Why did manager Yeom Kyung-yeop throw right-handed pitcher Kim Jin-sung against left-handed hitter Ko Seung-min.메이저놀이터
LG lost 3-8 against the Ulsan Lotte Giants on the 3rd in the heat wave. Players ran exhausted in hot weather, but if they had lost, they would have felt sorry.
Son Ho-young gave up a three-run shot in the first inning, but Park Dong-won’s home run balanced the game 3-3.
However, it was painful to get the finishing hit by Ko Seung-min in the seventh inning with two outs and a runner on the third base. Yeom chose Kim Jin-seong, who returned to the first team after controversy over social media, after putting down Lee Ji-gang, who had been showing good pitching against Ko. However, Kim Jin-seong threw three balls in a row for the first time and started a count fight, only to allow Ko to have a double.
It is common to use left-handed pitchers as one point against left-handed hitters. LG had two left-handed pitchers – Kim Yoo-young and Lim Joon-hyung. Then why did Yeom choose Kim Jin-seong.
“I tried to fill up the entire two innings of Lee Ji-gang that I threw from the sixth inning,” Yeom said ahead of the game against Lotte that was canceled due to the heat wave on Wednesday. His ball power was good. However, based on his records, Lee Ji-gang was weak against Ko Seung-min, as he recorded two hits in three times at bat this season. That’s why I decided to replace the pitcher.” “I thought the match against Ko Seung-min was the point of the game. I thought of Kim Yoo-young, but rather, Kim Jeon-seong was the strongest pitcher for Ko. Kim Yoo-young was rather weak in the match against Lotte left-handed hitters.”
Coach Yeom said, “I should have put Lee Ji-gang on the mound just by looking at the pitch, but looking at the data makes my head complicated. What can be more important than the data is the current condition, and it was a difficult choice because nothing in the baseball data is as accurate as the opponent’s record.”
“For a coach, every moment is a match. If the result is good, I just let it go, and if it is bad, it is my responsibility,” Yeom said.