'6G 10 mistakes' Lotte, which collapsed both offense and defense, pledged to fight all-out the fall baseball game → 1 win, 1 draw, 4 losses'Defeat'
Sep 09, 2024
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The first week of September was literally a week of destiny for the Lotte Giants. Of the six games, a total of four games were scheduled against KT Wiz and SSG Landers, two direct competitors of the five strongest teams.
Since there were the most remaining games, they had to play all six games without a day off. In other words, it was also an opportunity to determine the composition of the five strongest teams on its own. Unfortunately, Ace Barnes was scheduled to appear twice a week.
But the result was disastrous. KT, which once had a gap of two and a half games, has lost four games.
Both the pitching and hitting were a mess. September's team ERA of 5.56 (8th) and team OPS of 0.652 (on-base plus slugging percentage, 9th) prove this. Except for the second-place Samsung, the result came despite avoiding all of the first-place KIA Tigers, third-place LG Twins, and fourth-place Doosan Bears.
Of the six games, only one game was lost by Lotte with less than five points. It is a match against SSG on the 7th, when starter Park Se-woong pitched seven scoreless ⅓. And the game was tied 1-1 after extra-inning bloodshed with closer Kim Won-joong making a blon save.
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In the rest of the games, Lotte scored one point (1-5 loss against the Samsung Lions on the 3rd, 1-1 draw against SSG on the 7th), and two points (2-12 losses against KT on the 5th, 2-7 losses against Samsung on the 5th). In the match against SSG on the 8th, which scored the second-most points, the trusted ace Barnes collapsed and was completely defeated 6-11.
Above all, the defense's difficulty with 10 errors was fatal. There is a point in the view that most of the players have not played full-time, and there is a lot of overload on them. Errors poured in from the beginning of the game, shaking the psychology of the starting pitcher.
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Lotte will play three consecutive away games against the Hanwha Eagles in Busan this week after playing three consecutive away games against Jamsil (LG), Incheon (SSG) and Gwangju (KIA). Hanwha and Lotte still have five games left this season. The Lotte-Hanwha match, which drew attention due to the 「Paje competition」 between manager Kim Tae-hyung and manager Kim Kyung-moon over the fall baseball, is on the verge of becoming a game between the low-ranking teams.
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