"What kind of baseball is there?" At the end of the 9th inning → At the end of the 12th inning, the coach was also mesmerized

Aug 01, 2024

The match between SSG and Lotte at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 31st. Oh Tae-gon hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 12th inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.07.31/

"When Eredia hit a home run, I liked it with my arms raised without realizing it, but when Taegon hit it, I just opened my mouth and watched it."

A great match for SSG Landers. The 12-11 victory over the Lotte Giants in Incheon on July 31 was an incredible reversal. SSG, which had been losing 5-10 until the top of the ninth inning, tied the game 10-10 with Guillermo Herredia's tiebreaking three-run following rookie duo Jung Joon-jae and Park Ji-hwan's consecutive RBIs with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth. And the bottom of the 12th inning that allowed a 10-11 turnaround again. Oh Tae-gon hit a walk-off two-run home run with two outs and a runner on the first base to save the game.

After the game, SSG coach Lee Soo-yong's expression was a hot topic. Director Lee Sung-yong's expression caught on the broadcasting station's camera seemed to be mesmerized after the finishing victory was confirmed. Coach Lee Sung-yong, who met the next day ahead of the Lotte match, also recalled the previous day's game, saying, `Yesterday was really so weak throughout the game that I was exhausted at the end. So, as soon as Oh Tae-gon's ball went over, I didn't like it and was happy, I just stared blankly. I'm exhausted. I only heard exclamations, "Oh, there's such a baseball game."

Then "It was a game where I really put everything into it. I concentrated and poured it out. I thought that the athletes must be really tired in this hot weather"I'm impressed. SSG, which won five consecutive games, played for nearly five hours the previous day, and conducted a surprise self-training ahead of the Lotte match on the 1st due to the hot weather. Players reduced outdoor training as much as possible and devoted themselves to fatigue recovery and conditioning.

There was also a behind-the-scenes story. In fact, SSG also took out all major hitters such as Park Sung-han, Choi Jung, and Han Yu-sum in the second half of the game in terms of physical fitness. However, young players such as Jung Joon-jae, Park Ji-hwan, Choi Sang-min, and Jeon Eui-san, who were put in instead, had a major accident. Director Lee Soo-yong said, `I was originally going to take out (Choi) Ji-hoon as well. I asked the coach to ask Jihoon and ask him to take it out, but he said he would run more because Jihoon Choi was greedy to get a hit. But I was surprised to see him hit (making a full base) in the ninth inning."

There was no need to say about Oh Tae-gon, the main character of the walk-off home run on the day. Director Lee Soo-yong said, `When I go down with an injury, I wonder what I should do to make a person change like that,' adding, `I wanted to keep giving chances even before the injury, but it didn't come up well. I felt sorry for him. But I came back up and I'm doing this well," he encouraged.

For the time being, Oh Tae-gon's use is expected to increase. SSG was left out of the first-team entry until 1st-base man Ko Myung-joon went down to the second-tier team due to a hamstring injury. It needed to be reinforced due to the overload of the pitching staff, and Jeon Eui-san went down to the second team after fierce discussions as Lee Kun-wook, who is in the best condition in the second team, was recently registered. Oh Tae-gon, an all-around backup at home and abroad, has to take charge of the main first baseman.

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"What kind of baseball is there?" At the end of the 9th inning → At the end of the 12th inning, the coach was also mesmerized

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