The master also said it's better to see him in person, but the reason why Yum Liang must drop Tolhurst in the match against Hanwha
Sep 26, 2025
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If you meet a first-time ace pitcher in a big game such as the Korean Series, hitters may have difficulty targeting it. For LG, it may be the best way not to show Tolhurst to Hanwha hitters who can meet in the Korean Series.
However, Tolhurst is scheduled to start against Hanwha in Daejeon on the 27th. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop revealed the situation early on. Initially, he said he would go out on the 26th, but changed his schedule with Chirinos by saying that it would be better to give him another day off in the training part.
On meeting Tolhurst, Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said, `In fact, there is a difference between batters watching the other team play and standing at the plate and seeing it in personThe batters are unfamiliar with pitchers who have never seen them before. I think it's good to be able to see (Tollhurst) in that way."
But there was a variable.
As LG won against Lotte and Hanwha lost to Doosan on the 25th, LG reduced the magic number to 3. The gap between the two has also increased to 3.5 games. Tilted sharply to LG. Not long ago, it seemed like he would have to go all out in the three consecutive games against Hanwha, but now there is a way to win without having to give Tolhurst to Hanwha.
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What is the reason for showing Tollhurst to Hanwha hitters.
Because I felt something in the Samsung match.
Tolhurst lost for the second time on the 20th, the previous day, with nine hits, two walks, six strikeouts and six runs in three innings against Samsung in Jamsil.
However, Tolhurst faced Samsung for the first time. Samsung hitters hit too easily even though it was their first time seeing Tolhurst's ball.
Coach Yeom said, `After watching the Samsung match, I thought I would have to throw a tallhurst against Hanwha.' `If there is anything bad in the Hanwha match, you can fix it. But you can't fix it if it's bad in a big game."
What was bad about the game against Samsung was a hasty head-to-head game of the curveball. `A lot of hits led to hits by entering the strike zone instead of the curve thrown from the advantageous count,' Yeom said. `When you get such data, you can tell the pitcher that you need to fix it.'
In other words, Tolhurst's appearance against Hanwha is like a rehearsal to throw better in the Korean Series. If you throw it well, you just have to continue with it, but if the bad part is exposed, you just have time to fix it.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
