'This is why there is no giving up despite a series of mistakes. 6 points in the eighth inning. 9-5 to get out of the game for the third time in a row. LG Hernandez QS also has bullpen weaknesses
Aug 14, 2024
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Hanwha was dragged 2-5 with three errors in the home game against the LG Twins at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 14th, but persistently beat LG's mound to create a 9-5 reversal.
Hanwha, which escaped from three consecutive losses, recorded 49 wins, two draws and 58 losses, leaving one win to 50 wins.
LG, whose new ace, Eliaser Hernandez, led in six innings of good pitching with nine strikeouts and two runs, failed to win six consecutive games, feeling the current status of a weak bullpen that could not stop the top of the eighth inning.
Hanwha continued to use a fixed lineup recently, but made changes on that day. The starting lineup consisted of Peraza (center fielder), Moon Hyun-bin (third baseman), Kim Tae-yeon (right wing), Noh Si-hwan (designated hitter), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Hwang Young-mook (striker), Kim In-hwan (left wing), Choi Jae-hoon (catcher), and Lee Do-yoon (second baseman). Ahn Chi-hong was excluded from the starting line-up in terms of physical fitness management, and Noh Si-hwan was used as the designated hitter, with Moon Hyun-bin as the third baseman and Lee Do-yoon as the second baseman.
LG's best lineup of nine came out as it was. But there was a change in the defensive position. Austin, who had been the designated hitter since he injured his knee in a collision with Park Dong-won in the Busan Lotte match on July 25, has been back at first base since that day. Oh Ji-hwan will take a break as a designated hitter, Moon Bo-kyung will play third baseman, and Koo Bon-hyuk will play shortstop.
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After one out in the top of the first inning, Shin Min-jae hit a triple to left-center. At this time, the throw leading to the left fielder, the shortstop, and the third baseman was omitted, and at this time, Shin Min-jae ran to the groove and scored the first run.
In the top of the second inning, he also scored an additional point thanks to his opponent's error. Following Kim Hyun-soo's double after one out, Park Dong-won hit a ground ball in front of an ordinary third baseman. However, the ball thrown by third baseman Moon Hyun-bin flew too high. Park Dong-won walked to second base and Kim Hyun-soo homered as the ball entered the dugout and was given a safety base. 2-0. Park Hae-min then kicked Moon Dong-ju's 155km fastball and fired a two-run shot over the right fence to spread to 4-0 at once.
Hanwha also responded with a home run. After one out in the bottom of the second inning, Chae Eun-seong threw a fastball to the left fence in the middle of 149 kilometers off the first pitch of LG starter Hernandez.
While Moon Dong-joo blocked LG's batting line, Hanwha embarked on its attack on Hernandez. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Lee Do-yoon's left-handed hit followed by Peraza's heavy hit to chase by 2-4, two points. With two outs and runners on the first and second bases, Moon Hyun-bin struck out swinging.
LG, which rarely scored an additional point, scored one point in the top of the seventh inning thanks to Hanwha's sloppy defense. The lead Hong Chang-ki's walk, Shin Min-jae's sacrifice bunt, and wild pitch gave him a chance to get one out and third base. Austin walks and has one out and runners on first and third. Moon Bo-kyung hit a fly high to the left, but left fielder Kim In-hwan ran forward, but he failed to catch it and became a hit. It was regrettable that shortstop Hwang Young-mook entrusted Kim In-hwan early in the situation where the defense was weak not long after Kim In-hwan turned out to be an outfielder. 5-2. I thought this one point would be a winning score for LG, but Hanwha didn't give up.
Hanwha had a chance in the bottom of the seventh inning. Against the changed pitcher Kim Jin-sung, he created a chance to even tie the game. Hanwha, which made Kim In-hwan's left-handed hit and Kim In-hwan's right-handed hit, followed one run with pinch hitter Jang Ji-hyuk's right-handed hit and created another chance for the first and third bases with no outs.
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Hanwha had another chance in the bottom of the eighth inning when LG failed to score even after hitting three hits in the top of the eighth inning. Moon Hyun-bin drew a walk against the changed pitcher Lee Ji-gang, and Kim Tae-yeon hit a double to the right-center to get one run, making it 4-5, one-run difference.
LG immediately raised Kim Young-joon, but Noh Si-hwan drew a straight walk. With no outs and runners on the first and second bases, Chae Eun-sung took a bunting position and pushed it, and became a clean right-handed hit. But this is when the situation happened. The third base coach, who judged that Chae Eun-sung's hit was short, blocked Kim Tae-yeon when he turned third when he was on second base. The problem is that first baseman Noh Si-hwan didn't see it and turned second base and ran to third base.
However, LG's defense did not see it. Right fielder Hong Chang-ki, who judged that the third baseman had stopped, threw a ball to the shortstop and Kim Tae-yeon was coming home, and shortstop Koo Bon-hyuk was asking for time after receiving the ball. If you had seen the situation properly, you could have caught Kim Tae-yeon by intimidation at home.
LG's defense's decisive mistake tied Hanwha at 5-5, and the atmosphere completely flowed toward Hanwha. And Kim Young-joon's change-up throw during Hwang Young-mook's at-bat fell out of his hand and flew too high and fell back. Even Roh Si-hwan, the third baseman, homered due to wild pitching. a 6-5 turnaround.
Hanwha, which added one run due to Lee Won-seok's heavy hit with one out and second base, scored two more runs with Jang Jin-hyuk's double and Lee Do-yoon's hit to secure the victory by spreading it to 9-5.
Hanwha secured a four-run victory by raising Park Sang-won in the top of the ninth inning. Han Seung-hyuk, who allowed three hits and no runs in one inning in the top of the eighth inning, became the winning pitcher.
Hanwha starter Moon Dong-ju lost a point without the help of defense, but allowed no runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings. In five innings, he was on the verge of losing the game with four hits (one home run), two walks, six strikeouts and four runs (two earned runs), and LG starter Hernandez made his first quality start in six innings with six hits (one home run), no four outs, nine strikeouts and two runs, but both wins and losses were lost.
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