'Oh my gosh' Davison 9 runs devastated, 4 consecutive loosing shocks...Gamboa's perfect throw → One-two punch collapse, offbeat, how to keep third place
'Oh my gosh' Davison 9 runs devastated, 4 consecutive loosing shocks...Gamboa's perfect throw → One-two punch collapse, offbeat, how to keep third place
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The professional baseball Lotte Giants are falling again. New foreign pitcher Alec Gamboa's perfect pitching opened the week fresh, but Park Se-woong and Tucker Davidson, the existing one-two punch, collapsed. They also suffered a shocking luge series against the last-place Kiwoom Heroes. Already, the third place is in real jeopardy with four consecutive luge series.먹튀검증
Lotte suffered a crushing defeat against the Kiwoom Heroes 5-10 at Sajik Stadium in Busan on Sunday. As a result, Lotte could not escape the quagmire as it suffered four consecutive losing series. Lotte has not been able to watch the Winning Series for more than two weeks.
In the previous three series, Lotte failed to have the upper hand against LG (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss), Hanwha (1-2), Samsung (2 losses), and SSG (1-2 losses). During this period, Lotte had to run replacement starters after Charlie Barnes' injury release, and it was a period when new foreign pitcher Alec Gamboa was preheating.
As Gamboa was in normal operation from the three consecutive games of Kiwoom from May 3 to May 5, he tried to use it as momentum for a rebound. Coincidentally, the three consecutive games of Kiwoom were scheduled to take the mound starting with Gamboa and Park Se-woong and Davidson's one-two punch. Lotte had won all six games against Kiwoom this year.
Gamboa displayed overwhelming ball power as expected. He started the game against Kiwoom in Sajik on Sunday and pitched seven innings, 99 pitches, two hits, one walk, six strikeouts and no runs. He also threw fastballs at 155 kilometers per hour on the final 99th pitch of the game, showing off his stamina. He won the game 8-0, securing his second consecutive victory.
However, Park failed to keep up with the atmosphere Gamboa had elevated. Since taking the mound on Friday, Park has been struggling with the lower-ranked lineup. Notably, he gave up three walks to No. 8 Eo Jun-seo, providing an excuse for leading to a higher batting line and dedicating the big inning to him. He had strong ball control, but his ball control faltered and he was not aggressive in combining balls with Yoo Kang-nam. During five ⅓ innings, he pitched 114 pitches, allowing six hits, five walks, seven strikeouts, and five runs, witnessing a complete defeat of 6-9. The scene where head coach Kim Tae-hyung scolded and Park Se-woong blamed himself confirmed the bad flow of the game.
The series is now 1-1 and the starting point. Now, Tucker Davidson had to change the mood. However, starting from the first inning, Davidson allowed a concentrated hit. Both basic ball control and control were out of control. The team was hit by strong left-handed hitting lines leading to Kiwoom's Song Seong-moon and Choi Joo-hwan and Lee Ju-hyung. In the first inning, Song had a walk to Song Seong-moon and Choi had a heavy hit, putting him on the verge of being hit with runners on the first and second bases with no outs, and Lee Ju-hyung had a timely double to the right-center field. With runners on the second and third bases loaded with no outs, Kim Dong-yeop gave up a timely two-run single and Lim Ji-yeol had a heavy hit, continuing the crisis with runners on the first and second bases loaded with no outs. He failed to garner any outcount against the first five batters he faced. In the first and third bases with one out after cooking Song Ji-hoo with a fly ball to right field, Kim Gun-hee was allowed to make a timely hit to the right, allowing four runs in the first inning alone.
He managed to kill Eo with a double play by the second baseman, but the mood was overplayed. He also had a double play by Song Sung-moon with one out in the second inning. He cooked Choi Joo-hwan with a fly ball to the right field, and had two outs and a second base, but Lee Ju-hyung hit a timely hit to the right again, and recorded the fifth run. Since then, he allowed consecutive walks to Kim Dong-yeop and Lim Ji-yeol, but failed to yield additional runs.
He allowed three outs in the third inning, and led Song Seong-moon and Choi Joo-hwan to strike out and ground out to the first base in the fourth inning. However, he was attacked again by Lee Ju-hyung after two outs. He hit a solo shot against the top and allowed six runs. He seemed to treat Kim with a fly ball to the left field, but the out was turned into a double as left fielder Jeon Joon-woo failed to properly spot the falling ball point. Afterwards, he gave up a walk to Lim Ji-yeol, facing a crisis with two outs and runners on the first and second bases, and was even hit by Song Ji-hoo. He became the victim of Song's first homer. He lost the game 0-9.
Davidson had 10 hits (two homers), four walks, three strikeouts and nine runs during three ⅔ innings, before being substituted. His worst pitching this season failed to reverse the trend. He fought back with Jeon Joon-woo's two-run shot in the fifth inning and recovered two runs in the ninth inning, but failed to show any improvement.
Now, the third place is also in jeopardy due to the series of four consecutive loosings. The gap has narrowed to 0.5 game with the fourth-ranked SSG, the fifth-ranked Samsung, and one game with the sixth-ranked KT.
Lotte will now play nine consecutive games in the Seoul metropolitan area during hot weather, which will lead to Jamsil (Doosan), Suwon (KT) and Incheon (SSG). Lotte, which is currently in a slump, is facing a critical juncture that will determine its performance this season.