'LG without Kelly'Nce is the ace. The ball speed of 152 km went up again. 7K scoreless in 6 innings against Lotte. I can see 10 wins
Jul 23, 2024
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N.S. started the away game against Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 23rd and recorded four hits, two walks and seven strikeouts in six innings, meeting the requirements for a winning pitcher to win 10 games of the season. Replacement in the bottom of the seventh inning with a 1-0 lead.
If he becomes a winning pitcher, he will record 10 wins of the season and all four wins against Lotte.
Ence showed a strong performance against Lotte. He took the mound three times against Lotte this season and recorded quality starts all three times, becoming a winning pitcher. He had three wins and no losses and a 2.45 ERA.
Lotte took out all the right-handed hitters in the entry against Ens on the same day and placed six players, but failed as a result.
After two outs in the bottom of the first inning, he gave up a walk to Son Ho-young, but Ence, who caught Reyes with a ground ball in front of the second base, easily passed it in the bottom of the second inning with three outs.
The first crisis came in the bottom of the third inning. LG center fielder Park Hae-min tried to make a no-bound catch and dropped it back to make a triple and became a third base with no outs.
However, Ence struck out Park Seung-wook and Yoon Dong-hee in a row, treated Jeon Joon-woo with a ground ball in front of the third base, and showed off his tremendous strength to overcome the crisis of third base with no outs.
Ence, who caught the ball with three outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, allowed a second hit to the lead Na Seung-yeop at the bottom of the fifth inning, but after catching Ko Seung-min with a fly to right field, he caught Son Sung-bin's ball himself and treated it as a double play leading to second base-1 and finished the fifth inning.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Yoon hit a double to left-center after one out, and Jeon allowed Jeon to walk after a full count. Son Ho-young was caught on a foul fly by the first baseman, but Reyes had an infield hit to the second baseman. Second baseman Shin Min-jae kicked the ball into center field with his glove to prevent a run.
With two outs and a full base, Jung Hoon struck out swinging with a high fastball of 151km to end the inning. In the sixth inning, the number of pitches increased to 92 and was eventually replaced by Baek Seung-hyun in the bottom of the seventh inning in consideration of Sunday's appearance.
It once again overwhelmed Lotte's lineup with four pitches: a maximum of 152km fastball (34), a 142km cutter (31), a 135km changeup (20), and a 122km curve (7).
In the game against Lotte, his ERA improved to 1.85, with five runs in 24 ⅓ innings. With good pitching on the day, the season's ERA fell from 4.15 to 3.93.
indyk@sportschosun.com
