Director Lee Seung-yeop fell into his first crisis after taking over as manager. Will he be able to break the losing streak again with his mysterious 50% instinct?
On the 2nd and 4th, Doosan suffered a blow to last-place Hanwha at Jamsil Stadium with 1 win and 2 losses. On the 2nd, with ace Raul Alcantara’s good pitching, he succeeded in winning two consecutive games, but the peace was short-lived, and on the 3rd and 4th he lost two consecutive games due to a series of mound hunting. In the course of the defeat, an incomprehensible pitcher change and rookie Kim Yoo-seong’s controversy followed, and in that way, a painful losing series was recorded for Hanwha at the bottom. Doosan’s season record was 13 wins, 1 draw and 13 losses. The ranking fell to 5th place, 0.5 games behind 4th place KIA ㅋㅋㅋ벳.
Lee Seung-yeop’s record in the last 9 matches is 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses. Starting with a 1-1 draw against KT in Jamsil on April 23, they suffered four consecutive losses to Samsung and SSG from the 26th to the 29th, and showed signs of rebounding with victories on the 30th and May 2nd, but fell into a losing streak again. During this period, the team batting average (.215), strikeout percentage (.141), and runs scored (23 points) were all last, and the mound indicators such as the team ERA (4.05) 8th and the bullpen ERA (5.40) 9th are also at the bottom.
Only the starting lineup plays its role, but the pattern of the batting line being silent and the bullpen collapsing in the second half of a tight game is repeating. Manager Lee Seung-yeop also said, “The pitchers are doing their job, but the hitters are slowing down. No goals were scored, and the tight situation continued in the second half, so it seems that the bullpen pitchers have a fear of missing pitches. I hope that hitters will quickly get back on track.”
In the midst of a crisis, the opponent to meet on the 6th is Jamsil’s rival and 3rd place LG. It is expected that it will not be an easy match, but once again, we are looking forward to the mysterious 50% odds. Lee Seung-yeop has never fallen below the 50% win rate since his inception. After the opening 2 consecutive 1 win 1 loss and 2 consecutive winning series, it became 50% with 3 consecutive losses, but it soared again with 2 consecutive wins, and from April 26th to 29th it became 50% again with 4 consecutive losses, and on the 30th and May 2nd 2 The winning streak made the win-loss margin surplus again.
The card that Doosan pulled out from the fourth 50% collapse crisis was Kwak Bin, a local ace. His record this year is 5 games, 3 wins and 1 loss with an average ERA of 0.88, and he is showing off his best pitch with Alcantara in the team. In the recent appearance against Incheon SSG on April 30, he saved the team from 4 consecutive losses with 6 scoreless innings. This year, against LG, he had a good fight with 3 runs (2 earned) in 7⅓ innings on April 15, but had the bad luck of losing. Attention is focusing on whether he will be able to become Doosan’s savior once again following the recent rise.