In the 7th inning, which had to be stopped... Lotte's 'hardening' made by Jung Hyun-soo's ⅔ Inning
In the 7th inning, which had to be stopped... Lotte's 'hardening' made by Jung Hyun-soo's ⅔ Inning
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The Lotte Giants' pitching power is not as strong as its firepower. In particular, it is difficult to manage the bullpen. Currently, the team is heavily dependent on Chung. setup man Koo Seung-min is in the second division due to poor condition. There is no right pitcher to entrust one inning when he is winning. Manager Kim Tae-hyung also said, "I wish there was only one more." Park Jin-hyung and Park Si-young, who struggled hard last week in three consecutive games during the week against the Kiwoom Heroes and three consecutive games against the Samsung Lions, also need to build more trust.
Under the circumstances, left-hander Chung Hyeon-su (24), who is in the second year of his career, is performing extremely well. He has posted three holds in 19 games he has played this season. He has a very good ERA (2.38).메이저사이트
Chung Hyun-soo is also a hidden contributor to Lotte's victory (Score 5-3) against the Hanwha Eagles on the 24th. In the bottom of the sixth inning, when Lotte was losing 1-3, Na Seung-yeop tied the game by hitting a timely hit against Ryu Hyun-jin with one out and the bases loaded, and Jeon Joon-woo hit an RBI ground ball in the following opportunities on the first and third bases, turning the game around 4-3.
Afterwards, defense was the most important defense for Lotte in the top of the seventh inning. He had to keep the lead. Chung took the mound to face off Hanwha's foreign hitter Esteban Florentine after pitcher Kim Sang-soo grounded out Hwang Young-mook to second base for the first time in the inning. Prior to the game, Florentine had led the team to eight consecutive wins.
By using sliders in both the first and fourth pitches, Chung shook the batter's eye to zero. The first pitch was a low ball in the middle, the second pitch was a high ball in the middle, the third pitch was a low ball in the strike zone, and the fourth pitch was a ball flowing outward (based on left-handed hitters). Afterwards, Chung showed a four-seam fastball, and added a slider to his body to induce a fly ball to the right field. In the game with the follow-up hitter, Moon Hyun-bin, he garnered a straight hit to the first baseman.
Kim Sang-soo's stake is also quite large in the 7th inning, but Chung Hyun-soo also blocked the two left-handed hitters well, erasing the possibility of the bullpen operation being twisted. It was also meaningful that Chung Hyeon-su caught two out-counts neatly so that Jung Chul-won would not be put in early. Lotte then won the game by holding Jeong Chul-won to two outs in the eighth inning, and closing pitcher Kim Won-joong made a "four-out" save early, preventing Hanwha's nine consecutive wins and nine consecutive starts.
Chung broke the record of most appearances (19) taken by an individual player in a single season on the day. He pitched 18 times in the 2024 season when he was a rookie. It is worth existing just because it is a left-handed bullpen pitcher that is not much in Lotte, and it is even growing.
This Busan series received a lot of attention as the hottest showdown in the league between Hanwha and Lotte. Jung did his part by taking the mound when Lotte lost in Game 1, and held a thin ice lead in Game 2. He is growing strongly, but he is growing that fast.