The Lotte Giants’ recruitment of veteran pitcher Kim Sang-soo (35), who recorded the league’s first 40 holds, is becoming a godsend.
Lotte won 5-3 in the regular season match against Kiwoom Heroes of the ‘2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 30th, and won 8 consecutive wins, rising to first place alone.
Lotte’s last 8-game winning streak was in 2010. From June 3rd to 12th, 2010, it has been 4705 days since winning 8 games in a row. In addition, with a season 14-8 win rate of .636, it rose to first place alone, beating SSG (15-9, win rate .625), which lost to Doosan that day. It is only 3,949 days since July 7, 2012 (72 matches, 39 wins, 39 losses, 3 draws, winning rate of .565) that Lotte rose to the top spot after 20 games.
On this day, Lotte starter Han Hyun-hee recorded 7 hits, 2 walks, 1 ball, 3 strikeouts and 3 runs in 4⅔ innings. After that, the bullpen was activated. After Han Hyun-hee, Kim Jin-wook climbed the mound in the 5th inning with 2 out 1st and 2nd base, and was hit with a double hit by pinch hitter Park Chan-hyeok, turning it 2-3. The runner in charge of Han Hyun-hee stepped on the groove. However, he finished the fifth inning without allowing an extra run, and went 1⅓ scoreless innings through the sixth.
The bullpen, which is driving Lotte’s upward trend, was unmoved on this day as well. After Kim Jin-wook, Kim Sang-soo took charge of the mound. Kim Sang-soo came up to face Kiwoom’s main batting line, Lee Jung-hoo, Russell, and Lee Won-seok, and came down the mound with Lee Jung-hoo as first baseman grounder, Russell as pitcher grounder, and Lee Won-seok as center fielder floating ball. Kim San-soo continued his scoreless march in 13 consecutive games.
In the end, when Kim Sang-soo calmed Kiwoom’s central batting line, the game fluctuated again. ‘Promised Episode 7’ was made. After making the score 3-3 with the opponent’s balk, Rex’s timely double and Jeon Jun-woo’s right-handed hit turned the game over to 5-3. Afterwards, Seong-Min Koo and Won-Joong Kim’s Pil Seung-Jo blocked the game and completed 8 consecutive victories and 1st place alone. Kim Sang-soo earned his second win of the season with this victory. During the 8-game winning streak, he earned 1 win, 2 holds and 1 save. The average ERA for the season was brought down to 0.87.온라인카지노
In 2019, he is in charge of a position in Lotte’s Pilseungjo with the dignity of the 40-hold hold king. Last year, the player who was released from SSG revived to the point of wondering if he was right.
After the game, Kim Sang-soo said, “It felt good to win in front of a full crowd. I think I gave a good weekend gift to the most passionate people.”
He continued, “I threw without thinking about victory requirements or points. He was calm, but tried to throw it confidently and courageously. I will continue to throw the same consistently,” he reaffirmed his determination.