Is the pitching performance correct? Five games, nine home runs, SSG Oh Won-seok collapsed again
Aug 18, 2024
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Oh Won-seok took the mound as a starting pitcher in a home game against the Hanwha Eagles at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 18th. It was the first time in a week. Oh Won-seok, who became the winning pitcher for five runs in five innings against the Doosan Bears in Incheon on the 11th, went on the last day of the weekend's three consecutive games against Hanwha after a break on the 6th as the team's schedule was pushed back due to rain.
We got off to a good start. In the top of the first inning, Hanwha's top hitters, led by Jonathan Ferraza, Jang Jin-hyuk and Kim Tae-yeon, couldn't even touch Oh Won-seok's ball. Peraza and Jang Jin-hyuk struck out consecutive swings and misses, and Kim Tae-yeon's ball was also caught with a fly ball to right field.
After striking out leadoff hitter Noh Si-hwan with a swing and miss in the second inning, Chae Eun-sung allowed his first double. Hwang Young-mook's ball was caught by first baseman Oh Tae-gon's defense, with two outs and third base. Oh Won-seok was in trouble with the runner's scoring position. He failed to finish the inning by allowing Kim In-hwan to walk. He walked again to Choi Jae-hoon with two outs and runners on the first and third bases.
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In the second game against Peraza in the top of the third inning, he allowed a home run. It became a superior solo home run that caught a strike on the body of the first pitch, and a 143km fastball in the middle of the second pitch was driven over by Peraza's swing. After that, all three hitters were handled with miscues.
In the beginning of the fourth inning, the crisis came again. Oh Won-seok started the inning difficult by giving up a walk to Chae Eun-sung, the first batter of the inning. Hwang Young-mook's infield grounder led to one out and two outs. Kim In-hwan struck out swinging to secure two outs, but failed to overcome the next crisis.
The fork ball thrown to Choi Jae-hoon with two outs and a runner on second base became a two-run home run to the left. The second home run.
And Oh Won-seok, who continued the game again, was difficult to end the inning. 9th batter Lee Do-yoon hits right. Then, he walked again to Peraza, the first batter. With two outs and runners on the first and second bases, the first 140km fastball thrown against Jang Jin-hyuk went into the middle, making it a three-run home run to the left. Oh Won-seok, who allowed three homers only in the third and fourth innings, allowed six runs in an instant.
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The leadoff hitter Noh Si-hwan's ball was caught by shortstop Kim Sung-hyun with a straight hit, and Chae Eun-sung's ball was also handled with a fly to right field. Hwang allowed a straight walk at bat with two outs. However, Kim struck out Kim In-hwan to end the inning this time.
Oh Won-seok, who threw 97 pitches until the fifth inning, finished the game with five hits (three home runs) with six strikeouts, five walks and six runs ahead of the top of the sixth inning. He is the starting pitcher who has been playing the most consistently in the team's rotation without injury this season, but it is true that he has a low sense of stability. Oh Won-seok has only two quality starts (more than six innings and less than three earned runs) out of 25 appearances.
In particular, in the last five games, he has allowed as many as nine home runs, and he needs a clear preparation for long balls.
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