"I was able to keep running." Concerns became a reality... LG's No. 1 emergency, and the starting lineup collapsed and the collective hitting slumped
"I was able to keep running." Concerns became a reality... LG's No. 1 emergency, and the starting lineup collapsed and the collective hitting slumped
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LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop faced a situation that he was worried about. The first ordeal for LG, which was running atop the league alone, has come. Now it has to hold nine games consecutively. How will LG overcome this crisis.토토사이트
LG recorded its second consecutive loosing series last week. After losing one win and two losses to the NC Dinos, it recorded one win and two losses to the KIA Tigers in an away game in Gwangju. LG had always promoted the winning series since the opening, but suffered two consecutive loosings, which dampened its performance. It seems that LG is threatening its position for the first place.
The gap has narrowed dramatically. The winning rate has dropped from 80 percent (0.818) to 60 percent (0.690), while the second-place and the gap between the two teams has narrowed down the gap from six games to three games.
At a time when LG's pace drops, the nine games of fate will begin. Children's Day falls on Monday (May 5) this year. With the opening of the game on the day, the team will hold nine consecutive games.
LG's crisis began when Eliaser Hernandez left due to an injury. Starting players including Yonny Chirinos, Son Joo-young, Lim Chan-kyu and Song Seung-ki were powerful at the beginning of the season.
Rather, Hernandez, who was nicknamed "El Dong-won," showed poor performance in the early stages. Still, he found a solution. After losing for two consecutive games, he showed perfect pitching in the sixth inning with two outs in the match against Samsung on Saturday, before recovering.
However, he finally got hurt. He came down early due to thigh discomfort, but when he underwent an examination, he tore a muscle about 2 centimeters and was put on the injured list. It will take six weeks to recover. He quickly brought in a substitute foreign player, Koen Win, but it will take some time before he takes the mound.
Therefore, he put Kim Joo-on on the 20th and Lee Ji-gang on the 26th as substitute starters, but he collapsed by allowing one run with four outs in ⅓ innings and six runs in three innings, respectively.
May 2nd and May 7th are Hernandez's turn to start. It remains to be seen whether Coen can enter. For now, Choi Chae-heung was selected for one spot.
Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop regretted Hernandez's injury more than anyone else. "He is a tremendous hole. It was a point where I could run with all my might. If Hernandez returned to his position, we could continue running," Yeom said.
Coincidentally, the batting lineup also declined at the time when the starter was shaking. Top hitter Hong Chang-ki and second baseman Shin Min-jae have not been able to find a clue, and even the center hitters that were well hit have entered a downward trend.
While Austin has the only record of .30(0.333) in the last 10 games, Moon Bo-kyung was 0.206, Park Dong-won 0.235, and Kim Hyun-soo 0.276. In terms of team batting average, he ranks eighth with a batting average of 0.236 in 10 games.
The teams LG will meet during the nine consecutive games are Hanwha, SSG and Doosan. In particular, Hanwha has a strong starting lineup. In this three consecutive games, Weiss, Ryu Hyun-jin and Um Sang-baek will play in order.
SSG will meet Anderson, Kim Kwang-hyun and White, while Doosan will meet Colerbin, Choi Won-joon and Zach Rogue. The biggest challenge is to revive the lineup during this period. Attention is focusing on how LG's fateful nine-game series will turn out.