Player request The mystery was solved. I threw 96 pitches and wondered why I came out again.
Aug 24, 2025
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SSG Landers Mitch White left the mound unfortunately against the Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon on the 23rd.
He played well against the Hanwha lineup. There were no additional runs until the sixth inning except for allowing Moon Hyun-bin to make a timely RBI after two outs in the bottom of the third inning. He showed what he expected by quickly catching the out count with a small number of pitches.
However, the team's batting lineup failed to help White. On this day, SSG failed to score a single point until the ninth inning. White can't come down comfortably either. He continued his pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning and gave up an additional point due to his error.
In the process of handling Lee Jae-won's bunt hit after leadoff hitter Lee Do-yoon's hit, a throwing error to first base came out. A bad song that falls in a ridiculous direction. Therefore, the situation of being on second base with one out became the second and third bases with no outs, and Shim Woo-joon's sacrifice fly eventually allowed additional points.
After finishing the seventh inning, White pitched 96 pitches. The SSG bench expected to replace the pitcher before the eighth inning, but White took the mound again. It was a close game by two points. However, it was a bit of a surprise given the recent trend of managing the number of pitches by starting pitchers, usually within 100.
White was hit by leadoff hitter Son Ah-seop in the eighth inning and became an infield hit during Moon Hyun-bin's bunt, bringing the crisis to the first and second bases with no outs. Still, the bench did not replace the pitcher. He allowed a wild pitch and a walk, loading the bases with no outs.
In the end, Chae Eun-sung even gave up a timely two-run hit with the bases loaded, and the flow was completely taken away. Only then did White go down the mound, and SSG started the bullpen. However, SSG suffered a 0-5 complete defeat in the bottom of the eighth inning as additional runs were the decisive hit.
SSG manager Lee Soo-yong, who met ahead of the Hanwha match on the 24th, the next day, said that the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning was White's will.
Director Lee "It was his request. I was going to change it after the end of the seventh inning, but White asked me to throw up to 110 pitches. From the manager's point of view, I was grateful. Today, he is (Song) Young-jin, and he said he would take responsibility and throw more. It would have been better if I had blocked it well, he explained. White seems to have been willing to make up for the loss in the bottom of the seventh inning and block as many innings as possible.
However, as for the bunt defense, which has continued to make mistakes recently, he pointed out that "the part to think about"." White frequently exposes his poor performance in handling bunting. Manager Lee Soo-yong said, `I'm doing recognition and I'm practicing, but that's what happens in the game.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
