Kim Won-joong and Kim Tae-hyung, the two coaches who finished the match after two days of non-night standings, won the match, but failed to smile. After a long game that lasted more than five hours and 30 minutes, the players exited the stadium with exhausted looks.
The Lotte Giants, who are continuing their hopes for fall baseball, put themselves on a bus heading to Seoul after winning the last game of the three consecutive games against the Hanwha Eagles at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 29th.
Starting from the first inning, both teams were on the verge of loading the bases, showing signs of an unusual development. Lotte starter Wilkerson allowed a hit to leadoff hitter Hanwha Hwang Young-mook and then gave up a walk in a match against Peraza. Was it because of rain that started to fall right before the game began? It was different from Wilkerson’s pitching, who used to target both ends of the border line with sharp control.
Wilkerson got off the mound for a while at the moment of crisis, collected his breath, and started pitching again, and posted his first out count by handling Ahn Chi-hong’s fly ball to center field. In the game with Noh Si-hwan, he garnered stability by throwing a fastball of 147 kilometers and striking out swinging.
With two outs and runners on first and second bases. Wilkerson, who gave up a walk in the game with Chae Eun-sung, faced a bases-loaded crisis, but Kim Tae-yeon was grounded out and escaped the bases-loaded crisis in the first inning without a run.
As Sajik Jesus Wilkerson got over the bases-loaded crisis without losing a run, the fielders cheered up.
In the bottom of the first inning, leadoff hitter Yoon Dong-hee hit a left-handed hit against Hanwha starter Barria. Since then, Ko Seung-min and Son Ho-young have had three consecutive hits, creating a full base chance with no outs. The troubleshooter appeared at a moment when No. 4 hitter Reyes stepped down with a ground ball to the third base and seemed to lead to an offensive flow similar to that of Hanwha, which failed to take advantage of the full base chance in the top of the first inning.
Taking the batter’s box with one out, Jeon reacted to Hanwha starter Barria’s successive sliders. The result was two fouls. Jeon, who was caught in the count of 0B 2S, boldly turned the bat when the slider on the third pitch entered a similar course. The technically pushed ball to the right-center and rolled to the fence.
It was enough for Reyes, Son Ho-young and Ko Seung-min, who filled the bases. Jeon Joon-woo, who ran to the third base while Hanwha fielders continued to play, roared after confirming that all the runners had entered the groove. With Jeon Joon-woo’s timely hit in the first inning and Jeong Hoon’s timely hit running, Lotte’s 5-0 lead until the third inning was suddenly suspended due to thick rain.
The game, which had been suspended at 7:50 p.m., resumed at 9 p.m., an hour and 10 minutes later. Wilkerson gave up two runs in the fourth inning, but Lotte’s batters scored four points, widening the gap to 9-2. Since then, when Lotte runs away, the game, which was followed by Hanwha, has entered the ninth inning just before midnight. 토토사이트
As the Hanwha Eagles trailed Kim by a score point of 14 to 10, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung put Kim Won-joong on the mound. Kim, who had played in eight games in July and had one win, two losses and 11.05 ERA without any saves, recovered stability in August. Unlike in July, Kim displayed one win, four saves and zero ERA in seven games in August, making a perfect comeback.
His last appearance in August at Sajik Stadium. Unlike Kim Tae-hyung’s wish that Kim Won-joong end the game neatly, the flow of the game in the ninth inning was sweaty.
In the ninth inning when Ha started off the game with a heavy hit by leadoff hitter Ha Joo-seok, Kim Won-joong struck out Moon Hyun-bin with three strikeouts and posted his first out count. His ball control started to falter in the match against Peraza with one out and runners on first base, leading to a walk and then another walk to An Chi-hong, causing the bases to be loaded with one out.
As closing pitcher Kim Won-joong was shaken up ahead of the match against No. 4 hitter Noh Si-hwan, catcher Cho In-geun visited the mound again after a short conversation. If a player allowed a big hit, the game would be tied immediately. Kim pitched carefully. Kim Won-joong, who was warned four times of violations of the pitch clock, turned the homerun batter around with a sacrifice fly after the ninth pitch. Kim Won-joong, who started the match against Noh ahead of midnight, added one out count before midnight and watched the electronic display.
Kim Won-joong, who was on the mound, breathed a sigh of relief when Kim In-hwan’s ball went into left fielder Hwang Sung-bin’s glove after a full count match with two outs and runners on the first and second bases. At 00:07 minutes after the game, Lotte closer Kim Won-joong and manager Kim Tae-hyung succeeded in the winning series, but left the stadium with a firm face.
