"I caused trouble. I'm throwing hard for the fans." After the SNS incident, the 39-year-old Pilseung Man, who prevented all crises of ERA 0.84, had only LG fans
Aug 21, 2024
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In the home game against SSG Landers in Jamsil on the 20th, Kim Jin-sung struck out Choi Jung, SSG's face, with two outs and full bases loaded in the top of the sixth inning, a 2-2 tie.
He took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning, but soon gave up two points in the top of the third inning to tie the score at 2-2. In order to bring the flow of the game, the score had to be drawn first.
In the top of the sixth inning, LG posted Ham Deok-ju and Ham Deok-ju quickly caught two outs, but he gave up consecutive walks to Oh Tae-gon and Kim Jihoon Choi. In the second at-bat of Choo Shin-soo, LG posted Kim Yoo-young, but even Kim Yoo-young allowed Choo Shin-soo to walk, causing a crisis with the bases loaded with three walks after two outs. In this case, the possibility of losing a point to SSG increases, but that did not happen to Kim Jin-sung, who took the mound. Kim Jin-sung threw two folk balls in a row against Choi Jung, caught two strikes first, showed a fastball that fell out to the outside, and then induced a swing and miss with a fork ball on the fourth pitch, but he was not deceived, so 2B2S. Kim Jin-sung threw a fork ball again, but this time he fell slightly from high to high, and Choi Jeong's bat swung and missed, striking out.
He also came up in the top of the seventh inning, grounded out No. 4 Herredia in front of the second base, struck out Han Yu-sum, and made Park Sung-han fly to right field. No hit and no run in the first ⅓. As Kim Jin-sung overcame the crisis, LG had a chance left, and gave up one run in the top of the eighth inning, but Austin's come-from-behind two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning allowed him to win 4-3.
Kim Jin-sung has been holding out all season as LG's only must-win team. Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is putting several pitchers as a must-win team, but he has not shown steady performance and continues to show ups and downs.
Kim Jin-sung wrote a controversial article on social media in mid-July and went down to the second division. He has been pitching well since returning on the 2nd. He has a 0.84 ERA with one win and four holds in nine games. He has six hits, one walk, seven strikeouts, and one run in 10 ⅔ innings.
Especially when there was a runner, he took many turns and blocked it well. There were 13 succession runners, but only one of them came into the groove. This means that the crisis has been overcome well.
Kim Jin-sung said of his appearance with the bases loaded with two outs in the sixth inning after the game, `I don't feel much pressure because I always go out in such situations these days. He said, "I just throw it because I'm doing it."He said, "When there is no runner, there is a high probability of losing a point, but I think it's right." It seems to block better when there is a successor." Then "In a crisis situation, I think my concentration is getting better. I threw hard for the fans."
In the end, the game of folk ball, which is the main weapon. Kim Jin-sung said, `I know that the opponent will throw folk ball, so I throw it when I hit it,' adding, `If the last ball didn't fall, it could have been a home run. I was able to strike out less"
Regarding the recent good pitching, Kim Jin-sung said, `I thought I caused a lot of trouble because of bad things, so I thought that when I returned, I would only throw harder for the fans, and I'm throwing hard right now."
indyk@sportschosun.com
