'He said the second half was better...' 'Jamsil Jesus' tied to the No. 1 team's bat. 9 hits and 5 runs in 5 innings, the most loss of the season (sleeping site)
Jul 09, 2024
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Kelly started at home against KIA in Jamsil on the 9th and allowed nine hits, one walk, one strikeout and five runs in five innings, putting him on the verge of losing the game.
Kelly, who finished the first half with four wins, seven losses and a 4.47 ERA, fell into a slump in May, but after June, he had a good record of 2-1 with a 2.70 ERA in six games.
In response, LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop put Kelly as the first starter in the second half of the year and played the first three consecutive games against No. 1 KIA. However, Kelly failed to block KIA's powerful lineup.
He gave up three runs on four consecutive hits in the top of the first inning. Kelly, who was hit by a superior double by the lead Socrates, but started with one out thanks to right fielder Hong Chang-ki's jump catch, caught a 1B2S advantageous count against No. 2 Choi Won-joon and finally gave up a walk.
He gave up the first run with a double in left-center on the second fastball thrown to No. 3 Kim Do-young, and a missed hit to No. 4 Choi Hyung-woo became a hit in front of center field, allowing another run. He allowed No. 5 Na Sung-bum to hit right-center, making it 1st and 3rd base with 1 out, and gave up the 3rd run after getting a right-handed hit by No. 6 Kim Sun-bin. He barely finished the first inning by catching No. 7 Byun Woo-hyuk with a third baseman fly and No. 8 Kim Tae-gun with a ground ball in front of the shortstop.
Kelly, who finished the top of the second inning with three outs, lost another run to the top lineup in the top of the third inning. The lead Kim Do-young hit a heavy hit and induced a hit that was missed by Choi Hyung-woo, but this became a double that fell on the left-wing line that neither left nor shortstop caught, putting them on the verge of second and third bases with no outs. Center fielder Park Hae-min caught No. 5 Na Sung-bum's hit ball in left-center with a diving catch and allowed one run with a sacrifice fly. After that, he caught Kim Sun-bin with a foul fly to the first base and Byun Woo-hyuk with a fly to the second base to prevent additional runs. It was a crisis in the top of the fourth inning as well. He struck out the leader Kim Tae-gun with a swing and miss, but the ball fell back and got on base with a sick out. After two outs, Choi Won-joon hit a left-handed hit to become first and second base with one out and faced Kim Do-young. This time, he handled it with a fly to right field and went scoreless.
After one out in the top of the fifth inning, he allowed Na Sung-bum to hit a double over the middle of the month and Kim Sun-bin to right-handed hit, allowing one more run. Before I knew it, it was 0-5. The number of pitches was 81 until the fifth inning.
LG's batters were helpless against KIA starter James Nail. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Moon Sung-joo was the only one to get on base due to a second baseman error. In the bottom of the fifth inning, four players, including Moon Bo-kyung, Park Dong-won, Koo Bon-hyuk, and Hong Chang-ki, hit a hit and chased two runs.
Kelly, who also has to take the mound on Sunday, was replaced by Kim Young-joon in the bottom of the sixth inning.
He threw 26 fastballs and 25 curves of up to 149km, and faced KIA with 12 changeups, 10 sliders and seven two-seam, but it was not enough to prevent KIA hitters with good batting power.
indyk@sportschosun.com
