"I'm afraid the team will look weak because of me" What kind of conversation did you have with the coach
Jul 12, 2024
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With the save situation, he couldn't get the closing pitcher to throw to the end. It was on the director's mind, too.
The game between SSG Landers and Lotte Giants at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 11th. SSG faced the defense in the top of the last ninth inning with a 5-2 lead. As it is a save situation, closer Moon Seung-won took the mound according to the standard.
However, the first batter's game was twisted from the beginning. In the match against leadoff hitter Jeon Joon-woo, Moon Seung-won, who allowed a solo home run to left-center with a 149km fastball, struggled by allowing a hit to Reyes and a walk to Na Seung-yeop. He looked a little less confident.
Yoon Dong-hee caught one out when the ball touched in 2B became an infield fly, but he allowed a timely hit to the left for the second time after the first ball again in the match against the next batter, Roh Jin-hyuk. Second baseman Reyes scored.
Moon Seung-won allowed two runs. In the end, the bench moved. Director Lee Soo-yong lowered Moon Seung-won and raised Cho Byung-hyun. Cho escaped the crisis with a strikeout and an outfield fly.
Moon Seung-won, who took the mound in the save requirement, came down the mound with a complicated mind, and Cho Byung-hyun, who took the mound in relief, took his first save. SSG also won 5-4 and went on the road to Gwangju.
The next day, the 12th, ahead of the match against KIA in Gwangju. After completing the training, Moon Seung-won encountered head coach Lee Sung-yong while returning to the locker. Moon Seung-won first smiled and bowed and approached the director. Director Lee Soo-yong also joked with a smile, saying, "Didn't everything happen yesterday?"
Asked what kind of conversation he had with Moon Seung-won, director Lee Sung-yong said, `I didn't talk much yesterday, and I thought I would talk to him if I saw him today, but he said hello first. Seung-won was very burdened. He said, "He's the closing pitcher, but he kept showing bad performances, so he thought the team itself looked weak because of him."
Then "I told him not to think like that at all. Think about the performance you did in the first half. It seems that people are struggling and struggling at the end of the full period continues in the second half, but a person cannot continue to do well. There is a cycle. No one thinks so. The front desk, the coaching staff, I think you're the last one, and that's still the same, so why can't you trust yourself. I told him to think selfishly for the time being."
Short closer experience in the past, but time spent as a full-time closer for the first time since debuting this year. Moon Seung-won, who made 17 saves in the first half of the year, was active, but it is true that his pitching is also cautious as he has struggled recently. However, coach Lee Sung-yong firmly trusts and supports closing pitcher Moon Seung-won. Director Lee said, "(Yesterday) it was really hard to decide. Still, I told him to brush it off quickly and forget it. If it's Moon Seung Won, I think he'll overcome it well," he said, giving a boost.
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