It was a valid decision on the path to nine consecutive wins. And it went as intended. However, he did not get the result he wanted.온라인바카라
Hanwha suffered a come-from-behind loss of 3-5 against the Lotte Giants during the regular season of the Korean pro baseball league held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on Sunday. The loss stopped the team's winning streak at 8.
Hanwha faced an upset loss at the moment when it crossed the seventh ridge of its nine-game winning streak. Hanwha was challenging not only its nine-game winning streak, but also the historical record of nine consecutive wins as starters. The team set a new record, however. Attention was focusing on whether it could further set a new record.
Expectations were high, too. Ryu Hyun-jin, Hanwha's flagship, took the mound. His opponent was Park Se-woong, who has struggled whenever he met Hanwha for nearly three years. As expected, Hanwha's batters beat a shaky Park Se-woong in the second inning to get three runs first. The opportunity seemed to fall apart when they reached two outs after taking the chance to load the bases with no outs, but Shim Woo-joon, a .100 hitter, scored the first run on an infield hit to the third baseman. An Chi-hong, with a batting average of 65, then hit a timely two-run hit to take a 3-0 lead.
Ryu Hyun-jin was hit by a solo shot by Yoon Dong-hee in the fourth inning, but his pitching itself was perfect. He dominated Lotte's batting lineup. However, it was hard for Hanwha's batters to score an additional point after scoring three points in the second inning. It was not that there was no opportunity, so we had to prepare for a turning point in the flow.
In the end, the team reached a breakthrough in the sixth inning. Hanwha gave up three runs and a quality start in six innings without destroying Park. Park threw 108 pitches and posted a speed of 148 kilometers on the last pitch.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Ryu gave Hwang Sung-bin, the leadoff batter, a single to the right that was rolling between the first and second bases. He gave up a hit with an advantageous count of one ball and two strikes. He also had a lead in the count of one ball and two strikes, but ended up with another hit to the right. The mood has gotten stranger.
For now, he calmly handled Ko Seung-min's sacrifice bunt to become a runner on the second and third bases with one out. The first base was empty, and Ryu gave a signal to the bench. He expressed his willingness to fill the first base without competing with Reyes, who will join the batter's box. The Hanwha bench might have felt the same way if Ryu had not sent a signal. Reyes was automatically sent off with intentional four pitches.
Hanwha's decision made good sense. Reyes was strong against Ryu. He was a batter with relative strength that Ryu felt burdened about. When Ryu was with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2021, he met with Reyes, a former member of the Detroit Tigers, and recorded two hits in two at-bats.
As Reyes wore the Lotte jersey last year and Ryu returned to the Hanwha Eagles, the probability of a rematch increased, and the team started an exhibition game. At the exhibition game, Reyes also had two hits from three times at bat to Ryu. They were mostly strong hits, not over-the-counter hits. They were also two hits from six times at bat during last year's regular season. As confirmed, the team had six hits from 11 times at bat with a batting average of 545.
Na Seung-yeop, who was behind Reyes, is the most productive hitter in Lotte's lineup this year, and was relatively strong against Ryu by posting two hits in six times at bat last year. However, Ryu gave up two strikeouts on the day. Na Seung-yeop didn't get the timing right at all.
"The first base was empty and I thought I would skip Reyes because I was a bit weak," Na said after the game. "Ryu Hyun-jin throws so well that it becomes difficult for me if I get too many counts. So I thought I would spin the ball if it was similar to the first pitch. The ball was so good that I thought I would lose if I got too many counts." Na was psychologically concentrated. Ryu Hyun-jin had the upper hand.
Then Ryu threw a 134-km changeup to the low course outside the first pitch. Na swung the bat as he decided. An in-play hit was formed, but the speed of the hit was not fast. He headed toward the first base. Chae Eun-seong, who came to the front of the first base and was playing defense, threw himself away. However, the hit hit hit Chae's glove and flew to the outfield. Seeing the hit flow toward the first base, Ryu ran to cover the first base, but had no choice but to be disappointed.
The score tied the game 3-3. Since then, he failed to block Reyes from advancing to the third base in defense, leading to a crisis with runners on the first and third bases with one out. Consequently, he handled Jeon with a ground ball to the shortstop, but failed to block the runner on the third base from scoring a point. The game turned out to be 3 to 4, and the team was on the verge of losing the game. In the end, Hanwha couldn't overturn. He became the losing pitcher by allowing seven hits (one homer), one walk, seven strikeouts, and four runs in six innings.
It was a good choice to skip Reyes. However, it remains to be considered whether Chae Eun-seong really couldn't block Na's hit afterwards. If Chae handled the hit, he could have added at least one out count, even if he could not block Hwang from rushing home from the third base. The score was 3-2, and with two outs, Ryu could have dragged the mood down.
No positive scenario was triggered. Ryu's step towards the dugout after the sixth inning was inevitably heavy. It was a game of nine consecutive wins that Hanwha was able to catch. It is regrettable. After failing to win nine consecutive games, Hanwha will now move to Daejeon home and play three consecutive games against KT Wiz. Um Sang-baek will face his former team KT for the first time.