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| A match between SSG and KIA at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 22nd. SSG Herredia, who is being sent off in the bottom of the seventh inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.22/ |
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"The opponent's battery looked like it needed more time."
During the game, there was an unprecedented situation in which a batter was sent off for swearing at the referee. The showdown between the KIA Tigers and the SSG Landers took place at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 22nd. The scene of 'problems' took place in the bottom of the seventh inning when SSG was trailing 0-2.
Foreign batter Guillermo Herredia's at-bat with one out and runners on first base. However, before KIA starter James Nail on the mound threw the first pitch, the referee declared a strike to Herredia for violating the pitch clock batter. Eredia expressed her dissatisfaction by jumping up and down, and coach Lee Sung-yong, who was on the bench, came to the ground to figure out the situation and briefly talked with the referee.
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| A match between SSG and KIA held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 22nd. SSG Herredia showing dissatisfaction at bat in the bottom of the seventh inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.22/ |
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Resumed game. Starting with 1S, Herredia fouled the second pitch. And he hit a 146km two-seam fastball thrown by Nail for the third pitch and recorded a hit that flowed in front of center field. In the process of hitting and running to first base, Herredia turned around and looked at the referee and shouted something with an angry face. Then he entered the first base, but the referee stopped the game for a while and the fourth trial gathered. Coach Lee Sung-yong also came back to the ground to figure out the situation.
However, after discussing the fourth trial, the referee shouted Herredia's 'Exit'. Team leader Jeon Il-soo explained "Eredia was sent off because of the abusive language towards the referee" In the end, Eredia, who was upset by the pitch clock violation, ran out after hitting a hit, looked at the referee and cursed, and the referee stopped the game and declared his exit after discussion. Coach Lee Sung-yong, who came out again, also failed to appeal after hearing the situation.
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| A game between SSG and KIA at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 22nd. SSG Herredia, who is hitting a hit in the bottom of the seventh inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.22/ |
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Herredia went down to the dugout as she was replaced by a pinch runner, but she was angry at the referees and could hardly calm down her emotions. I had to leave the dugout as it was after I complained out loud. SSG lost 4-5 as the must-win team allowed additional runs, although Han Yu-sum's come-from-behind three-run home run immediately after Herredia's exit.
So why was Herredia angry. In fact, the declaration of batter strikes and pitcher balls in case of pitch clock violations was officially introduced this year after a trial operation last year, so it is not a new situation. If it was a simple pitch clock violation, it would have been sufficiently convincing given Herredia's usual attitude.
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| A match between SSG and KIA at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 22nd. SSG Herredia, who is being sent off in the bottom of the seventh inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.22/ |
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As a result of checking through the club, the reason why Herredia was angry at the declaration of a pitch clock violation was that she did not enter the batter's box in consideration of the opponent's battery's movement. Ahead of the first pitch, Herredia seemed to have been waiting with a little more time, judging that KIA's pitcher and catcher were not fully ready yet. It was a consideration of its own. However, according to the regulations, if the batter did not take the batter's box in time, an automatic pitch clock violation was declared. In other words, Herredia overlooked this part after seeing the relative movement. The reason why he was angry was not because he did not know the rules, but because of the movement of the opponent's battery, but when a sudden call came out, he was embarrassed and seemed to explode his emotions.
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| A match between SSG and KIA held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 22nd. SSG manager Lee Soo-yong, who orders Herredia to leave. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.22/ |
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Of course, Herredia can appeal her injustice, but her subsequent actions are clearly wrong. Anyone other than a referee does not have to use foul language in any situation to incite unnecessary war of nerves. With key batter Herredia sent off as it was, SSG was unable to use a key hitter in an important chase chance in the bottom of the ninth inning.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
