"Totally my style" 100% satisfaction. Will the new 16K ace in 11 innings elevate the team's atmosphere to the bottom?
Aug 20, 2024
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LG will hold three consecutive games during the week against SSG Landers in Jamsil on the 20th. He faced the No. 1 KIA Tigers in three consecutive games on the weekend, but lost all three games and fell to third place. The atmosphere has fallen to the bottom as KIA alone received a shocking showdown report of 3 wins and 12 losses.
It has become a difficult situation to aim for the first place, but in order to go straight to the playoffs as the second place, we have to cheer up again and overcome the rest of the game. And in this case, ace's good pitching is necessary. Hernandez will take the mound twice this week against SSG Landers on the 20th and Gocheok Kiwoom Heroes on the 25th.
Hernandez, who worked hard enough to send and sign Casey Kelly during the season, has had good pitching in both games in Korea.
On the 8th, the debut stage, Jamsil Doosan became a winning pitcher with two hits (one home run), one walk, seven strikeouts, and one run in five innings. Even though there must have been a lot of tension, he showed his appearance well by playing five innings with a limit of less than 80 pitches at the time.
In the match against Hanwha in Daejeon on the 14th, he recorded his first quality start with six hits (one home run), no four outs, nine strikeouts, and two runs in six innings. The powerful appearance of striking out when the crisis came made me believe as an ace.
Hernandez's biggest advantage was his fast tempo. As soon as the pitch clock received the ball, he went into preparation and sprayed the ball. In most cases, the pitch clock entered the pitching position with about 12 seconds left. And he showed aggressive pitching. Sometimes the ball flocked to the center, allowing a home run and a hit, but the number of pitches was reduced due to a quick game.
LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop was also very satisfied with the fast tempo and aggressive pitching. "It's so nice. Regardless of whether it's right or not, the style is so good. "It's okay to get a home run. I'm telling you to hit the first pitch." Then "It's so nice that I threw it quickly and didn't play ball. I hope all of our pitchers throw like this"
Coach Yeom also emphasized aggressive pitching through Hernandez. "Five to six consecutive hits do not come out several times a year. Even if a hit comes out like that in the first inning, there are walks, hit balls and errors between them. It rarely happens that only hits continue to be hit.'I hoped that the pitchers would pitch aggressively like Hernandez.
Will Hernandez be able to save the team from a crisis that has lost three consecutive games. It's time for another cool pitching.
indyk@sportschosun.com
