon Hospital, the main title sponsor of this competition, is a designated hospital and cooperative hospital of the Seoul Baseball Softball Association.

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