The strongest 'Part Time' must-win group comes to the exhausted bullpen. First starter Hernandez Throat activates bullpen on Friday
Aug 27, 2024
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LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said ahead of the home game against KT Wiz in Jamsil on the 27th "A new must-win group will be added on Thursday and Friday."Hernandez plans to wait in the bullpen" he said.
Hernandez is the winning player for the second consecutive year that he sent and brought in Casey Kelly. He has taken the mound four times this season and posted one win and an ERA of 3.68. At the match against Doosan Bears in Jamsil on Saturday, his first game, he pitched 80 pitches, and played five innings with 78 pitches, making fans excited by having two hits (one homer) and walking, seven strikeouts, and one run.
In the match against Daejeon Hanwha on the 14th, which was his second appearance, he also met the requirements for a winning pitcher with six hits (one home run), no four outs, nine strikeouts, and two runs in six innings, but failed to win due to the team's disappointing upset loss
Hernandez, who allowed four hits, four walks and two runs in four innings due to ball control difficulties against Jamsil SSG on the 20th, pitched perfectly until the third inning against Kiwoom in Gocheok on the 25th, but he was hit by a three-run home run by Choi Joo-hwan and a solo home run by Bae Sang-kwon in the fourth inning, eventually allowing six hits (two home runs) and four runs in seven innings.
He allowed 18 hits in 22 innings and struck out 25 on six walks. Four home runs out of 18 hits are disappointing. While satisfied with Hernandez's pitching, Yeom also emphasized the need to reduce the number of pitches that lead to home runs.
LG has only four games this week. He will play three consecutive games against KT in Jamsil from the 27th to the 29th and meet KT again in Suwon on the 30th. And there is no game on the 31st and 1st. To play four consecutive games from Tuesday to Friday and take three days off.
In the rotation, there is no start for Hernandez this week because it is in the order of Lim Chan-kyu, Choi Won-tae, Son Joo-young, Detrick Ens-Hernandez. So Yeom and the coaching staff decided to turn Hernandez to the bullpen this week, and decided after consulting with Hernandez.
Coach Yeom said "Even Hernandez was willing to do it" and "I was able to request it because I had a middle game in the U.S. this year, and Hernandez also said he would do it"
Hernandez played two to three innings as a long reliever this season. Yeom said, `If there is a situation in Thursday's and Friday's games, Hernandez will take the mound"You can throw one inning for two days, or you can throw only two innings a day and prepare for next week's starting," he said, adding that he would go with Hernandez's use depending on the situation.
LG, which has been in a difficult season due to a lack of mid-season pitching this season, is taking a breather with Hernandez's bullpen. Hernandez also enabled a bold bullpen operation for Tuesday and Wednesday games.
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