"I don't think I can calculate it." If a starter throws less than 6 innings, he loses? LG's biggest concern appears in Train to Busan
"I don't think I can calculate it." If a starter throws less than 6 innings, he loses? LG's biggest concern appears in Train to Busan
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LG left-handed pitcher Song Seung-ki secured victory over the Kiwoom Heroes by allowing no more than six innings. During six innings, he pitched 108 pitches. It was the first game to exceed 100 pitches this season. He pitched 92 pitches through the fifth inning. The score was 4-0 up. A typical LG player would have let go of Song Seung-ki. However, he pitched in the sixth inning and made a quality start by throwing out three times.안전놀이터
There was a reason why Song pitched one more inning. Ahead of the game on Saturday, manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "I left one more inning to Song because I did not have enough bullpen resources to be classified as a must-win group." Jang Hyun-sik left the game due to a muscle injury in his back on Saturday, and Kim Kang-ryul left the game due to a right shoulder injury on Sunday, leaving only two players, Kim Jin-seong and Park Myung-geun, who can be considered a must-win group. If a starter throws five innings, it will not be easy to block four innings with the rest of bullpen resources, and he leaned on Song.
Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop smiled and said on the 15th, "What's wrong with our must-win team when we have a lot of must-win teams left?" He said, "Park Myung-geun, and who's there? (Kim) Jin-sung, and then Baek Seung-hyun, and (Bae) Jae-jun, there are so many (Kim) Young-woo." The meaning of laughter was more like a despondent feeling.
Therefore, he had to save Kim Jin-seong and Park Myung-geun. "We have to put those players (Baek Seung-hyun, Bae Jae-joon and Kim Young-woo) in the back and Park Myung-geun should support them like this," manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said. "If you write other players' names, not Kim Jin-seong, but if there is a crisis, Kim Jin-seong should block them and Park Myung-geun should block them. For now, we are planning our strategy like that."
Last weekend's series brought out both successful and failed bullpen sessions. In the second game of a doubleheader on Wednesday, Conn. Winning went down after four ⅔ innings, and was pushed out of the bullpen session. LG led the game 6-1, but lost the game 6-7.
The first reliever Kim Jin-sung defended well against the crisis with two outs in the fifth inning, but was shaken in the sixth inning. Baek Seung-hyun failed to grab any out count, allowing a run on wild pitches with the bases loaded. In the end, Park Myung-geun had to come up in the sixth inning, and LG allowed a come-from-behind victory by allowing runs in the seventh and eighth innings.
Starting pitcher Yoni Chirinos pitched six innings on Wednesday, enabling him to run the bullpen. The process was not smooth, either. After Lee Woo-chan was in charge of ⅓ innings and Park Myung-geun and Sung Dong-hyun each had ⅔ innings, Kim Jin-sung recorded four out saves. The starter had to throw six innings to keep four points.
Other than Jang Hyun-sik and Kim Kang-ryul, LG has many pitchers such as Yoo Young-chan, Elijah Hernandez, Ham Deok-ju and Lee Jung-yong who are expected to return. For now, however, the team should run the game with pitchers currently in the entry list. Whether a starting pitcher can throw six innings or not will be the barometer to predict victory or defeat. Starting pitcher Song Seung-ki on Tuesday recorded four quality starts in eight starts.