The birth of a 'left-handed peddy'. The same ball that silenced the strongest left-handed line of the winning team. The secret to winning the first place with strikeouts is a complete sweeper
Jun 30, 2024
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The LG Twins' powerful left-handed hitters were stuck. It was Kyle Hart of the NC Dinos, who had previously been a good target, but this time it was different. The secret was sweeper.
Hart and LG met three times this season.
The first is Jamsil Stadium on April 2nd. It was Hart's second appearance since his debut. Five innings, seven hits, five walks, 10 strikeouts, and four runs. LG failed to score until the third inning against Hearts, which it met for the first time, but scored two points in the bottom of the fourth inning and two points in the bottom of the fifth inning.
At that time, Kim Hyun-soo and Moon Bo-kyung hit two hits, and Park Hae-min and Moon Sung-joo hit one hit each, so left-handed hitters led the attack.
We had our second meeting in Changwon on May 2, a month later. In five ⅓ innings, he allowed five hits (one homer) with three walks, one strikeout, and four runs. Austin received a two-run shot, allowed two hits to Moon Sung-joo and one hit to Park Hae-min and Shin Min-jae, which also had a high proportion of left-handed hits.
The third meeting was different. In Changwon on the 28th, Hart recorded his first win against LG by allowing four hits, two walks, 10 strikeouts and one run in six ⅔ innings. He allowed only two hits, one to left-handed hitters Hong Chang-ki and Moon Bo-kyung, and only one hit to right-handed hitters Koo Bon-hyuk and Park Dong-won. LG's flagship left-handed hitters were clearly blocked, reducing runs and being able to become a winning pitcher. In particular, it was overwhelming to catch Shin Min-jae with a ground ball in front of the second base in the top of the fifth inning with no outs and a full base, and strike out Hong Chang-ki after two outs.
On this day, he had a good hit rate of 133, with two hits in 15 at-bats from a left-handed batter, and struck out seven.
And NC manager Kang In-kwon cited sweeper as the reason Hart effectively blocked LG left-handed hitters. Manager Kang said "Heart's slider is more like a sweeper than a slider now. The horizontal movement is big,' he said. "It's not easy for left-handed hitters to cope with."
"When I first came to the camp, I said I was throwing a sweeper, but the movement was not this big at that time,' he said."I modified and modified during the season, so now the completeness is higher."
Hart is 7-2 with a 2.94 ERA this season. The ERA is second to James Nail (2.51) of the KIA Tigers, and the multiple wins are tied for fifth. With 104 strikeouts, he is the only one to top the list with more than 100.
Eric Pedi's main weapon, who became MVP after achieving a triple crown last year, was the sweeper, and this year's 1st and 2nd ERA is also the sweeper. It seems certain that sweeper is the most emerging breaking point of the recent past.
indyk@sportschosun.com
