Bench clearing was unusual even though it was an exhibition game. The beginning of the incident was pitch clock.

The 2025 professional baseball KBO exhibition game between the LG Twins led by Yeom Kyung-yeop and the NC Dinos led by Lee Ho-joon was held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on Sunday. The result was LG's 3-0 victory. LG recorded four wins and five losses in exhibition games. After falling into a quagmire for five consecutive losses, NC has two wins and six losses.안전놀이터

Although it was an exhibition game, the two teams had a neck-and-neck race from the beginning. There was a dizzying scene in the top of the third inning. NC Park Min-woo was hit in the head by a 138-kilometer cutter by LG starting pitcher Elijah Hernandez.

Park, who was in pain after collapsing, got up soon and returned to the dugout supported by his training part. Immediately after replacing Seo Ho-cheol, a runner, he moved to a nearby hospital and underwent a CT scan, and was diagnosed as having nothing unusual.

Bench clearing also occurred in the bottom of the fourth inning. This was the situation. With runners on the first base with one out, NC's starting pitcher Kim Tae-kyung hit Park Hae-min on the first pitch. Afterwards, Park was preparing to hit, when Kim sprayed the ball after taking a windup.

The umpire immediately declared a time, and Park protested to the umpire. Kim pointed his finger at the pitch clock, and Park walked out to the mound, saying, "Why did you throw it?"

As a result, NC fielders immediately came forward to protect Kim Tae-kyung, and bench clearing broke out with all the players in the dugout of both teams. Fortunately, the situation did not get worse as the players of both teams calmed down Park Hae-min and Kim Tae-kyung. After that, Kim Tae-kyung struck out Park Hae-min after the game of the ninth pitch and was replaced by Kim Min-kyu.

The starting point of this bench clearing was the pitch clock that will take effect this season. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) has decided to officially implement the pitch clock from this year after conducting a trial run last year in order to expedite the operation of games.

In pitch clock, a pitcher must pitch within 20 seconds when there is no runner, and throw within 25 seconds when there is no runner. Batteries must complete batting preparation with both feet at the plate when eight seconds are marked. Violation of this will result in a penalty of ball to the pitcher and strike to the batter. Both pitchers and batters are paying great attention from exhibition games as it can have a big impact on the outcome.

Conscious of the pitch clock, Kim Tae-kyung had no choice but to feel impatient, and Park Hae-min could feel threatened by the sudden fly of the ball. It was a small happening made by pitch clock, which everyone is not familiar with yet.