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| A game between Doosan and LG at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. 1 out and 1 base in the bottom of the 8th inning. Doosan's Cho, who was checked 13 times for first base. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.26/ |
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| Doosan's assistant requesting time to check infinite first base. |
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| 8회말 1사 1루. Doosan's Cho Soo-haeng who stole second base. |
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Literally, an infinite check ball came out. If we can prevent stolen bases, how many pitches can we check?
The second game of three consecutive weekend games between Doosan and LG took place at Jamsil Stadium on Wednesday. LG and Doosan, two families with one roof at Jamsil Stadium, had a close game for two consecutive days, but LG won the game by one point. LG won 4-3 against Doosan for a six-game winning streak.
With the victory, LG secured the second place with 55 wins, two draws and 39 losses, trailing the top-ranked Hanwha by three games. Doosan lost to LG for the second consecutive time, ranking ninth in the league with 39 wins, four draws and 52 losses.
The rivalry in Jamsil was fierce. If LG scores, Doosan immediately brought the game to square one. It was tied 2-2 with one run each in the second and third innings.
LG led 3-2 again in the sixth inning with an RBI sacrifice fly by Moon Bo-kyung. When starter Lim Chan-kyu went down in the bottom of the seventh inning, Doosan hit a timely RBI that Yang Eui-ji turned the game to square one.
LG also scored an additional point to lead again against Park Shin-ji after Doosan starter Kwak Bin went down in the top of the eighth inning. With two outs and runners on second base, Kim Hyun-soo hit an RBI double that teased the winning run. Park Shin-ji's decision to throw to first base was regrettable when he grounded out in front of the pitcher with one out and one out.
Doosan also created a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning, but failed to take advantage of the chance. Although Lim Chan-kyu did not record a victory, LG secured the victory by a point as Kim Jin-sung and Jang Hyun-sik firmly blocked the back door.
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| A game between Doosan and LG at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. 1 out and 1 base in the bottom of the 8th inning. LG Kim Jin-sung keeping in check at the first base. Jamsil=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.26/ |
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| Doosan's assistance requesting time to check first base. |
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Amid the close race between the two teams, Doosan was in 13 checks in the bottom of the eighth inning.
When leadoff hitter Kim In-tae walked to get on base, Doosan sent out a pinch runner at first base. Doosan's fastest team member. LG Kim Jin-sung must have been concerned when the tying runner went to first base with no outs.
During Yang Seok-hwan's at-bat with no outs, Kim Jin-sung threw as many as four checks before throwing the first pitch, tying the feet of the first baseman Cho Soo-haeng. Kim Jin-sung struck out Yang Seok-hwan with a five-pitch swing and miss, but in the meantime, eight checks came out.
With one out and one on the first base, Kim Jin-sung struck out the next batter, Lee Yoo-chan, after four pitches, but he threw a check ball five times in the process. It can be said that it is an inevitable check ball to tie the feet of the fast Cho Soo-haeng, but 13 check balls came out while pitching nine pitches against two batters. The ball flew more to first base than to hitters.
In the stands on the first and third bases, booing and cheering alternately came out whenever a check ball came out.
First baseman Cho Ha-sung succeeded in stealing second base while Lee Yoo-chan was struck out through 13 checks. However, even after successful stealing, he failed to stand up immediately from second base as his physical strength seemed to have fallen a lot.
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| 8회말 1사 1루. Doosan's Cho Soo-haeng, who runs strongly toward second base. |
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| Dusan Jo who succeeded in stealing second base. |
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| Exhale after successful stealing to second base. |
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| Having been unable to take place for a while. |
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Jung Soo-bin walked on base with two outs and second base to continue the chance, but Oh Myung-jin stepped down with a fly to left field, and Cho eventually failed to score. Doosan eventually suffered a disappointing loss for two consecutive days, 3-4.
The KBO League has no restriction on the check ball. It's not a violation of the rules to keep 100 in check. However, in the U.S. Major League Baseball, the rule of limiting the departure of pitching boards when a pitcher has a runner has been in effect since the 2023 season.
The pitcher can make up to two checks against the first baseman when the runner is out, but if the third check is not out, the first baseman can advance to second base by a pitcher balk decision. This is a rule that limits the number of check balls for Major League pitchers that allows them to proceed quickly by limiting the number of check balls.
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| LG Kim Jin-sung who goes down the mound after allowing Jo Sang-soo to steal a base. |
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Like the U.S. Major League Baseball, the KBO League does not have to limit three checks right away. But what about the fans watching the game?
There will be fans who are in favor of limiting the number of check balls and those who are against it. The KBO League has also been applying the 'Peach Clock' rule to shorten the game time since this season. Thanks to this, the game time was also shortened a lot.
There were an unusual 13 checks.
It was a situation where it was worth thinking about which method would be better to induce fun and interest in baseball.
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| LG won its sixth consecutive game with a 4-3 victory over Doosan. LG players are sharing the joy of victory after the game. |
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| Cho and Doosan players leaving the ground after the game. |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
