"'Thanks to virtue, 110 pitches' Samsung's last bastion, 0% miracle after three consecutive losses...Game 3 of the fate of KIA's opponents
Oct 24, 2024
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Thanks to that, I was able to take another day off. It is a delicious rest for a postseason starter who needs to put a lot of energy into it.
Denny Reyes, the starter for Game 3 of the Samsung Lions' 2024 Korean Series.
Let's see the benefits again this time.
Fall baseball, which entered in the first year of its debut season in Korea. With two wins in two games and a 0.66 ERA in the playoffs, he was named the series MVP, bringing his team to the Korean Series.
The best stage to win. The team is in a desperate crisis. I got off twice in Gwangju and came to Daegu.
In the aftermath of the upset loss after two nights and three days of suspending, which was leading the first game, the second game was also completely defeated.
The team's atmosphere, which had been on the rise, has subsided.
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My shoulders are heavy. In particular, Reyes' sense of responsibility has grown in Game 3. If he fails to prevent a losing streak, he may have to give up his dream of winning a come-from-behind victory. Forty-two years of history proves.
In the past Korean Series, there has never been a team that has won three consecutive games first with four consecutive wins. 0% chance.
The team that won three times first won all 12 times without fail. Nine of them have won all four games. If you lose three times first, your chances of being humiliated will increase that much.
From Game 3, the war against physical strength will become a reality. You have to endure it with your mental strength.
Energy is a victory, the enemy is a defeat.
Even if it's hard, the moment when you hang on with evil and then you gain your will is when you lose three consecutive games first. The series is over as soon as the unspoken despair of 'It must be hard anymore' is shared with the team.
So Game 3 is important. For Samsung, the third game back in Daegu may be the last chance to turn the tables.
Reyes takes the starting mound with Samsung's fate in the Korean Series.
Hope and concern coexist.
Hope is another day's rest from rain. Again, I took another day off from rain.
Reyes pitched 7 innings and 110 pitches in the playoffs against LG on the 19th. He stopped six innings without allowing a run in 97 pitches, and the pitching coach asked Austin Kim Hyun-soo and Oh Ji-hwan to take the mound in the seventh inning, which featured clean-up trio No. 3, 4, and 5. I went out willingly to throw it as far as I could, but I blocked it with a three-way return. It was one of the decisive scenes in the 1-0 win.
Reyes said "It rains every time before I take the mound, but last time I was able to throw more than 100 pitches in the second game thanks to a five-day break. I hope this will lead to a good result again."
Reyes will start in Daegu's third game on the 25th after a five-day break due to rain on the 22nd.
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Samsung is relatively inferior to KIA in the bullpen pitcher's depth. Reyes needs to lead the longest innings as long as possible to the lead situation as in Game 4 of the playoffs, increasing the probability of winning.
The concern is against Kia this season.
He was not good with two losses and an 8.31 ERA in three games against KIA. The part that gave up 12 runs on 19 hits, including four home runs in 13 innings, is an unsettling factor for Samsung, which has to win the batter-friendly Lions Park game.
He allowed home runs to KIA-centered hitters such as Kim Do-young, Choi Hyung-woo, Na Sung-beom, and Choi Won-joon, respectively.
Choi Hyung-woo was 3 for 4, Na Sung-bum was 2 for 3, and Socrates was 3 for 7, but all 3 hits were long hits with 2 doubles and 1 triple.
Leadoff Park Chan-ho and Kim Sun-bin are also expected to take the batter's box with confidence in Reyes with three hits in seven at-bats and two hits in four at-bats.
Since the quick motion is not fast, fast runners such as Kim Do-young and Park Chan-ho can start shaking. Colorful tempo pitching and Kang Min-ho's shot are urgently needed to tie the runners up during the playoffs.
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The momentum and the current condition are more important.
Reyes is said to have improved his game management ability in fall baseball. He became proficient in timing fights by properly utilizing the breaking balls of the two halves of slider and change-up trajectories. As he abandoned his desire for strikeouts and easily caught them, he improved his endurance to lead them without deteriorating his ball power for a long inning.
'After the 70th arrondissement, the deterioration of the ball decreasedReyes said 'I didn't realize it, but if it did, it would be a good thing.'"It's thanks to Kang Min-ho's plan and efforts to bring out a weak hit as the innings is repeated. And now, I think it's the Korean Series that puts 100 percent of its energy into it."
Can Reyes, who was charged with rain against KIA, give hope to Samsung with another fierce hug with Kang Min-ho. In the series watershed, the tallest pitcher in the 1m98 league will take the mound at Lions Park.
hschung@sportschosun.com
