As the team ranks fifth with the ability to ride the last train of autumn baseball, it is being closely chased by lower ranking teams. In fact, there were only two games between the fifth-ranked SSG and the eighth-ranked Lotte Giants through Sunday.안전놀이터
SSG, which desperately needed to win, laughed at the first five games. SSG had a complete victory of five to one against the LG Twins in the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Sunday. SSG had 57 wins, 59 losses and one draw for the season, losing four consecutive games and maintaining its fifth position.
Recently, SSG has been mired in four consecutive losses. It lost three consecutive games last weekend, and suffered an upset loss by LG in the first of three consecutive games during the week. “We need to end the losing streak quickly. Roenis Elias has been strong in the game against LG. We will keep the bullpen running as much as possible,” Lee said before the game.
Elias met Lee’s expectations perfectly. Elias pitched 90 pitches during seven innings, and won the LG Twins’ lineup on the day by allowing two hits and no runs. Elias’ maximum fastball speed was 154 kilometers, which was powerful.
After the game, Elias said, “I threw without much consideration for my losing streak.” “I wanted to throw six to seven innings, but I was satisfied that I was able to do that,” he said. “I will continue to pitch better.”
Lee also praised Elias for his good pitching. “By far, Elias contributed the most to our victory today. He showed perfect pitching,” Lee said. “His performance was like welcoming rain at a difficult time.”
The game continued into the ninth inning with a tight race. SSG, which was leading 2-0, was able to relax its tension due to a timely RBI single by LG Twins’ Austin Dean in the bottom of the eighth inning.
In the top of the ninth inning, however, pinch hitter Oh Tae-gon hit a wedge-shaped two-run shot to secure victory. With one out and runners on the first base, Oh hit a two-run arch to the left-hander through right-hander Choi Dong-hwan’s high fifth pitch. Oh’s third homer of this season came when he needed to hit the ball the most.
Oh Tae-gon said, “When I was in a three-ball, one-strike situation, I felt like I would catch a fastball unconditionally,” and conveyed my mindset at the time. “I wanted the ball to come into my body, but it just happened to come in and I got a good result.”
As for the team’s losing streak, he said, “The batting lineup has been struggling. I’m glad that the team was able to break the losing streak rather than an individual home run.” “As a veteran, I wanted to focus every moment and be helpful to the team,” he said.
SSG will wrap up its three consecutive games against LG in Jamsil on the 22nd. After that, it will bring the KT Wiz, which is competing for fifth place, to Incheon home to continue its struggle for autumn baseball.