9 pitchers each mobilized... Doosan-Lotte 'Baseball Not Like Baseball' with 22 outs
9 pitchers each mobilized... Doosan-Lotte 'Baseball Not Like Baseball' with 22 outs
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A big battle of pitching and hitting, which is not common, took place. The showdown between Doosan and Lotte at Sajik Stadium is summed up by the keyword "the disappearance of control."메이저사이트
Both teams devoted all their pitching resources from start to finish. Doosan and Lotte had nine pitchers side by side during nine innings. Nevertheless, there was no "three strikeouts" throughout the entire game, in which three batters were hit consecutively even in a single inning.
As many as 32 hits were made, and what was more shocking was the 22 walks the two teams gave up. Lotte's mound allowed 10 walks and Doosan allowed 12 pitches, which was unprofessional.
Early games seemed like Lotte's solo performance. Starting with Yoo Kang-nam's two-run timely hit in the first inning, Jung-hoon and Reyes' timely hit in the second inning added three more runs to lead the game 5-0. Doosan starter Kim Yu-seong left the mound early in the second inning without finishing the second inning.
However, Lotte's starting pitcher Tucker Davidson also collapsed. Having shown good pitching in the first two games of this season, Davidson's control of the ball was shaky. He allowed two walks from the first inning, and the number of pitches surged, and in the third inning, he had five hits in a row and allowed six hits, three walks, and three runs in 2.2 innings. Lotte, which gave up three runs each in the third and fourth innings, allowed its team to come from behind to 5-6.
The stadium heated up even more in the bottom of the fifth inning. When second baseman Lee Ho-joon was ruled out at home amid Jeon's heavy hit with runners on the second base with one out, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung insisted on obstructing the catcher's advance and requested a video review. There was even a situation where Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop was sent off after protesting against the referee's decision in Lotte's favor.
At the 7-7 tie, Lotte eclipsed the win by giving up to 12-7 with two runs in the bottom of the sixth and Kim Min-sung's three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh. The packed crowd of 22,665 cheered, but Doosan turned the game around 12-14 in the top of the eighth inning with a whopping seven runs scored. In the end, Lotte ranked seventh with five wins, seven losses, and one tie (0.417 win rate).
Regardless of victory or defeat, it was hard to avoid criticism that both teams showed unprofessional performance in terms of game content. Excessive four outs and unstable pitching remain tasks that must be improved for the next game.