'Do better faster' 9th place in August → 1st place in September, I'm back in autumnWhat's the last miracle?
Sep 20, 2024
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SSG won the home game against the Kiwoom Heroes 8-6 at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th. It was a close score in the second half, allowing Song Sung-moon a three-run home run in the top of the last ninth inning, but in fact, SSG showed a performance that overwhelmed Kiwoom throughout the day. Intensive hits in the fourth and sixth innings led to a large number of runs, and the netting point in the bottom of the eighth inning made it easy to win.
We've won four games in a row. In particular, in terms of the last 10 games, he has the best pace among the last 10 clubs with 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Monthly performance is also overwhelming. The team's monthly performance in September was 7 wins, 1 draw, and 3 losses, ranking first overall with a winning rate of 70 percent. KIA Tigers, who confirmed their regular season win, ranked second with 9 wins and 4 losses (0.692) in September, and SSG's winning rate is higher than this.
The current ranking is still sixth, but we cannot give up hope until the end. This is because it is 2.5 games apart from the fourth-place Doosan Bears and 1.5 games apart from the fifth-place KT Wiz.
As such, last month's performance is even more regrettable. SSG had only 8 wins and 17 losses in August, which was considered the beginning of the match, and was pushed out of the competition for the 5th round as it ranked 9th in monthly performance.
He rose to fourth place by winning five consecutive games at the end of July, and thought he could look beyond that, but his winning rate has fallen sharply since mid-August as the number of consecutive losses has increased. At the beginning of September, it once fell to eighth place.
In September, as the mound stabilized, it steadily accumulated wins even when there were many fielder injuries. New closer Cho Byung-hyun's perfect position also helped crack down on the back door.
Last year, SSG felt a sense of being eliminated from the semifinals, but swept the victory with tremendous momentum at the end of the regular season and eventually finished third in the final performance. It is showing a strong aspect in autumn, so this momentum continues this year.
However, the gap with competitors is rarely narrowed. This is because Doosan and KT have also regained their upward trend. Doosan, which once slipped to fifth place, has recently won four consecutive games, and KT has not lost its pace with 6 wins and 4 losses in 10 games. In order for SSG to achieve the last miracle of the last round of five, a team that is falling into a losing streak among the teams above must come out, but now there is no time to squeeze in.
SSG, which started the eight-game series of hell with a victory, now has only eight games left as of the 20th. I can't completely erase the disappointment of what it would have been like if the pitching condition had been revived a little faster, but the possibility is still alive.
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