The Lotte Giants swept the season’s first Nakdong River Derby against the NC Dinos with a stronger back heart and ran for the first four consecutive wins of the season. Lotte, which fell to 8th place on the 19th, raised the ranking to 4th place and narrowed the gap with the leader SSG Landers to 2 games.
Lotte won 5 wins and 1 loss last week against the KIA Tigers and NC Dinos. Weekly performance is 1st out of 10 teams. During this period, the team’s ERA was 4th with 3.60 and the team’s batting average was tied for 8th with 0.220, but they accumulated victories one after another.
It did not collapse easily even in a tight flow. In a tie or inferior situation, the other line exploded momentarily and harvested 5 wins. Four of these wins were come-from-behind wins.
In particular, the back of the heart was bitter. Of the 30 points scored in the last 6 games, 14 points, close to half, were scored after the 7th inning.
In the match against Sajik KIA on the 18th, he led 4-0, allowed 5 runs in the 5th inning, and allowed a turnaround, but after 1 out in the 7th inning, 6 batters showed cohesion by scoring 3 runs with 1 hit, 4 4 balls, and 1 sacrifice hit.
Jeon Jun-woo made a 5-5 tie with a sacrifice fly, and An Chi-hong made the bases full again with an intentional walk, and Noh Jin-hyeok hit a timely hit with 2 RBIs.
In the NC and Nakdong River Derby held at Changwon NC Park in Gyeongnam from the 21st to the 23rd, Lotte’s back-and-forth was more evident. Lotte won 11 points out of 18 points obtained in these 3 games after the 7th inning. 카지노
Lotte fell behind 0-2 in the game on the 21st, then scored 1 point each in the top of the 8th and 9th innings to return the game to the starting point.
In the game on the 22nd, they were chased by 8-6 with 3 runs at the end of the 8th inning, but scored 2 points with Ahn Kwon-soo’s solo shot in the beginning of the 9th inning, breaking NC’s will to pursue.
The last game of the three-game series was the highlight. In the game on the 23rd, Lotte failed to score a single point until the 8th inning, and lost 0-3. However, in the beginning of the 9th inning, the Lotte batting line exploded, and they scored 5 points with 5 hits and 3 4 balls, resulting in a thrilling come-from-behind victory.
It’s not just the batting line that hit well in the second half. The mound also boasted solidity at the last minute and laid the foundation for a comeback.
Lotte’s weekly bullpen ERA was 1.37, the most salty pitching among 10 teams. The bullpen gave up 5 runs in 26⅓ innings and had four scoreless games. In the previous 12 games, the bullpen ERA was 8.10 (36 earned runs, 37 runs in 40 innings), which contrasts with the hole in the back door.