'Dr. K Big Bang" 13.2 Anderson vs. 13.1 Hernandez per 9 innings. I'm so proud of my escape from 3 consecutive losses

Aug 20, 2024

LG Hernandez and SSG Anderson. Sports Chosun DB

The game between LG and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 8th, LG Hernandez gestures to catcher Park Dong-won after catching Doosan Huh Kyung-min with an outfield fly in the bottom of the 5th inning. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.08.08/

The game between LG and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 8th, LG Hernandez, who finished pitching in the bottom of the second inning, is heading to the dugout. Jamsil = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.08.08/

A game between the Doosan Bears and SSG Landers at Jamsil Stadium on the 29th. SSG Anderson is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.06.29/

They lost three consecutive games. The LG Twins fell to third place after being swept by the No. 1 KIA Tigers. It is 1.5 games behind the second-place Samsung Lions and 1.5 games behind the fourth-place Doosan Bears.

SSG Landers are not good either. All three consecutive weekend games were lost to the Hanwha Eagles. Although ranked fifth, it is only one game behind the sixth-ranked KT Wiz, the seventh-ranked Hanwha Eagles, and the eighth-ranked Lotte Giants.

In the crisis, the ace of both teams will face off in Jamsil. LG's Eliaser Hernandez will take the mound and SSG's Drew Anderson will take the mound.

Anderson has replaced Robert Duggar, who was sluggish early on. It's a perfect success story. While Duggar lost three games without winning six games and had a 12.71 ERA, Anderson led the team's mound with 9-1 losses and a 2.88 ERA in 16 games (15 starts).

Hernandez, who even brought in Casey Kelly, the best foreign pitcher in LG's history to throw in the KBO League for six years, during the season, built trust in fans by showing a clear ace in two pitching. He has one win and a 2.45 ERA in two games.

Hernandez, who became the winning pitcher with two hits (one home run) and one walk, seven strikeouts and one run in five innings against Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 8th, had a quality start with six hits (one home run) and no four strikeouts and two runs against Hanwha in Daejeon on the 14th. He met the requirements for victory, but unfortunately failed to become a winning pitcher due to a come-from-behind loss.

SSG starter Anderson is pitching hard in the game between SSG and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 7th. Gocheok = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.08.07/

Hernandez and Anderson met at a time when they had to break the losing streak.

The reason why the two have fun is that they both strike out a lot. Anderson struck out 114 in 78 innings. He struck out 13.2 in nine innings. Some even say that if he threw from the beginning of the season, he would have set a record for strikeouts.

Hernandez also had a strikeout parade in two games. He struck out 16 in 11 innings. Converting to 9 innings, it has a strikeout rate of 13.1, which never falls behind Anderson.

Anderson throws curves, cutters, sliders, etc. on a powerful fastball of up to 155km. Hernandez faces batters by playing right and left coater walks with various pitches such as sweeper, two-seam, cutter, curve, slider, and change-up with up to 152km of fastball.

Since it is a match between losing teams in a row, the early atmosphere is important, and the flow can be caught only by drawing the first point from the opponent's ace and leading. Somehow, it became a game where the ace's pride was at stake. In addition to the strikeout match, something to see has been added.

indyk@sportschosun.com