It's a chance to end the game with one out and third base in the 55th and 9th innings, but why can't you substitute KS MVP?

Apr 22, 2025

It's a chance to end the game with one out and third base in the 55th and 9th innings, but why can't you substitute KS MVP?
In the game between NC and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 22nd, LG Lee Young-bin is striking out in the bottom of the ninth inning with one out and third base. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.22/



It's a chance to end the game with one out and third base in the 55th and 9th innings, but why can't you substitute KS MVP?
In the game between NC and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 22nd, LG Park Dong-won hit a tiebreaking solo home run and is running around the base in the bottom of the ninth inning. NC Park Min-woo, who made a come-from-behind hit in the top of the ninth inning, is disappointed. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.22/
It's a chance to end the game with one out and third base in the 55th and 9th innings, but why can't you substitute KS MVP?
A game between NC and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 22nd, and second baseman Austin is cheering with a tie score during LG Kim Hyun-soo's timely hit with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.22/
At the bottom of the ninth inning, when the score is 5-5, one out and third base. 9th batter Lee Young-bin's at-bat in the closing chance.

It was a situation where a substitute card could come out. And on this day, there was a key player who was excluded from the selection. Oh Ji-hwan, the 2023 Korean Series MVP.

However, Oh Ji-hwan was preparing to play catch by wearing gloves instead of a bat. In other words, it meant that there was no substitute. Lee Young-bin came out as a pinch hitter and watched the first and second pitches well, but then struck out swinging on a 146km fastball for the sixth time in 2B2S.




Hong Chang-ki's walk with two outs and third base led to the first and third base opportunities, but Moon Sung-joo's ball became a ground ball in front of the pitcher and did not end it, and he lost 5-6 in the top of the 10th inning with consecutive doubles by Kwon Hee-dong and Kim Hwi-jip.

The LG Twins lost 5-6 to the NC Dinos at home on the 22nd after a close game in the 10th inning. After losing 3-9 against the SSG Landers on the 20th, he lost for the first two consecutive games this season. He went on to record 18 wins and 6 losses.

The bottom of the ninth inning was the most regrettable. With a 4-5 deficit, Koo Bon-hyuk's double to left created a chance to end the game following the leadoff Park Dong-won's tying solo shot. Park Hae-min's stable sacrifice bunt makes it one out and third base. Now, LG's wonderful come-from-behind victory is recorded just by hitting a sacrifice fly.




It was a pity that Oh Ji-hwan did not come out as a substitute in that situation. Lee Young-bin and Oh Ji-hwan show a big difference in experience and batting ability. Of course, it is inevitably different in the pressure that the opposing pitcher will receive.

There was a reason why Oh Ji-hwan couldn't go out as a pinch hitter. Oh Ji-hwan filled the spot as Koo Bon-hyuk was replaced by pinch runner Choi Won-young after getting on base with a double, and LG had no remaining infielders. If Lee Young-bin was excluded because there was no outfielder, there would be no player to watch the second baseman if he entered the extension.

Four players were waiting on the bench on the day, including infielders Oh Ji-hwan and Lee Young-bin, outfielders Song Chan-ui and Choi Won-young, and Song Chan-ui was put in as a pinch hitter for Shin Min-jae in the bottom of the seventh inning and was replaced by Lee Young-bin during defense in the top of the eighth inning. And if Choi Won-young plays as Koo Bon-hyuk's pinch runner in the bottom of the ninth inning and extends, Oh Ji-hwan has to defend, so Lee Young-bin was forced to hit. Oh Ji-hwan played shortstop in the top of the 10th inning.




If Lee Young-bin hit it somehow and didn't hit a ground ball in front of the infielder, fast Choi Won-young could have homered, but he couldn't get it right, and the result that hitters couldn't bring third base runner Choi Won-young home was a disappointing loss. Still, LG's persistent power with Kim Hyun-soo's timely hit in the eighth inning and Park Dong-won's tying solo shot in the ninth inning made the NC bullpen mobilize.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.