Reorganization for 10 days was also useless. NC closer Lee Yong-chan collapsed after being hit hard again before returning to the mound.메이저사이트
Lee took the mound at the top of the ninth inning with a 7-8 one-run gap against the Doosan Bears in Changwon on Sunday. If he secures a clean cut in the ninth inning, he could come from behind to win. However, Lee failed to catch three out counts and left the mound. He allowed walks and consecutive hits with two outs and a runner on the first base, and allowed two runs, before being replaced by Han. With all the runners that Han Jae-seung inherited, Lee’s earned run went up to four runs.
Up until last month, Lee said, “Even though I was nervous, the result wasn’t that bad. In 45 appearances through July, Lee restricted Blon’s saves to three. The on-base allowed rate (WHIP) reached 1.54, but he managed to keep the ERA at 2.82 by minimizing the number of runs through veteran’s pitches.
However, Lee Yong-chan’s pitching, which was in jeopardy, is not working this month. He pitched six times in August, allowing 13 runs in 3.2 innings. His monthly ERA reached 31.91. The loss against LG on the 11th was particularly painful. The game, which had been leading 3-1 until the ninth inning, Lee Yong-chan lost three runs in the ninth inning, and suffered a come-from-behind loss. With runners on the first and second bases with two outs, the six-pitch folk ball thrown to Park Dong-won surged high and hit a two-run finishing double that hit the left fence.
NC eliminated Lee from its first-team entry on the 17th. This is because the slump in August was so serious. On the eve of the expiration, Lee took the mound in the top of the ninth inning, trailing Samsung 3-4, but collapsed by allowing three runs in 0.2 innings.
Despite the worst performance, the coach failed to trust the pitcher to finish his career best. Elimination of the entry was also a form of consideration for Lee to recover his tired body and mind. NC manager Kang In-kwon stressed that Lee Yong-chan will still play the role of closing the team when he returns home after meeting the expiration date. However, the much-believed finish was criticized again in the return match.
As of Tuesday, NC`s team remains in ninth place. It has 4.5 games to beat KT, which is ranking fifth. As the team has more games to play in, it is not time to completely achieve its hopes, but it is hard to expect a come-from-behind victory at the end of the season with the back door feeling anxious. Kim Young-kyu has been sidelined due to injury, and Ryu Jin-wook, who briefly played the closing role last season, is still not in his normal pitching capacity. Kim Jae-yeol is struggling, but his performance is not as fast as in the first half. Even if the NC bench decides on the last move to manage the bullpen, it is not easy to find a substitute.