Director Lee Kang-chul made a mistake in the upset loss between Park Young-hyun and Tong-in, who collapsed by Reyes. Why?
Jun 12, 2025
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KT Wiz manager Lee Kang-chul blamed himself for the upset loss, saying he made a mistake in replacing his pitcher.
KT lost the game against the Lotte Giants at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 11th, allowing three runs and losing 3-4, including a timely hit by Reyes' two-run come-from-behind winning run in the top of the eighth inning when the team was leading 3-1. Since he won a big victory in the game on the 10th, if he had caught the game on the day, he could have created an atmosphere of winning back-to-back games by sweeping three consecutive games, but Lee's heart was hurt because he suffered a come-from-behind loss due to the early deployment of closing pitcher Park Young-hyun.
Coach Lee, who met ahead of the game against Lotte on the 12th, said "I made a mistake " When asked which part was the mistake, "Won Sang-hyun should have been left intact, or Park Young-hyun, not Kim Min-soo, should have been added when changing Won Won Sang-hyun."."
The situation was like this. In the eighth inning, Won Sang-hyun gave up a walk to the lead Jeon Min-jae and struck out Jung Hoon. Manager Lee put in Kim Min-soo because he was worried that Won Sang-hyun's pitching would drop from the seventh inning. However, Kim Min-soo was shaken by hitting Han Tae-yang and giving a walk to Information Geun. a one-out full base crisis. Manager Lee had no choice but to put in closing pitcher Park Young-hyun early because he thought it was a game he had to catch. Park Young-hyun struck out Jang Doo-sung after a game of 11 pitches, but he only allowed Ko Seung-min to make a timely hit through Reyes.
Director Lee said, `From the manager's point of view, I wanted to make Park Young-hyun, the closer, catch even one less out count. So I chose Kim Min-soo, but I didn't think Kim Min-soo would give up a walk even if he had a hit. When he said he would walk to Reyes, he felt 'I made a mistake' "But I posted Park Young-hyun because I thought I had to win, and if I had known that the situation would have been like that, I thought what it would have been like to post Park Young-hyun instead of Kim Min-soo, the same five-out count."
Of course, it is consequential. It was the best scenario for Kim Min-soo to stop the situation at the time and hand over just one inning to Park Young-hyun, and the result was just not good. Manager Lee said, `Park Young-hyun took a two-day break, so he took the winning move. Since Son Dong-hyun's injury, the number of pitches has been increasing for more than one inning, and he must take care of it," he stressed.
What is unfortunate is that Kim Min-soo was canceled from the first-team entry due to right knee pain after taking the mound. Instead, Lee Jung-hyun was registered in the entry.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
