Misjudgment of 'Did you get hot in Ulsan?' Misjudgment → Defensive without screws → Checker. Up to five-out saves to rookies. a one-point gap that he couldn't overcome in the end
Aug 07, 2024
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The LG Twins lost to the Doosan Bears due to poor defense. LG had a chase until the end of the away game against Doosan held in Jamsil on the 6th, but failed to overcome the 6-to-7 and one-point gap.
LG, which lost three consecutive games due to the loss on the day, was 6.5 games apart from the No. 1 KIA Tigers. The third-place Samsung Lions also lost to the Hanwha Eagles on the same day and maintained the second and third places without a ride, but narrowed down to two games with the fourth-place Doosan. KIA is running away, but it is now in a situation where it has to fight Samsung and Doosan again for second place.
The defense was disappointing on this day. LG, which boasts a solid defense, was sloppy on this day 'It seemed like the screw was missing'.
The most disappointing scene came at the end of the second inning with a 1-0 lead. Koo Bon-hyuk, the third baseman who caught the ball during Lee Yoo-chan's sacrifice bunt with no outs and runners on the first and second bases, threw the ball to the third base. It's a force-out situation, so the ball just needs to be faster than the foot, but second baseman Kang Seung-ho's foot seemed to arrive at third base faster. Third base depth is also declared safe. LG applied for a video review, but it was safe as well. If you threw it to the first base, it would have been one out and the second and third bases.
Then, when Jung Soo-bin grounded out in front of the shortstop, only the first baseman was forced out of the second base, and in the meantime, the third baseman homered and tied 1-1. Kim Jae-ho's right-handed hit with one out and runners on the first and third bases led to a turnaround of 1-2.
Starting Son Joo-young was clearly shaken. Jared walked and loaded the bases with one out. He sighed by striking out dangerous batter Yang Eui-ji and making two outs, but allowed Yang Seok-hwan to sweep a three-run double in the middle of the month, making it 2-5. Wouldn't the results be different if they increased the outcount one by one without being greedy.
In the bottom of the fourth inning when they chased 2-5, the error led to a run. After giving up a walk to the first Jared, Yang Eui-ji hit a ground ball in front of the third base. It was in front of the third baseman, so it was likely to lead to a double play, but Koo Bon-hyuk dropped the ball. A double play is not easy. However, Koo Bon-hyuk looked at the second base and tried to catch the ball, but failed to properly catch the ball that fell to the ground twice. And the throwing of the ball in a hurry to catch at least the first base turned into a bad pitch on the side, and first baseman Moon Bo-kyung managed to catch it, but his feet fell and he was safe. The situation that should have ended with a double play became the first and second bases with no outs.
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At the bottom of the fifth inning, Kim Bum-seok, who was put in as the first baseman instead of Koo Bon-hyuk, made an error that he failed to properly catch pitcher Lee Woo-chan's throw. Fortunately, he overcame the crisis by treating the next batter as a double play, but made the game even more unstable when the continuous defensive mistakes were not resolved.
Since then, LG has been chasing and has been trailing 6-7, with a one-point gap. And in the top of the seventh inning, the leadoff Kim Hyun-soo hit a hit to create a chance to tie the game. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop put Choi Seung-min in. However, Choi Seung-min was caught out by Doosan pitcher Hong Gun-hee's check ball. I got caught in reverse motion while pretending to run to second base.
Choi Seung-min later blocked Kim Ki-yeon's double-base hit on the left side with a picturesque diving catch in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs and second base, but as a pinch runner, the checker was painful.
LG created a chance with one out and second base in the top of the eighth inning, but that was it. In the end, he failed to score points against Doosan's rookie closer Kim Taek-yeon and lost by one point.
LG played only four games last week. The games were canceled due to heat waves in Ulsan on Wednesday and Thursday. Players suffered aftereffects from too hot weather even after just one match on Thursday, but two of the three matches were canceled, allowing players to take a rest.
But was it too hard to play in Ulsan. LG players' play was not like LG. There were mistakes that should not come out at the most important time, so I fell into a regrettable losing streak.
indyk@sportschosun.com
