repeated bad luck → Kim Jae-hwan's home run. Master's birthday present failed!Park Se-woong, who failed to fill in the 6th inning, has no victory for 48 days

Aug 15, 2024

repeated bad luck → Kim Jae-hwan's home run. Master's birthday present failed!Park Se-woong, who failed to fill in the 6th inning, has no victory for 48 days
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants



"Birthday gift?" Park Se-woong needs to throw it well."

The chief's wishes were not met. Lotte Giants' Park Se-woong pitched hard, but was replaced after allowing a turnaround.

Park Se-woong was substituted after failing to finish the sixth inning after four runs in five ⅔ innings against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 15th. The number of pitches is 102.



He is not satisfied with his inability to fill all six innings and his record of seven hits and four pitches (four walks, one dune), but it is most regrettable that he went down after turning the game, which was leading 3-0, around 3-4. Since the match against the Busan KIA Tigers on June 27, he has not added a win in seven games and 48 days.

This day is the birthday of Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung. When the players talked about birthday gifts, he said, `I hope Park Se-woong throws it well," he said, expressing his sincere heart.



But it wasn't an easy wind.

repeated bad luck → Kim Jae-hwan's home run. Master's birthday present failed!Park Se-woong, who failed to fill in the 6th inning, has no victory for 48 days
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Lotte scored two runs in the top of the second inning with a timely RBI hit by Park Seung-wook following Reyes' first solo shot and Na Seung-yeop's double.



In the top of the third inning, Hwang Sung-bin's hit, stolen base, and Son Ho-young's ground ball in front of the pitcher added Doosan Choi Won-joon's error to lead the game to 3-0. However, the atmosphere changed as this inning ended with Son Ho-young's checker.

A walk to Doosan's Cho in the bottom of the third inning was the start. With Jung Soo-bin's hit, runners on first and third bases with no outs.

Jared was struck out and became one out, and Yang Eui-ji led well with a double play grounder to third base.

repeated bad luck → Kim Jae-hwan's home run. Master's birthday present failed!Park Se-woong, who failed to fill in the 6th inning, has no victory for 48 days
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Here came bad luck. Third baseman Son Ho-young's glove didn't fall out properly. Son Ho-young looked at second base, looked at first base again, and moved his hand, but the ball did not fall out of his glove. Yang Eui-ji's RBI infield hit was recorded. Yang Seok-hwan's timely hit followed and scored the second point.

Still, he took a breather by out-handling Yang Eui-ji's home dash during Kim Jae-hwan's fly ball to left field.

The game went back to square one in the bottom of the fourth inning. After two outs, Lee Yoo-chan was allowed a double to left-center, and Cho ran all out when he hit a slow grounder to second base and was safe at first base. While his eyes turned around, Lee Yoo-chan dug into the home and tied the score 3-3.

Park Se-woong gave up consecutive walks to Jung Soo-bin and Jarrod in the bottom of the fifth inning, causing a crisis on the first and second bases with no outs, but after catching Yang Eui-ji with a 643 double play, Yang Seok-hwan also roared with a foul fly.

repeated bad luck → Kim Jae-hwan's home run. Master's birthday present failed!Park Se-woong, who failed to fill in the 6th inning, has no victory for 48 days
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
But the joy is also brief. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Doosan's leadoff hitter Kim Jae-hwan allowed a superior come-from-behind solo shot. The high fastball among 146km was reasonable. It was a 105m distance that was not like Kim Jae-hwan, but it was enough to frustrate Park Se-woong.

In the end, Park Se-woong failed to fill the sixth inning and handed over the mound to Jin Hae-soo with two outs and a runner on first base. Jin Hae-soo finished the inning, so there were no additional runs. The season ERA has risen to 5.39. Among the 20 pitchers who filled the regular innings, Kim Kwang-hyun and Kim Kwang-hyun will compete for last place.



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