Hanwha Eagles Um Sang-baek achieved his first quality start of the season after moving to Hanwha. Coincidentally, the opponent was KT Wiz, the "friendly team."바카라
Um Sang-baek allowed four hits, three outs, six strikeouts and one run in six innings in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League home game against KT at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 25th. Um Sang-baek, who achieved his first win of the season with four runs in five innings against NC in Daejeon on the 18th, played more than six innings for the first time since his transfer. However, Hanwha failed to become a winning pitcher with a 1-2 loss.
Um Sang-baek, who took off his hat and started the game after greeting KT fans at the third base at 90 degrees, was on the verge of first and second base by allowing a double to Huh Kyung-min and a walk to Jang Sung-woo after two outs in the top of the first inning, but he ended the inning by catching Hwang Jae-gyun with a ground ball to shortstop. In the top of the second inning, with the bases loaded with two outs, he turned Kim Min-hyuk into a fly ball to right field to end the inning without losing a run.
In the top of the second inning, Um warmed up his arms as if he felt uncomfortable, but he continued pitching without any problems. In the top of the third inning, Heo Kyung-min and Jang Sung-woo struck out consecutively, and Hwang Jae-gyun hit a fly ball to center field to leave the mound with three outs and three outs. In the top of the fourth inning, he lost his first run due to Kwon Dong-jin's timely hit with two outs and runners on the third base. However, he did not allow on-base hits in the top of the fifth and sixth innings and finished pitching on the day.
Looking back on the "first KT match since his debut," Um Sang-baek said, "It would have been better if I won, but it's a shame that the team lost. Still, I feel good because I pitched well in a long time," and added, "I think throwing a lot of innings was the best, and I think I'm finding balance."
He had a tight race with Soh Dong-joon, who was a teammate of the same team. Having returned as a starter this season, Soh joined Hanwha's lineup on the day with six innings of one hit, one walk and 10 strikeouts. After the game, Soh said, "I contacted Sang-baek the day before and cheered for him. I was playing catch ball before the game, and when I was playing next to him, I felt like I was playing a game against him."
"I texted Hyung-joon and asked him if he was the starting player tomorrow, but he said, 'Oh, it's Cho Hyung-joon,'" Um Sang-baek said with a smile. "But now KT's starting team is the same regardless of who goes out (because they all like it). Anyway, it was a good game, and I think I had a different and fun experience." He said, "I tried to throw it really the same way. So I think the result was good." I just threw my ball with the mindset that 'I'll throw my own ball and let him hit it on his own'. There was no bigger (difference) than I thought."
Ahead of this season, Um Sang-baek signed an FA contract for up to 7.8 billion won for four years and wore a Hanwha uniform. In all three games of the season, he got off to a disappointing start after failing to last five innings, but he has since found stability in the game.
Um Sang-baek said, "When I came to the FA and did it, I just wanted the team to win rather than my individual performance. Of course, there will be days when I do well and days when I don't do well, but I threw well this time, but I felt bad because I lost. I feel that way more. Last time, I lost four points and the team won, but I think that day felt better."
He pitched 156 ⅔ innings last year to post 13 wins. His goal this year, and going forward, is to continue playing as many innings as he moves forward. "I don't care much about winning because I keep following him as I keep trying," Eom said. Even if he had posted a record of winning consecutive games, he would have felt like, "If it breaks, it will break." He stressed, "If I do my best, the result will come out after the end of the year."