Will he be able to overcome his “eagle phobia” this time? Park Se-woong (29), the “glass ace” of the Lotte Giants, will meet the most feared opponent, the Hanwha Eagles.
Park Se-woong will start the first game of three consecutive games during the week against Hanwha in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 27th.
In this season, Park has shown sluggish performance that does not match his five-year, nine-billion-won ransom and nickname “glass ace.” He has posted six wins, nine losses and an earned run average of 5.44 in 23 starts. He is tied for second with the most losses and the lowest ERA among 18 pitchers who met the required innings.
The biggest problem is “failure.” He seems to be recovering but repeats the pattern of being substituted early in the next game. Even on days when he throws well, he loses, instead of receiving support from the batters, and thus his confidence is not recovering.
It was two months ago that Park won her last game. Park had no victory after pitching six innings of five hits and one run against the Kia Tigers on June 27. She has been sluggish in eight games since July with three losses and an earned run average of 6.34. She had quality starts in three of the eight games, but failed to complete five innings in three games. 메이저놀이터
In the match against Kia on Monday, the previous day, Park had 10 hits and allowed four runs during five ⅓ innings. Prior to the match, Park Se-woong showed strong performance with two wins and an ERA of 1.29 in two games against Kia this season, but even “natural enemy relationship” did not work.
Park, who failed even in the eighth game in seven games, is seeking to overcome sluggishness against the Hanwha Eagles, who she does not want to meet the most. During the 10 seasons from 2015 to this year, Park was very weak with one win, nine losses and an 8.51 ERA in 17 games against the Hanwha Eagles.
In particular, the match against Hanwha in Daejeon on May 28 was a nightmare itself. In four ⅔ innings, it collapsed with 11 hits, one homer, three walks, four strikeouts, and 10 runs (nine earned) and was disgraced for the most runs scored in a single game. He tried to end his natural enemy relationship, but his phobia got worse.
The Hanwha Eagles has swept the Doosan Bears in three consecutive games over the weekend, and has posted eight wins and two losses in recent 10 games. On the other hand, Lotte, which once had the No. 1 winning percentage in the league in August, has seen its strides slow down to four wins and six losses in recent 10 games. Last week, the team met the No. 1 Kia Tigers and the No. 2 Samsung Lions, and posted their second consecutive losing series.
It is a bad situation for Park in many ways, but we cannot avoid the game. The 8th-ranked Lotte (51 wins, 3 draws and 61 losses) is lagging behind the 5th-ranked KT Wiz (59 wins, 2 draws and 61 losses) in four games, and hopes for fall baseball are gradually disappearing. It remains to be seen whether Park, who is mired in a deep slump, will be able to regain his form as the “glass ace” and overcome his “eagle phobia” to save Lotte in crisis.
