It fell from dawn and stopped for a while in the afternoon. There's a rain forecast... Will the SSG-LG match be held?
Aug 21, 2024
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Since the dawn of the 21st, Seoul has received a lot of rain due to the influence of Typhoon 'Jongdari'. It rained a lot mainly in Gangseo area, but Jamsil Stadium also rained heavily in the morning.
Fortunately, the rain stopped in the afternoon and the situation entered a lull. According to the forecast, 30-50mm of rain will fall in the afternoon, so you have to watch the weather conditions.
On the previous day, SSG and LG, which had been losing three consecutive games side by side, met and LG came from behind to win 4-3 and escaped from three consecutive losses first. LG focused on escaping consecutive losses by posting foreign aces such as Eliaser Hernandez and SSG, but neither of them could pitch as expected. Hernandez allowed only four hits and four walks, three strikeouts and two runs in four innings, and Anderson also allowed four hits and five walks, four strikeouts and two runs in five innings. The game was decided in the eighth inning amid a tight 2-2 race. In the top of the eighth inning, SSG led 3-2 with a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly on Lee Ji-young's left-handed double, but LG came from behind 4-3 with Austin's right double in the bottom of the eighth inning with no outs and runners on the second and third bases, and closing pitcher Yoo Young-chan blocked the top of the ninth inning to keep the victory.
LG, which fell to third place with three consecutive losses to KIA last weekend, should head to second place again with consecutive wins, and SSG, which has to keep its fifth place, should quickly end its four-game losing streak.
On the 21st, LG announced Lim Chan-kyu and SSG announced Roenis Elias.
Lim Chan-kyu has 7 wins, 5 losses and a 4.72 ERA this season. In the match against SSG, he pitched in two games and won, lost one game, and had a 2.08 ERA.
Elias has three wins and five losses and an earned run average of 4.39 in 15 games this season. He will take the mound for the first time in a game against LG this season. Last year, he pitched in three games and showed good performance with two wins, no losses and an ERA of 1.80.
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