The Lotte Giants will face off against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 24th. The 22nd and 23rd were canceled due to rain for two consecutive days. Lotte, who swept SSG last week and suffered a sweep loss to Kiwoom, is in urgent need of an escape from losing streak. 스포츠토토
Lotte starts this day with Ahn Kwon-soo (left fielder) Kim Min-seok (center fielder) Lee Jung-hoon (designated hitter) Ahn Chi-hong (2nd baseman) Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder) Koh Seung-min (1st baseman) Jeong Bo-geun (catcher) Noh Jin-hyeok (shortstop) Gudrum (3rd baseman). .
It is the first time for foreign hitter Gudrum to start in the 9th batting order. He has only gone 2 at-bats as a substitute.
Regarding Gudrum’s ninth placement before the game at Jamsil Stadium, coach Sutton said, “Our team doesn’t have hitters who can hit big like the typical 3rd, 4th, and 5th hitters, so we have to flexibly organize the lineup according to the opposing team’s starting pitcher. I put a player who is good at getting on base and then a player who raises RBIs, and with this arrangement, Goodrum went to No. 9,” he explained.
Goodrum played in 25 games and recorded 26 hits in 97 at-bats (batting average of .268), 0 homers, 15 RBIs, 9 runs, .330 slugging percentage, and .675 OPS. He recently suffered from a bad hamstring and he missed two games in a row.
Recently, Lee Jung-hoon, who has a good sense of hitting, has been placed in the center lineup, and Jung Bo-geun has been selected as the starting catcher, overtaking 8 billion free agent Yoo Kang-nam. Jung Bo-geun has a batting average of 5.3 8 li in the last 10 games, and a batting average of . 4 2 6 li in 43 games (26 hits in 61 at-bats, 1 home run and 13 RBIs).
Lee Jung-hoon has a batting average of 3.87 in the last 10 games, and his season record is .409 in 25 games (27 hits in 66 at-bats), 1 home run and 9 RBIs.
Coach Sutton said of Lee Jung-hoon, “He is a typical middle- and long-distance hitter. He can hit doubles and long hits. Another advantage is that he has good S-zone control and a natural talent. He hits 20 to 30 home runs. He can’t hit, but he’s a good player for the role of the center hitter. He can score a lot of RBIs, so he’s a good player for 3rd, 4th, and 5th.”
As Lotte canceled two games in a row due to rain, Barnes will be the starting pitcher instead of Wilkerson. Coach Sutton said, “Wilkerson will start on the 25th.”
Barnes is 9-6 with a 3.53 ERA in 22 games (120 innings) this season. Barnes has won 4 games in a row since mid-July, and in the 4 games he started in August, he has 2 wins and an undefeated average ERA of 1.46 (4 ERA in 24⅔ innings).
However, Barnes is not good with an average ERA of 9.26 against LG this season with 2 losses in 3 games. Barnes, a left-hander, is not able to exert his strength against the LG batting line, which has many left-handed hitters. Attention is focusing on whether he will be able to show his recent good pace against LG.