9th place 9th place 9th place 9th place Is it meaningful as a whole 9th place? With this bat, we can't make it to the 5th round

Jun 25, 2025

SSG match against Kiwoom at Gocheok Dome in Seoul on the 19th. SSG players watching a video review in the bottom of the eighth inning. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.06.19/

0th for batting, 9th for RBIs, 9th for scoring, 9th for OPS, and 9th for scoring. With the current poor batting lineup, it is difficult to compete in the rankings.

SSG Landers bowed to the Rainfall Cold. SSG suffered a rainfall cold defeat in the bottom of the sixth inning with 0-5 against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 24th.

There are days when you play, of course, you lose, but on this day, SSG lost a game that you shouldn't lose too easily.

SSG's starting pitcher was Mitch White. Doosan's starting pitcher is Choi Won-joon. White was also not in good condition on the day, and Choi Won-joon was forced to leave early due to an injury in his middle finger of his right hand during a scoreless pitch. However, the SSG lineup failed to target the opponent.

SSG match against Kiwoom at Gocheok Dome in Seoul on the 19th. SSG coach Lee Soo-yong watches the 8th game. Gocheok =Reporter Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com/2025.06.19/

After Choi Won-joon was replaced by an emergency injury in the top of the third inning, the Doosan bench hurriedly raised Park Shin-ji, but the SSG hitters withdrew helplessly. In particular, in the top of the fifth inning, when Cho Hyung-woo's double with two outs and one base, first baseman Park Sung-han collided with third base coach Cho Dong-hwa in the process of stopping the base run at third base, leading to a rare situation in which he was "out with help and collision with the coach". It's not the same case, but SSG, where these detailed mistakes often appear in base running or defense recently.

White pitched the slowest this season and became a losing pitcher with five runs in five innings, and SSG, which showed its worst offense, was rather fortunate to have suffered a rainfall cold loss without using a bullpen.

SSG has an underdog attack in the league this season. Team batting is ninth (0.245), team scoring is ninth (302 points), team homers are tied for seventh (50), team RBI is ninth (282 RBIs), slugging percentage is ninth (0.349), on-base percentage is ninth (0.323), OPS is also ninth (0.244), and team strikeouts are second (607). In almost all categories, it remains in ninth place, just behind the league's lowest-ranked Kiwoom Heroes.

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The only record in the top ranks is the second place after the NC Dinos (72), who scored 69 steals with a team steal. There is no record that stands out other than stealing.

Although the aftermath of Guillermo Herredia and Choi Jeong's injuries and absences at the beginning of the season was so great, the fact that the overall batting indicator remains at the bottom throughout the season is a point of concern. The team's .300 hitter is wiped out, and Ko Myung-joon, who has a top-ranked hitter at .295.

Until just a few years ago, it was a hot long-shot team that utilized the characteristics of the home stadium enough to be called the Home Run Factory, but now even Choi Jung has a long period of injury leave, so there is no batter who can lead with a long-shot. Rising star Ko Myung-joon also has only seven home runs in the first half, and Han Yu-sum also has seven home runs, much slower pace than last year's 24 home runs. The cold reality is that SSG has not gathered many promising batters who can hit long balls in the first place and has not raised them.

A game between SSG and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 11th, and Ko Myung-joon, with two outs, hits a two-run double in the top of the fifth inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.11/

The key to SSG's fierce mid-range fight with a winning rate of more than 500 is the cohesiveness and experience of the batters and the relatively more stable pitching power of the 'Hanbang' that was needed in a decisive situation.

SSG returned to a healthy body on the 24th following Eredia, and the lineup is now almost complete. However, with this current lineup, it is inevitably difficult to reach the top five with a cool head.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.