It's the first time in history that we've lost three games in a row at this time
Sep 09, 2024
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There is a picture that has never been drawn in KBO league history. The LG Twins, Lotte Giants, and KIA Tigers are considered the most popular clubs. It is an autumn baseball with the so-called 'Elloing'.
In the 42-year KBO league history, three teams have never entered the fall baseball league at the same time.
The chances were high this season. LG, which achieved its first combined championship in 29 years last year, has steadily accumulated wins this year. Although it is not as pace as it was last year, it has maintained its top performance and is in third place with 68 wins, 2 draws and 60 losses until the 9th. He is four games behind the second-ranked Samsung Lions (73 wins, two draws and 57 losses). He also maintains a four-game gap with the fourth-place Doosan Bears (65 wins, two draws and 65 losses).
As there are 12 games left, it is expected that they will be able to win an autumn baseball ticket easily if there is no special losing streak.
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KIA was the fastest among the 10 teams to win 80 games (two draws and 50 losses). In the previous KBO league, the team that won 80 games in the season has a 94.7% (18 out of 19) chance of winning. The magic number for the championship became six.
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The atmosphere at Lotte in August was good. Lotte gained momentum in August with 14 wins and 8 losses, ranking second in monthly winning percentage. He won four consecutive games until the 1st, and remained in seventh place, but he was up to 2.5 games behind fifth-place KT Wiz.
I've looked at fall baseball for the first time in seven years since 2017, but the crisis has come again in September. It lost 2-12 to KT, which was a rival to the semifinals, on the 5th, and lost the game 2-7 against Samsung on the 6th. In the game against SSG Landers on the 7th, he took a 1-0 lead until the 9th inning, but ended up with a 1-1 draw as closer Kim Won-joong was shaken. On the 8th, he lost again 6-11 against SSG, falling into a three-game losing streak. In the meantime, the gap between the 5th-ranked KT and the 5th-ranked KT has widened to four games.
One step away, but there is still hope. Lotte still has 18 games left, so it has to play the most remaining games among the 10 clubs.
The remaining games are a bit burdensome, with three games against KIA and four against LG. However, there are games against Doosan, KT, SSG, and Hanwha, the fourth and fifth-place competitors, so if they find the winning atmosphere in August once again, they can see a dramatic advance into autumn baseball.
Lotte will play its first game of the week against the LG Twins on the 10th. The week of destiny to divide hope and despair has begun again.
bellstop@sportschosun.com
