"I told you not to catch me..." A painful catch error by an outfielder in the 10th inning? It turned out to be a sign miss
Aug 29, 2024
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LG Twins left fielder Choi Won-young missed a mistake while trying to catch Hwang Jae-kyun's foul fly in the top of the 10th inning with one out and runners on the first and third bases at Jamsil KT Wiz on the 28th.
LG allowed KT to come from behind to win 4-1 on the 28th, but allowed a 4-4 tie with two home runs, and gave up four runs in the top of the 10th inning and suffered a painful come-from-behind loss. And Choi Won-young's error came at the top of the 10th inning when he gave up one run at 4-5.
Choi Won-young ran to catch Hwang Jae-kyun's foul fly with one out and runners on the first and third bases, and third baseman Rojas prepared for the tag-up. However, Choi Won-young failed to catch the ball properly and dropped it because he paid too much attention to the home pitch. He fell into the foul area and was declared a foul, and was recorded as an error because he missed a catchable hit. After that, Hwang Jae-kyun walked and loaded the bases with one out, followed by Kang Baek-ho's pushout walk, Oh Jae-il's sacrifice fly to right field, and Bae Jeong-dae's infield hit, taking one point each, making it 4-8 and eventually losing by four points.
If Choi Won-young caught the ball properly and caught Rojas at home, he could have proceeded with the bottom of the 10th inning by one point, and even if he allowed Rojas to score, he could have attacked at the bottom of the 10th inning by two points. The error seemed to have adversely affected the team's atmosphere.
However, LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop's explanation the next day was different from the atmosphere at the time. When the ball was floating, he gave an autograph not to catch it on the LG bench. Choi Won-young failed to catch it and went to catch it until the end and made an error. He made an error, but as a result, the coaching staff wanted.
Coach Yeom said, `I couldn't catch Choi Won-young in distance and throw him home to get him out. The third baseman gave an autograph not to catch it because he scored. But he made a mistake in signing." LG intentionally tried not to catch Hwang Jae-kyun's foul ball to play in the bottom of the 10th inning after giving only one run, but Choi Won-young made an error while trying to catch it without knowing it. Fortunately, LG continued to play against Hwang Jae-gyun as they wanted, but the result led to additional runs.
Coach Yeom was more disappointed in the eighth inning than in the 10th. Coach Yeom said "It wasn't that important to give 1 point and 4 points. The 8th episode was more important than that"I was most disappointed to give up the tie in the eighth inning.
indyk@sportschosun.com
