'This happened to Son Joo-young again...' Checkered swing misjudgment → hit → run. The racketeer insisted on expanding the video review...
Oct 15, 2024
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LG starter Son Joo-young induced the opponent's batter Diaz to swing and miss in the bottom of the third inning with two outs and a runner on first base, trailing 1-2 in the second round of the playoffs against the Samsung Lions at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 15th, but the third base umpire decided it was North Wing and then a hit came out and lost a point.
After two outs in the bottom of the third inning, Son Joo-young allowed a walk to opponent No. 3 Lee Sung-kyu. And in the match against Diaz, he sprayed a slider that fell 126km outside on the fourth pitch in 1B2S, and Diaz seemed to stop while giving out the bat.
At this time, catcher Park Dong-won was confident and asked the third baseman whether he would swing, but the third baseman declared North Wing. Park Dong-won jumped up and looked unfair, but the check swing was not a video review, but it was forced to proceed. On the broadcast screen, Diaz clearly swung. If the referee or the third base judge saw it properly, the inning would end with a strikeout.
However, neither the referee nor the third base judge properly judged the swing, and the game continued. Diaz hit a clean right-handed hit on the sixth pitch following a foul on the fifth pitch in 2B2S. And Lee Sung-kyu, the first baseman who sprinted from the time Diaz hit, ran to third base, and Lee Sung-kyu ran around third base and home while second baseman Shin Min-jae failed to catch and drop the ball thrown by LG right fielder Hong Chang-ki. It was already too late for LG to throw home, and first baseman Austin cut the ball and tagged out Diaz, who was about to run to second base, to end the inning.
Coincidentally, Son Joo-young had suffered from a bad check swing in the regular season. At the bottom of the first inning against the Gwangju KIA Tigers on June 18, he induced Lee Woo-sung to take a check swing with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, but he said it was not the first base umpire and later gave up two runs. It was 0-2 with a strikeout that should have ended 0-0 and eventually lost the game 4-11.
At the time, coach Yeom strongly insisted on the video review of the check swing as well.
indyk@sportschosun.com
