What I missed was not just an out count but a victory. The LG Twins were on the verge of losing a point instead of a critical out count due to the defense errors of veteran fielders, and eventually, they donated the winning run to end the three consecutive weekend games with the Kiwoom Heroes at 1-2 inferiority. It was even more painful because the veterans made mistakes that made it throughout their careers and achieved the FA jackpot.스포츠토토
In the game against Kiwoom at Gocheok Dome on Sunday local time, the team was led 2-4 before Hong Chang-ki hit a two-run double at the top of the eighth inning with two outs. In the eighth inning, Kim Jin-seong came out, and the team was crowded with runners on the first and second bases with one out.
Choi Joo-hwan, the fourth batter of Kiwoom, hit the ball high. However, it did not fly far away. It was falling behind the shortstop, between the left and center field. It was possible to prevent additional bases, but LG was on the verge of loading the bases here.
Shortstop Oh Ji-hwan, left fielder Kim Hyun-soo and center fielder Park Hae-min also failed to handle the ball. “If anyone had actively decided to catch it, it would have been a ball that anyone could catch,” said commentator Park Yong-taek, who served as commentator on the scene.
Kim Jin-sung calmly gave a strikeout to the next batter, Bae Sang-kwon, but lost the game after hitting a timely two-run hit by Lee Hyung-jong with two outs and the bases loaded with two outs. With the score tying the game, LG lost 4-6.
Since its Aug. 16 match against the KIA Tigers, LG has been in the third place with only three wins and six losses in its last nine games. Although it is still in the top three with a 2.0-game gap with the second-place Samsung Lions, it is clearly far from what LG members expected and were confident in.
His poor performance is also shown in his record of pitching and hitting. The three veterans who made vain defense mistakes on Saturday had many regrets at bat during the nine-game period.
Kim posted a batting average of 0.273 (nine hits in 33 times at bat), including four doubles. However, his OPS was 0.718, falling short of the league average of 0.735 during the same period. Oh Ji-hwan posted a batting average of 0.226 and OPS of 0.752, but five of the nine games had no hit, which varies greatly from game to game. Park had the worst batting average of 0.143 and OPS of 0.473.
On the same day, Samsung defeated the Lotte Giants 10-5 to widen its gap with LG to 2.0 games. LG has 24 games to play and Samsung has 22 more.