Can Ryu Hyun-jin prevent Hanwha from falling to last place? Sortie against Lotte on the 7th
If Hanwha and Lotte are swept in a three-game series, Lotte will be in last place, and if they only face a left-handed pitcher, they will be silent... Good news for Ryu Hyun-jin
‘The Return of the Korean Monster’ Ryu Hyun-jin (37, Hanwha Eagles) takes the mound to prevent his team from falling to the bottom.
Ryu Hyun-jin will start the 2024 professional baseball visiting game against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 7th.
This is a game that puts a lot of pressure on Ryu Hyun-jin.
Hanwha took the lead early this season amid a frightening upward trend, but began to decline with its worst performance from mid-April.
Last month, from the Samsung Lions game on the 20th to the 26th game against the Doosan Bears, they suffered 6 consecutive losses and sank to 8th place, and on the 4th, they suffered a crushing loss against the KIA Tigers and fell to 9th place. 카지노사이트
As of the 6th, Hanwha has 14 wins, 21 losses, a winning percentage of 0.400, and the gap with the 10th place Lotte Giants (11 wins, 22 losses, 1 draw, a winning percentage of 0.333) has narrowed to two games.
Depending on the results of the three-game series between the two teams held from the 7th to the 9th, Hanwha may fall to the bottom.
It is a painful result for Hanwha, which announced the completion of rebuilding last winter by recruiting Ryu Hyun-jin and infielder Ahn Chi-hong.
The atmosphere of both teams is different.
Hanwha has been sluggish with 1 win and 3 losses in the last 4 games, but Lotte has recorded 3 consecutive wins, providing an opportunity for a rebound.
Hanwha plans to overcome its worst crisis with its spiritual leader, Ryu Hyun-jin.
Ryu Hyun-jin's pace and recent atmosphere are not bad.
Ryu Hyun-jin was sluggish at the beginning of this season due to poor ball control accompanied by stamina issues, but she recently improved her physical condition and regained her ball status.
In the match against SSG Landers on the 30th, he pitched more than 100 pitches in a game for the first time in 2 years and 8 months since August 2021 when he played in the Major League Baseball (MLB) of the American Professional Baseball League, and pitched well with 7 hits, 2 walks, 1 strikeout, and 1 earned run in 6 innings.
At that time, Ryu Hyun-jin achieved his 100th KBO League career victory and broke the 'nine move'.
His fatigue had fully recovered.
Ryu Hyun-jin was originally scheduled to start on the mound in the visiting game against KIA on the 5th, but due to rain, the start was postponed by two days.
The location of his matches and the opponents are not that unfamiliar.
This is Ryu Hyun-jin's first appearance on the mound against Lotte in the regular league since September 6, 2012, before entering MLB, but he did pitch in an exhibition game against Lotte held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on March 17 and pitched 5 innings.
The fact that Lotte hitters are weak against left-handed pitchers is also good news for Ryu Hyun-jin and Hanwha.
Lotte's batting average against left-handed pitchers this season is only 0.218, ranking last among the 10 teams.
There is a big difference between the team batting average (0.267) and the right-handed pitcher's opponent's batting average (0.290).
However, Ryu Hyun-jin also performed poorly this season, recording a hitting percentage of 0.303 against left-handed batters.
The hit rate against right-handed batters (0.244) was actually lower.
The pitcher competing with Ryu Hyun-jin for the starting spot is Lotte's native ace Park Se-woong.
Park Se-woong recorded 3 wins, 2 losses, and an average ERA of 4.03 in 7 games this season.
He showed off his good form in the last three games, recording quality starts (less than 3 earned runs in 6 innings) in all of them.
