Lotte Giants’ Lee Min-seok started the 2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League Kiwoom Heroes at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 18th and left a disappointing result with 54 pitches, four hits, four walks and three runs (three earned) in two ⅓ innings.토토사이트
As the game was postponed due to the continued cancellation of rain, Lee Min-seok started the game against KT Wiz on the 9th after 9 days. Lee Min-seok started the game with a hit by leadoff hitter Lee Ju-hyung at the beginning of the first inning, but he seemed to quickly accumulate the outcount with a double play by inducing the follow-up hitter Kim Hye-sung to ground out to second base. However, the crisis began when the second base force-out did not proceed quickly and the batter was saved.
Lee gave up a walk to Song Sung-moon with one out and a runner on the first base, and Choi Joo-hwan hit a 149-km fastball for the first time to score his first run. Later, Bae Sang-kwon also hit an additional timely hit. Then, on the first and third bases, he succeeded in inducing Won Sung-joon to ground out to the first base, but allowed Choi Joo-hwan, a third baseman, to score a run in the first inning alone in the process of catching a runner on the first base through intimidation.
After blocking the first inning with difficulty, Lee sent a runner to the scoring position once again when he got a double from Kim Gun-hee in the second inning, but ended the inning without losing a point, and seemed to be stabilizing. However, he gave up a walk to leadoff hitter Kim Hye-sung in the third inning, and got off to a shaky start again. Afterwards, he erased Kim who was attempting to steal second base with the help of catcher Son Sung-bin, but gave walks to Song Sung-moon and Choi Joo-hwan in succession before going down the mound in a crisis of the first and second bases.
At the time, Lee seemed to be deeply disappointed. He did not seem to understand coach Joo Hyung-kwang’s order to replace pitchers when he visited the mound. Even after he left the mound, he seemed to be full of complaints, sighing deeply while sitting on the bench. As he injured his elbow in the opening game last year, he ended up having Tommy John surgery, and returned to the mound this year through long rehabilitation, indicating his potential. However, as he failed to continue the good trend for a long time, he had a chance again, but failed to produce significant results.
Kim Tae-hyung called up Lee Min-seok. In the first scene captured on the broadcast, Lee appeared to be scolded by “Tiger Inside” Kim Tae-hyung, but that was not true. Rather, Kim Tae-hyung was patting Lee Min-seok, who was so disappointed to leave the mound early. Soon, Kim Tae-hyung was seen comforting Lee by patting him on the buttocks. Yoon Dong-hee also gave confidence by patting Lee on the back of his return to the locker room.
What did the coach tell Lee Min-seok? Asked about Chung’s position as the next head coach before the match against Gwangju KIA on Tuesday, Kim said, “I cannot throw today (20th), but I will wait until the middle tomorrow (21st). And I am thinking of using it as the starting pitcher in the match against Samsung.” “I promised Lee by tapping his hip that you will definitely be the starting pitcher next time.”He chuckled.
Coach Kim Tae-hyung continued, “I was so disappointed that Min-seok had a big face like a baby. He thought he really threw the ball, but he was so upset that he kept on making the ball. So, he said, ‘Good throw. It’s okay. I’ll make sure to select him next time.”
Lotte-KT of the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” at KT Wiz Park in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of August 9, 2024. Lotte’s Lee Min-seok is pitching hard in relief in the bottom of the fifth inning./My Daily
The coach explained that although the performance and content were not good, the performance improved compared to the previous one. “Actually, I had said something to (Son) Sung-bin after the first inning was over. The ball combination was too simple. He kept throwing fast balls, saying the ball was fast. Kiwoom’s young players are really good at fast balls. It was regrettable that he threw fast balls in the middle of the game. Then, how could you toss the ball after stepping on the three-to-four step against Kim Hye-sung? Ko Seung-min made a mistake,” the coach said, adding, “(Lee Min-seok) has improved a lot.”
As Lee Min-seok was canceled on the 19th, he will not be able to return to the first team until the 10-day period is completed. Therefore, for now, Chung Hyun-soo, who pitched well against Kiwoom without allowing as many as seven strikeouts in three ⅓ innings, is likely to be put in the absence of Lee Min-seok. Manager Kim Tae-hyung’s “starting promise” to Lee Min-seok may not be kept, but if Lee Min-seok, who was not satisfied with himself enough to refuse to replace the pitcher, tries to get a chance to start again, the synergy effect of the competition can be expected.