Will SSG Landers be able to create a miracle for fall baseball.
SSG won 8-6 against the Kiwoom Heroes in the “2024 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League” held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th. It has won four consecutive games recently.
SSG, which has 66 wins, two draws and a 68-loss winning rate of .493 this season, is sixth in the league and has yet to qualify for the post season. It is 1.5 games behind fifth-ranked KT (69 wins, two draws and 68 losses) and 2.5 games behind fourth-ranked Doosan (69 wins, two draws and 66 losses). SSG, which had remained in fifth place until April 22 and dropped to eighth place, succeeded in recovering its ranking to sixth place and is now looking to fifth place.
The KBO League, which has been in a fiercer competition than ever before, seems to be determined to some extent as the season is almost over. On the 16th, 10th-ranked Kiwoom (57 wins, 80 losses, and .416 wins) was confirmed to be eliminated from the postseason, and on the 17th, 1st-ranked KIA (83 wins, 2 draws, 53 losses, and .610) won the regular season. On the 19th, 9th-ranked NC (60 wins, 2 draws, 74 losses) was eliminated from the postseason.
Among the bottom three teams (SSG, Lotte, and Hanwha) that still have the possibility of advancing to the postseason, SSG is the only team that can realistically seek the fall baseball. This is because SSG can create a fifth-place match on its own. SSG, which has eight remaining games to play, will record 74 wins, two draws and 68 losses and a .521 winning rate if it wins all of the remaining games, and even if KT, which has only five remaining games, wins all of them, will be tied with 74 wins, two draws and 68 losses. According to the KBO League regulations, the first and fifth places are supposed to be ranked through a ranking match the day before the wild card match is held if they are tied.
Of course, it is true that KT, which is currently in the fifth place, is in an advantageous position. Based on the same transmission, KT, which has to win five games, and SSG, which has to win eight games, feel different burden. Whenever KT wins one game, SSG has to win two games. 먹튀검증
Nevertheless, SSG, which desperately wants to advance to the postseason, has no choice but to do its best to win every game. In particular, the two consecutive away games of KT at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 21st and 22nd, and Doosan’s away games at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 23rd are very important games that will virtually determine SSG’s fall baseball challenge.
SSG must catch the lowest Kiwoom in order to go to Suwon in the best possible atmosphere. Song Young-jin, who won three hits, three walks and two strikeouts in five ⅓ innings against Hanwha on the 10th, will be the starting pitcher. His performance this season is not good with 25 games (95 ⅓ innings) with five wins, nine losses and an ERA of 5.48, but he pitched overwhelmingly with one win and an ERA of 0.79 in two games (11 ⅓ innings) in September.
The starting pitcher against Kiwoom is also a no-brainer. Ace Ariel Furado will play. Furado has recorded 10 wins and seven losses and an earned run average of 3.17 in 29 games (184 ⅓ innings) this season. Against SSG, he displayed good performance in three games (20 innings) with two wins and one loss and an earned run average of 3.15. Even top-ranked teams including Kia Tigers at No. 1, Samsung Lions at No. 2, and LG Twins at No. 3 also expressed great presence in the Kiwoom game, in which Furado is a starting pitcher.
Kiwoom has already decided to drop out of the post season. Only four of the lowest-ranking transactional numbers in the league are left. However, the team is committed to doing its best until the end of the season. We cannot let go of the remaining games just for the sake of next season. SSG, which has a long way to go, is bound to be a very tricky opponent.
Attention is focusing on whether SSG will be able to catch Kiwoom, where Furado takes the mound, and create a fall storm at the end of the season.
