The butterfly effect of snowballing injuries...How can Won Tae-in overcome the cliff edge as there is no corner and he can't play Koo Ja-wook
The butterfly effect of snowballing injuries...How can Won Tae-in overcome the cliff edge as there is no corner and he can't play Koo Ja-wook
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Samsung, which had suffered from bad injury even before the start of the postseason, eventually lost its strength in the Korean Series.먹튀검증
Samsung lost to KIA 2-9 in Game 4 of the Korean Series on Wednesday at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu. Having lost for the third time in the series (one win), Samsung is now facing a crisis in which it can end the series by adding one more loss.
The gap caused by injuries to key players is ultimately holding Samsung back in the Korean Series.
Samsung, which ranked second in the regular season this year and decided to advance to the playoffs early, faced bad injury even before the postseason began in earnest.
Connor Seabold, who was out of his team due to a shoulder injury at the end of the season, was unable to join the team. Even ahead of the playoffs, left-hander Baek Jung-hyun was hit on the finger and left in his own Cheongbaek match.
After the playoffs began, Koo Ja-wook, the center of the lineup, was injured. Koo Ja-wook suffered a knee injury while trying to steal in Game 2 against LG.
Until the playoffs, the aftermath of the injured did not seem to be significant. Danny Reyes and Won Tae-in played an active role in the starting lineup, and other batters filled Koo Ja-wook's gap in the batting lineup.
However, as we enter the Korean Series, the gap between the injured is felt even greater.
Samsung took two losses in the first and second games at Gwangju Stadium and returned to its home stadium, Daegu, to win the third game 4-2 to try to change the atmosphere.
However, in the fourth game, he could not overcome the limitations of the shallow players.
As starting pitcher Won Tae-in left the mound early on, Samsung gave up the win. After starting the game on Monday, he pitched five innings of two hits, walking and striking out three, and allowing no runs. Won, who threw 66 pitches on the day, will start Game 4. Due to lack of corners, Won has no choice but to throw in Game 4 after taking the mound in Game 1. Rainfall on Monday and Tuesday have increased the number of days that Won can rest from three to four.
In this year's regular season, Won has never taken the mound after a four-day break. He has kept the five-day break throughout his starting rotation.
In addition, Won failed to display good pitching. He threw 32 pitches in the first inning alone, trying hard to block Kia's batters. Having given up one run in the first inning, Won allowed no run in the second inning and continued his pitching, but ended up leaving the mound in the middle of the third inning, complaining of shoulder discomfort. The situation with the bases loaded with one outs that Won left became a source of defeat. Samsung completely lost the game when Song Eun-beom hit a grand slam.
Poor performance by the team's batters also leaves a regret. In the third round, he returned to his home stadium and fired long shots several times, which resulted in victory, but he could not win unless his long shots were fired.
Koo Ja-wook's absence was felt even more. In Game 4, Samsung had seven hits. The team only scored two runs. Kim Young-woong scored the first run of the game with a timely hit to the right in the fourth inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, but failed to continue the mood as the follow-up hitter Lee Sung-kyu struck out. Lee Jae-hyun's solo homer in the fifth inning gave up just one more run.
Koo had a batting average of 0.343 with 33 home runs and 115 RBIs in 129 games during this year's regular season. Notably, he had a batting average of 0.500 with 24 RBIs in 16 games since September, and won the MVP award per month. Since the scariest hitter is not playing, Samsung rarely has a chance to attack.
According to coach Park Jin-man's words, Koo is "in a state where we have to check every day." We are not sure whether he will be able to play in the fifth game of the Korean Series. Koo is shouting "fighting" from the bench, but he cannot be of direct support to the team.
Currently, both the mound and batters have few factors to lead the reversal. Samsung, which used both Reyes and Won Tae-in cards, should have both Hwang Dong-jae and left-hander Lee Seung-hyun on the mound in Game 5.
In addition, Won Tae-in was found to have a shoulder injury, making him unable to take the mound in the remaining series and unable to participate in the Premier 12. The club said, "After an MRI scan after the game, Won Tae-in observed damage to the right shoulder joint, and there was a slight bleeding and swelling in the joint." In addition, it was determined that it was accompanied by tendonitis of the rotator cuff of the shoulder. The club said, "There were opinions that rehabilitation was needed for four to six weeks."
In batting, there are ways to change the batting order, but it is extremely unlikely that Koo Ja-wook will start.
"We need to do everything we can," Park said after the fourth game. "We need to do everything we can with the mindset that it's our last." For Samsung, we should hope for a miracle.