Oh my god! The 'back-to-back + consecutive hitters' collapsed, the steel plate with five runs in 2.2 innings
Oct 28, 2024
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KIA Tigers 'Big Pitcher' Yang Hyun-jong collapsed. Yang Hyun-jong allowed four hits (three home runs) with one walk, two strikeouts and five runs in two ⅔ innings in Game 5 of the 2024 Korean Series against the Samsung Lions at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 28th. A total of 41 pitches.
Yang Hyun-jong, who became the winning pitcher with one earned run in five ⅓ innings in the previous second game. With KIA leading with 3 wins and 1 loss in the series, expectations were high that he would finish the finale after winning the Korean Series in 2009 and 2017, respectively.
However, Yang Hyun-jong collapsed from the first inning.
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While KIA scored a chase point in the bottom of the first inning, Yang Hyun-jong seemed to find stability by throwing out the first half of the second inning. However, after one out in the top of the third inning, Ryu Ji-hyuk was induced to fly a normal fly ball to right-center, but anxiety grew as center fielder Socrates and right fielder Na Sung-beom missed the ball while delaying. Yang Hyun-jong struck out Kim Heon-gon, but a 143km fastball sprayed into the middle in the 1S match against Diaz was attacked, leading to a two-run shot with consecutive at-bats.
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