Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop's persistence predicted that he will hit the fourth batter without hitting in 12 at-bats "I think I will hit today."
Oct 09, 2024
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Will LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop's toughness work.
LG will play the fourth semi-playoff game against KT Wiz at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 9th. LG, which has dominated the second and third games with two wins and four losses, will go to the playoffs if it wins one of the fourth and fifth games in a row.
But there are also concerns. Moon Bo-kyung, who is playing in fall baseball for the first time as No. 4, is terribly sluggish. He has no hits in 12 at-bats in three games. The balance has completely collapsed to the point where there is no sign of hitting the ball. He seems to have shrunk mentally as well. However, coach Yeom stuck to Moon Bo-kyung's No. 4 card.
Ahead of Game 4, Yeom said "I think I'll hit it today." Coach Yeom said even ahead of Game 3, weak starter Choi Won-tae is likely to play well in the fall, but the expectation was wrong. However, it was a huge success to deploy Park Dong-won in No. 5 against Benjamin. It was one win and one loss.
Regarding the situation in which he ordered Moon Bo-kyung to sacrifice bunt in Game 4, Yeom said, "1 point was important in that situation. He explained, "I thought that if I widened the gap from three points to four points, I could block the back, so any good hitter would have ordered the bunt." He stressed that he didn't ask the fourth batter to bunt because he didn't trust Moon Bo-kyung.
Will Moon Bo-kyung repay Yeom's faith in Game 4. Then LG's probability of winning Game 4 could go up further.
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