Lotte Rookie's awakening, "KK → SV with 1 out full base shudder." "We shouldn't stick to it by force → Even if it's right, let's throw it without regret."

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Lotte Giants' "super rookie" Park Jung-min (23) made a remarkable effort to harvest saves following his first appearance in the first team game. It was his first save in his professional career, which he earned by taking the mound in a desperate crisis that almost gave up the game. But what was more valuable than that was the trick he learned on the mound.

Park Jung-min took the mound with his team leading 6-3 in an away game against the Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 28th. Kim Won-joong, his former pitcher, rushed to the mound at a time when he was in crisis with two runs, but he played by preventing additional runs.

There was a crisis because it was the first game of the first team, not an exhibition game. Park Jung-min, who received a double from Diaz, who met first, cut the right-center gap, was on the verge of loading the bases with one out, allowing pinch hitter Jeon Byung-woo to hit the ball. However, Kim Young-woong and Park Se-hyuk were both struck out, ending the game as it was. He made his first professional save.

In fact, Park Jung-min did not win or lose in six exhibition games, but he made the opening entry with an outstanding record of one save and one hold with zero ERA. The performance continued in the regular league and was impressed by Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung.

Park Jung-min, who met shortly after the game, said, "I woke up on the mound and overcame the tension, but after throwing it, I feel like I'm dreaming and I can't believe it."

Park Jung-min said he tried to play a head-to-head match between strength and strength, but he realized it by facing Diaz. Park Jung-min said, "I threw it as it came out, but I lost when I went with strength and strength. "After I got a double from Diaz, I thought I shouldn't stick to it completely with strength," he confessed. "When I took the ball count unfavorably in the beginning, I quickly adjusted the zero, and I played with unfounded confidence that if the ball went in only where I thought it would be, I could never play," he recalled.

Park Jung-min's solution was "convinced of his ball." When he dedicated the ball to Jeon Byung-woo, Park Jung-min said, "After going through difficulties, I changed my mind when I met Kim Young-woong. "Even if I get one more hit, I decided to throw strikes with all my might and throw them without regret," he explained.

Fortunately, the result was perfect. He ended the game with three strikeouts and two strikeouts. Park Jung-min said, "As the zero point was set, I gained confidence, and I thought 'I blocked it'," expressing the thrill of the last moment. In particular, the scene of catching the last out count was so vivid that it seemed to come out in a dream, he said, expressing overwhelming emotion.

Immediately after the game, head coach Kim Tae-hyung also praised rookie Park Jung-min, who took the mound in a really difficult situation, for overcoming the pressure of his first appearance in the opening game and pitching so well."

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