"Third place Mercury" LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop "Victory thanks to Son Joo-young + Hernandez"
Sep 21, 2024
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The LG Twins stopped the Doosan Bears' winning streak and finished the doubleheader with one win and one loss. LG beat Doosan 2-0 in the second game of a doubleheader at Jamsil Stadium on the 21st.
It was a difficult match to guarantee victory easily.
LG sent out eight bullpen pitchers amid a large variable in which starter Eliaser Hernandez was sent off after five pitches, but lost 7-14 to Doosan. Game 2 with the gap with Doosan narrowed to one game. With half of the bullpen pitchers used in Game 1 pitching more than 20 pitches, the only reliable thing was starter Son Joo-young's good pitching and rebounding in the lineup.
It was Son Joo-young's hard carry.
In the second game of the doubleheader, Son Joo-young pitched a quality start plus (more than seven innings, less than three earned runs) with four hits and one out and nine strikeouts in seven innings. The tie for the most innings (7 innings) in an individual game and the record for the most strikeouts in one game. LG eventually won the game by keeping two points earned by Austin Dean's solo shot to the left in the bottom of the first inning and Park Dong-won's solo shot to the left in the bottom of the fourth inning.
It is a victory in the second round of the doubleheader, which is not small in meaning. With five pennant races remaining in two games on the day, the gap with Doosan was maintained at two games. If he achieves two or more wins in the remaining five games, he is also likely to go straight to the semi-playoff as third place.
Coach Yeom said after the game that the second game became more important when he gave up the first game, and Son Joo-young pitched perfectly as a starter and Hernandez was able to win by keeping two innings clean. "At the batting line, Austin's home run was able to bring the overall flow of the game, and after Park Dong-won's home run made an additional score, Son Joo-young and Hernandez were able to win by blocking nine innings with perfect pitching today."," he added.
Coach Yeom said, `Even though it was a doubleheader, many fans came and cheered for us, so we were able to win the second game" he expressed his gratitude.
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