In September, Doosan ranked fourth with four wins, seven losses and nine losses. The semi-PO ticket will be decided in three consecutive weekend games
Sep 18, 2024
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The third, fourth and fifth places are still unknown. No. 3 LG is not yet definitive. The team lost to Lotte 3-7 on the 17th, trailing the fourth-place Doosan Bears, who won against Samsung, by 1.5 games. It is also two games behind KT, which is ranked fifth.
On top of that, sixth-ranked SSG Landers and fifth-ranked KT are also two games apart, so it is not yet possible to predict the ranking prematurely.
LG's downfall stands out. In September, he finished ninth overall with four wins and seven losses. Even with a 50% win rate, Suseong in third place can be relaxed, but it is not easy.
The mound is not bad. He ranks second overall with a 4.18 ERA in September. In particular, the starters are showing good performance in third place with an ERA of 3.53. The weak bullpen is still a problem.
The bigger problem is the blow. In September, the team hit rate was only 271, ranking seventh overall. He is particularly vulnerable to chances. He has a batting average of 252. It's only ranked 9th overall. They often hand over the atmosphere to the opponent because they create many chances and fail to score points. In the game against Lotte on the 17th, he also created a chance to load the bases with one out in the top of the eighth inning, trailing 3-4, but failed to score with Park Hae-min's shallow outfield fly and Koo Bon-hyuk's center fielder fly, and lost 3-7 by giving up three more points in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Austin, the No. 1 RBI player, weakened in September. Moon Bo-kyung, the 4th player, is also 2 hits in 12 at-bats, while he is only 1 hit in 9 at-bats in the scoring position. Park Dong-won is 0 for 10.
Kim Hyun-soo is showing good performance with 5 hits in 11 at-bats, Hong Chang-ki 5 hits in 19 at-bats, and Park Hae-min 5 hits in 11 at-bats, but he is struggling as the central batters are sluggish.
LG will play three consecutive games against Doosan in Jamsil starting on the 20th. It seems that the third-place Mercury can be decided to some extent in this game. LG is slightly ahead with 7 wins and 6 losses in its opponent this season.
In particular, since they are rivals in Jamsil, their pride is at stake, which is expected to attract more attention.
It's better to go straight to the semi-playoff than to play a wild-card game. Will he be able to keep the pride of last year's winning team.
indyk@sportschosun.com
