Even though it was his 3rd loss (3 wins) of the season, the game against the Texas Rangers, in which Ryu Hyun-jin (36, Toronto Blue Jays) made his first quality start of the season (within 3 earned runs over 6 innings as a starter), was well-received.

Ryu Hyun-jin took the mound as a starting pitcher against Texas held at the Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 13th (Korean time), and finished with 5 hits (1 home run), 1 walk, 5 strikeouts, and 3 runs in 6 innings. 스포츠토토

MLB.com paid attention to the scene where Ryu Hyun-jin threw a 62.6 mile per hour (approximately 101 km) curveball to Nathaniel Law in the 4th inning to eliminate strikeouts.

The strikeout scene was posted on the official

Sports Illustrated (SI) also selected this scene as the highlight of the game.

SI wrote, “Ro’s expression on his way back to the dugout was irreplaceable,” and “I was completely taken aback by the extreme change in velocity that Ryu Hyun-jin showed.”

He added, "Today, Ryu Hyun-jin had 5 strikeouts, but none were as strategic as the slow curveball he threw to Law.

It was a huge strikeout."

Online sports media 'The Comeback' said, "An older pitcher has to be creative to catch a batter.

Toronto veteran Ryu Hyun-jin threw an absurdly slow pitch," and added, "Ro, who struck out in a dazed manner, is probably the only player to get this far in his MLB career."

“You wouldn’t have seen a slow ball,” he said.

It was also noted that he succeeded in his first quality start after undergoing left elbow ligament fusion (Tommy John) surgery in June last year.

CBS Sports said, "Ryu Hyun-jin, who had only pitched 5 innings since his return, succeeded in his first quality start.

In 40 innings, he showed solid performance, including an ERA of 2.93, WHIP of 1.05, and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 33 to 9. “It shows,” he said.

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