It's time to lose once, but we can't help it in front of the best pitcher.
May 28, 2025
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No matter how well a pitcher throws, sometimes he is sluggish. Because you can't always throw in good condition.
This season, ace pitchers sometimes pitched poorly. KIA Tigers' James Nail also pitched well consistently, and on the 11th, he showed sluggish performance of eight hits and seven runs in four innings against Incheon SSG, while Lotte's Park Se-woong also won eight consecutive games and recorded eight hits and five runs in five innings against Busan Samsung on the 17th. LG Lim Chan-kyu also pitched more than five innings in a row since the opening, showing a good record of 7 wins and 1 loss with a 1.99 ERA, but he showed a poor performance of 11 hits and 5 runs in four ⅔ against Lotte on the 21st.
There hasn't been a day like that for Hanwha Eagles Cody Ponce yet. He ranks first in 11 games with eight wins, no losses, 1.63 ERA and 97 strikeouts. In the match against SG on the 17th, he set a new record for the most strikeouts in nine innings with as many as 18 strikeouts. He recorded as many as eight quality starts and seven quality starts plus out of 11 appearances, showing the appearance of the inning Eater.
The worst of the 11 appearances was seven hits and two runs in five innings against KT on March 22, the first appearance, and five hits and two runs in five innings against NC on the 22nd, the previous appearance.
He is a fastball pitcher with an average speed of more than 150 kilometers, and he mixes changeups, curves, and sliders to keep batters stuck. It is true that it is not easy to be optimistic about Ponce's victory on the day he takes the mound, as he is recognized as the best foreign pitcher this season by all managers.
LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop hinted at the manager's desire for Ponce to be a sluggish day. Coach Yeom said, `It's time for Ponce to lose once, but I hope it's for us. Isn't baseball a probability game anyway?"
I expected the starting foreign pitcher Coen Win to pitch well in his last appearance on the day. Coach Yeom said, `Coen Windows is the last day today, so wouldn't you throw it with your teeth clenched. We need to show everything today"If the ball goes over 80, the ball will fall and if it becomes a match, you can cut it off at 70. After that, I'm going to add pitchers who had good processes such as Baek Seung-hyun and Kim Young-woo and Lee Ji-gang, and do it," he said.
Coen Win, who came as a substitute for Eliaser Hernandez, went 1-1 with a 6.63 ERA in four appearances. In the four games in which Coen Win took the mound, LG recorded 2 wins and 2 losses. Coach Yeom said, `But Coen Win came and did his part. I expected about five starters, but I think I did a good job."
Meanwhile, LG formed the same starting lineup as the previous day for Moon Sung-joo (right wing), Kim Hyun-soo (left wing), Austin (first baseman), Moon Bo-kyung (designated hitter), Park Dong-won (captor), Koo Bon-hyuk (striker), Shin Min-jae (second baseman), Park Hae-min (middle fielder), and Lee Young-bin (third baseman).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
