Since Yoo Young-chan is a pinch-hitter instead of a batting average of 0.410 with no outs and runners on second base, he has a certain one-point selection.
Jul 21, 2025
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However, the coach changed it to a pinch hitter and made a sacrifice bunt.
LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop actually made the plan in a home game against the Lotte Giants held in Jamsil on the 20th.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, when the score was 2-2, the first-runner Moon Sung-joo hit a double on the right-wing line, creating a decisive chance for second base with no outs. The next batter was Kim Hyun-soo, so expectations rose even more. Kim Hyun-soo is ranked third overall after NC Park Min-woo (0.453) and LG Shin Min-jae (0.424) with a batting average of .410. Since then, there are hitters who can hit enough, such as No. 4 Moon Bo-kyung and No. 5 Park Dong-won, so expectations are high.
At a time when Lotte showed a strong will not to give points by changing it to Jeong Cheol-won instead of Choi Joon-yong, manager Yeom played pinch hitter Koo Bon-hyuk, not Kim Hyun-soo. It was clear. It is not to hit, but to send runner Moon Sung-joo to third base on a sacrifice bunt.
Koo Bon-hyuk watched the high ball of 149km at the first pitch, and buntted when the fastball of 148km came high in the middle of the second pitch, which rolled amazingly slowly toward the third base line. It was enough for the second baseman to go to third base. If Lotte's defense is delayed a little, it is a bunt that has done well enough to make Koo Bon-hyuk safe. Catcher Information Geun runs quickly, catches it, and throws it hard to first base to get out.
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Since then, there has been an additional scoring chance with two outs and a full base, but unfortunately, he failed to score. But it was okay. I only needed one point from the beginning. So he took out Kim Hyun-soo and added Koo Bon-hyuk to bunt him.
It's because Yoo Young-chan was the last one. Yoo Young-chan took the mound in the top of the ninth inning, grounded out Jeon Min-jae in front of the third baseman, struck out Hwang Sung-bin and Han Tae-yang swinging and securing a one-run victory.
Believing in Yoo Young-chan's stable finishing ability allowed him to conduct an extreme operation of looking at only one point, and as the picture shows, LG was able to secure second place by winning.
Yoo Young-chan made 26 saves last year to fill the finishing position of LG, where Ko Woo-seok left. After visiting Premier 12, he returned on June 1 after a long rehabilitation after a medical check found a microfracture of the main skull, and since then, he has continued to pitch stably with 1 win, 1 loss, 8 saves and an ERA of 1.00 in 16 games.
Many pitchers throw fastballs over 150 kilometers, but many throw balls over 155 kilometers. I don't think I'm a fastball pitcher,' said Yoo Young-chan. `When I come out, I pay a lot of attention to corner control, and I try to throw the ball exactly as the catcher's signature no matter who the catcher is.'
Confidence in the back door has increased further as LG won on the 18th and 20th, with Kim Jin-sung, Lee Jung-yong and Yoo Young-chan's must-win team blocking Lotte's batters without losing a point. If only the starters and batters do their part, it is worth looking forward to in the second half.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
