Wow~~ What a fantastic game..
To think that such a luxury match would come out of Lotte Giants..
The showdown between the starting pitchers was also great, and Choi Jun-yong's spirited pitching in the 9th inning and Moon Jung-bin's confrontation were truly amazing..
While I was a little disappointed with manager Yeom Gyun-yeop's decision to replace starting pitcher Im Chan-gyu, which ultimately led to the defeat. Lotte manager's tactic of choosing Song Chan-ui instead of Moon Bo-gyeong after intentionally walking him on a 3-ball count against Kim Won-jung's forkball in the 8th inning was also impressive.
It's a shame, but I understand manager Yeom's feelings as today was Game 1 and he chose Chan-gyu as the starter.
For our team, the top of the 8th inning was very regrettable..
Actually, Kim Won-jung's fastball wasn't that great, but Park Hae-min and Austin easily gave out outs by swinging at it. Since he couldn't throw a fastball to Moon Bo-gyeong, he kept trying to trick him with forkballs, but when there was no reaction, he chose Song Chan-ui instead. I was secretly happy thinking "Oh, it's here.. Nureung (nickname for Song Chan-ui), your chance has come!" But as expected, Song Chan-ui's lack of experience in the first team was evident.
After all, the difference lies in Moon Bo-gyeong enduring three consecutive forkballs and Song Chan-ui swinging at three consecutive forkballs like a fan.
Today's game will probably be a good learning experience.
It was good that we held on until the 9th inning.
I hope Bae Jae-jun and Lee Jung-yong, who went down to Futures today, learned something from Lotte's Choi Jun-yong's pitching and mindset.
Good job to the players, and as always, LG Twins fighting!
