KIA Tigers’ Lee Eui-ri, who took the mound as the starting pitcher in the LG Twins’ game at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 10th, could no longer continue his pitching due to sudden elbow pain in the second inning with one out.
He left the mound on his own without even finishing the second inning due to five hits, four walks, one strikeout and three runs in the first ⅓, and poor control and elbow pain.
KIA starter Lee Eui-ri struggled from the first inning as his zero point was shaken. Lee’s control, which seemed to end the inning by striking out Park Hae-min and grounding Kim Hyun-soo at the first base, suddenly faltered and caused a crisis of full base.
With two outs and a runner on the second base, Park allowed consecutive walks to Austin and Moon Bo-kyung, and was on the verge of losing a point with two outs. KIA starter Lee Eui-ri escaped from the crisis by throwing a 152km fastball against LG’s Park Dong-won with two outs, pressing the bat with his ball power, and raising the final out count with a fly ball to the right field.
In the first inning, KIA starter Lee Eui-ri shook his control and caused a bases-loaded crisis, but he breathed a sigh of relief after finishing the inning without losing a point.
Catcher Kim Tae-gun headed to the dugout and approached Lee and made a gesture to throw with confidence.
In the first inning, Lee Eui-ri, who caused a bases-loaded crisis due to poor control, allowed the first run in the second inning due to an absurd error in checking the first base.
Lee was sweating profusely from the start of the second inning as well. After LG’s leadoff hitter Moon Seong-joo’s double, Lee, who was on the verge of hitting first and third bases with no outs, allowed third baseman Moon Sung-joo to enter the groove due to a mistake in checking the first base. He even had a timely hit when Shin Min-jae was at bat, and the score was 2-0.
As soon as the inning had to be finished without additional runs, another defensive error came out.
When Park Hae-min was at bat with one out and a runner on the second base in the second inning, second baseman Shin Min-jae attempted to steal a base toward the third base. It was a bold attempt to steal a third base while aiming for the timing of the breaking ball. After catcher Kim Tae-gun dropped the ball once, he immediately threw the ball toward the third base.
Kim Tae-gun’s throw went in a direction that third baseman Kim Do-young could not catch, leading to an error.
Immediately after starting pitcher Lee Eui-ri gave up the first run due to an error in checking the first base, catcher Kim Tae-gun’s error in throwing to the third base came out, giving KIA a point that it did not have to give.
In the second inning, Kia Tigers starter Lee Eui-ri suddenly complained of elbow pain when taking the batter’s box against LG Twins’ Moon Bo-kyung. Coach Chung Jae-hoon and his trainer, who visited the mound, signaled that they could no longer pitch.
In the end, Lee Eui-ri’s expression from the mound was dark.
KIA overcame the full base crisis as Kim Geon-guk, who took the mound in a hurry, induced Moon Bok-kyung to play a double role.
Starting pitcher Lee Eui-ri went down from the mound before completing the second inning, but KIA did its best without giving up the game.
The bullpen, led by Kim Gun-guk, Lee Joon-young, Kwak Do-kyu, Jang Hyun-sik and Jeon Sang-hyun, who followed KIA starter Lee Eui-ri on the mound, blocked the LG lineup by allowing only one point until the eighth inning.
As pitchers held on, fielders began to cheer up. Choi Won-joon and pinch hitter Ko Jong-wook created chances with consecutive hits after two outs in the eighth inning, when the team was trailing 4-2 with two outs. Seo Kun-chang, with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, hit LG’s closing pitcher Yoo Young-chan’s fastball of 150 kilometers to tie the game, bringing the game to square one.
Finisher Yoo Young-chan, who allowed a tie at the end of the inning with just one out count, even committed a balk and allowed a reversal. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop visited the ground and appealed to second base umpire Park Jong-chul, but it was a clear balk.
KIA turned the tables after two outs in the eighth inning. After taking the mound in the ninth inning, Kia secured a winning series.
Despite the come-from-behind victory, the team failed to smile broadly. After a fence collision with Lee after he came off the mound due to elbow pain, shortstop Park Min was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Lee Eui-ri, who was examined at a hospital designated by the team, was diagnosed with a sprained flexor muscle in her left main leg. Although she avoided serious injury, she needs rest and is expected to focus on recovery for the time being. Park, who complained of pain after the fence collision, was diagnosed with damage to the optical muscle inside her left knee.
KIA couldn’t laugh even after winning consecutive games immediately after escaping from losing consecutive games at the beginning of the season when Lee Eui-ri, who is in charge of one of the starting teams, needs to recover for the time being. 토토사이트먹튀