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| Daegu Lions Park on the 18th. Lotte Reyes, Barnes and Samsung Diaz comforted each other. Daegu = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com |
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At the beginning of the season, when joy and sorrow were mixed, foreign players who knew the difficulties better than anyone else warmly comforted each other.
Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 18th. The Lotte Giants, who won three consecutive home games, arrived at the stadium for an away game against the Samsung Lions.
With Samsung players' defensive training underway, Lotte Reyes and Barnes approached Diaz standing at first base as soon as they saw him. Reyes and Barnes took turns hugging Diaz with pleasure.
Reyes and Barnes, who were sluggish at the beginning of the season, succeeded in rebounding. Reyes was sluggish with a batting average of 0.194 in eight games in March, but recovered his batting sense in April and is tied for first place with 28 hits. The momentum of setting a new record (202) for the most hits last year was revived.
Barnes also regained his ace form with two wins after three losses. In particular, he pitched 90 pitches in seven innings against the Kiwoom Heroes on the 16th and became the winning pitcher with five hits, one walk, 11 strikeouts and two runs.
Diaz batted .226 in eight games in March. He played with five hits (two home runs) in the opening two consecutive games, but the bat has rarely recovered since then. April's performance rose slightly to a batting average of 0.269. He played with two hits (one homer) and two RBIs against LG on the 17th, preventing his team's sweep loss.
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| Reyes | looking at the dies with a warm gaze
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| Park Byung-ho, who played for the Minnesota Twins for two years from 2016, is happily shaking hands with Barnes. Barnes also began his career in the minor leagues after being drafted by Minnesota in the 2017 draft. |
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| Park Byung-ho | having a good conversation with Barnes for a long time
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
