'This is the power of Japan's 10 wins' The only comfort for LG's self-esteem collapse. He silenced his team's batting average with a fastball of 153 kilometers
Jul 11, 2024
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The LG Twins led 2-0 at home against the KIA Tigers in Jamsil on the 10th, allowed a tie in the top of the ninth inning, and lost 2-5 in the top of the 10th inning. A weak bullpen and a weak lineup. It was a defeat that made me feel the current state of LG.
Still, there was one comforting thing. It was foreign pitcher Detrick N.S.
In seven ⅓ innings, Ence allowed two hits, one walk, and six strikeouts. He recorded the most innings pitched along with the first seven innings this season.
Contrary to what he was nervous about in the beginning, he blocked it perfectly from the first inning. In the top of the fourth inning, Socrates, the leader, handled all 10 batters and marched perfectly. He allowed No. 2 Choi Won-joon to hit left, but immediately stopped the second base steal by checking, and again, from Kim Do-young to No. 9 Park Chan-ho, he recorded seven consecutive hitters, continuing his perfect pitching with one hit and no four outs until the sixth inning.
In the top of the seventh inning, he gave up a walk to the first Socrates and allowed a sacrifice bunt to Choi Won-joon, facing a crisis of one out and second base, but he caught Kim Do-young and Choi Hyung-woo with miscues and continued to score no runs. In the top of the eighth inning, he also caught the lead, Na Sung-bum, with a fly to left field, but Kim Sun-bin hit a heavy hit after a close game going up to the 13th pitch and reached the limit. In the end, the replacement was decided as the number of pitches reached 97 with a 1-point difference of 1-0.
His fastball pitch of up to 153km was so good that he sprayed 54 balls, more than half of them, on the day. I had 19 cutters and 19 curves with my fastball, and I added 3 sliders and 2 changeups. He clearly showed his ball power after winning 10 games in Japan.
It's ENCE who jagged during the first half of the year. He got off to a good start with two wins, no losses and an ERA of 3.54, recording four quality starts in the first five games of the opening. However, in the next six games, he was sluggish with one win, two losses and a 7.31 ERA. There was only one quality start.
Casey Kelly was also sluggish at the time, and manager Yeom Kyung-yeop publicized the replacement of foreign pitchers.
Ens, who tried to adapt to the KBO League by adjusting the position of the pitchboard, adjusting the arm position, and changing the pitch design, has shown a different pitching since then. Until the match against KIA on the 10th, he had 4 wins and 1 loss with a 2.98 ERA in eight games. The quality start was number five.
In his first appearance in the second half, he showed perfect pitching against KIA, which has the best batting performance. I'm sure Ence added a lot of confidence.
LG's expected first start came out in his first appearance in the second half. Belief is building up.
indyk@sportschosun.com
