SSG Manager Lee Soo-yong smiled bitterly. SSG suffered a sweepstakes in the three consecutive games against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul during the week. In the first game, the team suffered setbacks due to defensive errors, and gave up until the remaining two games. In the game where “Ace” Kim Kwang-hyun took the mound, the lineup did not explode, and Song Young-jin, who was given the chance to start the game for the fifth time, took the mound on the 23rd, the last day of the three consecutive games, and gave up six runs in one inning. The team also suffered a crushing defeat.
It is the first four-game losing streak since Lee took the helm. The team is still in the middle of the race, but internal injuries are significant. “I didn’t want to do as much as this (long losing streak),” Lee told reporters ahead of the match against the Hanwha Eagles in Incheon on Monday. “I cut my hair and shaved my face neatly. Players make changes in farm fashion at times like this, but there was nothing for the coach to do,” Lee said with a smile. It was an expression of the coach’s will to end the losing streak.
“I felt it would not be easy this week, but it became a reality,” Lee said. “In the game where Lee Kun-wook took the mound (Tuesday), it was not easy to quickly operate the bullpen, and when Kwang-hyun came out, the bat did not work. (Song) Young-jin showed such pitching even after taking 10 days off. He keeps trying to play baseball by himself. I also picked Young-jin as my key point in yesterday’s game, but I lost because that didn’t happen. I gave up our three consecutive wins and came home in a calm mood.”
Lee made changes to the starting lineup for the match against Hanwha on Monday. Park Sung-han was placed as the first hitter, and Jihoon Choi was placed as the second hitter. Lee predicted that he would be more aggressive in ordering players and speeding up the tempo of replacement of pitchers. Lee said, “I plan to make changes in various ways. There are times when players don’t seem to be able to catch up on judgment based on the flow of a game or the situation yet. First of all, I think the fear of the result is too great. Now, I think the players should be more active and work through it out. I will have a coach meeting today and send a message to the players to be more active.”
On the first day of the three consecutive weekend series against Hanwha, Drew Anderson will start the SSG. Anderson is scheduled to play five innings on the day.
BY: 토토사이트 추천