The reason why the flower director kept the center line even if he changed the number 1 and 2. 8 hits, 9 RBIs, 7 runs
Jul 10, 2024
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KIA won 11-4 in an away game against the LG Twins in Jamsil on the 9th. He easily beat second-place LG with 17 hits.
On this day, KIA made a new top hitter using Socrates Brito as a top hitter. Socrates has been batting a lot lately as he has mainly been batting second. Socrates started as the first hitter in 802 days since the match against Suwon KT Wiz on April 28, 2022.
KIA had a hard time forming a table setter throughout the first half. I tried to find the best combination by using several players depending on the right and left pitchers, but it was not easy.
KIA manager Lee Bum-ho said "I had a lot of worries about the first batter. (Kim) It's good to get on base after having Do-young once, but I thought my scoring ability would decrease"I thought I'd put Socrates first. The central batting line (Kim Do-young, Choi Hyung-woo, and Na Sung-beom) seems to be caught to some extent. Kim Sun-bin fits well, so I think it would be good to put it on No. 2. Today, Socrates and (Choi) Won-jun are attached. Won-jun has been in good shape recently and played well against LG. He explained why he composed No. 1 and No. 2 as Socrates-Choi Won-jun.
We could have put Socrates at No. 2 and put Choi Won-jun at No. 1, but putting Socrates at No. 1…"Since Socrates played well at No. 2, I thought it would be better to have another at-bat, so I talked to the batting coach to put him at No. 1."I decided that it would be better to put Socrates at No. 1 and Choi Won-jun at No. 2 than to put Choi Won-jun at No. 1 and Socrates at No. 2, so I planned it like this today."
He said that number 1 and 2 could change in the future. Manager Lee said, `It's best to put one as the first hitter, but since pitchers' left and right hands change, I try to make a high probability choice by checking the performance of each game,' adding, `I'm going to set up No. 1 and No. 2 with the players who hit the opposing team well then. I will set the table with players who were good for the other team and make it possible to score points from the center" he said.
In the end, coach Lee's current plan is to fix the central lineup of Kim Do-young, Choi Hyung-woo, and Na Sung-bum, and to flexibly organize the table setters according to their conditions and relative performance.
The first day was right. Choi Won-joon, who had a batting average of 448 (13 hits in 29 at-bats) against LG this season, also recorded good performance of 2 hits in 5 at-bats and 1 walk and 2 points.
In addition, Kim Do-young scored four points on two walks and two hits in four at-bats, Choi Hyung-woo scored three hits, five RBIs and two runs in five at-bats, and Na Sung-beom scored three hits, three RBIs and one run in four at-bats, making three central hitters eight hits, nine RBIs and seven runs. The synergy effect with three people was definitely good. There was good reason why coach Lee did not try to separate the three.
Kim Sun-bin, who played sixth, also performed well with two hits and two RBIs in five at-bats, allowing KIA to easily lead from the beginning and dominate the game.
indyk@sportschosun.com
