"Hit it comfortably. If you can't do it, you can lose." Nasta responded to the flower director's joke with a come-from-behind two-run shot. That's why I brought him here for 15 billion won
Aug 17, 2024
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a shot that led the team to victory. At the most necessary moment, the shot burst from the best player.
KIA Tigers' Na Sung-beom brought his team one step closer to winning the regular league.
Na Sung-bum started as the 5th-designated hitter in an away game against the LG Twins in Jamsil on the 16th and recorded 1 hit and 2 RBIs in 4 at-bats. The one hit was a come-from-behind two-run shot.
It was Na Sung-beom, who failed to hit LG starter Choi Won-tae with a fly to center field in the first at-bat in the top of the second inning, a fly to shortstop in the second at-bat in the top of the fourth inning, and a ground ball in front of the first base in the third at-bat in the top of the seventh inning. Not only Na Sung-beom but also other hitters were tied up by Choi Won-tae.
In the top of the ninth inning, trailing 0-2, Choi Won-joon walked against LG closer Yoo Young-chan, and Kim Do-young scored one run with a double in left-center to change the atmosphere. Na Sung-bum appeared on the third base with one out, and he rolled up a low 150km fastball on the third pitch in 1B1S and hit a come-from-behind two-run shot that flew wide.
The first game of a three-game series with the second-place LG. Na Sung-bum's come-from-behind two-run shot in front of the defeat increased the distance to LG to five games, allowing him to find a comfort.
Na Sung-beom said "I thought Socrates would tie the game at third base with no outs and I would go out as the first batter, but Socrates was grounded out, so I thought I had to solve it somehow."The fielders went in with a little comfort that they should defend forward and hit only an outfield fly."
He only aimed for fastballs. "Yoo Young-chan was a good fastball pitcher, so I went in with the idea that I should not be late for the fastball."Na Sung-beom said, "There was a foul on the first pitch, but the timing was too late.So I prepared it with the idea of getting the timing faster.
It wasn't the usual course to hit a home run. He hit a home run on the corner of his body. Na Sung-bum "I didn't know how to hit it"Most of today's balls came outside, but I think the bat went out unknowingly to the ball that came toward the body, and that led to the home run."
Is it because of director Lee Bum-ho's joke. The joke went right. Na Sung-beom said "The director just told me to play comfortably. He said if you can't do well, you can lose. He said, "I have a sense of responsibility because you always trust me and send me out and give me faith, so I want to repay you more, but I couldn't, but I'm happy that I've repaid my faith in this game because it was an important game today."
indyk@sportschosun.com
