Starting pitcher Wilkerson’s three runs in six innings and Yoo Kang-nam’s three-run shot from the first inning led Lotte 7-3 until the seventh inning. When the crisis came in the seventh inning, acting coach Lee Jong-woon put Kim Sang-soo on the mound.
When Shin Jung-rak, who took the mound after starter Wilkerson, hit a left-handed hit by leadoff hitter Samsung Kim Do-hwan in the seventh inning, Lotte Bench took out a left-handed Kim Jin-wook card. In the situation of first base with no outs, Kim Jin-wook hit a hit by Kim Hyun-joon, but he caught two out counts by hitting Kim Sung-yoon and Koo Ja-wook. Left-hander Kim Jin-wook’s role ended there.
Kim Sang-soo, who took the mound to face right-handed hitter Pirella, who hit a hit at-bat just before, threw his fourth change-up in the unfavorable count of 2B 1S. Pirella hit a breaking ball that entered the strike zone. The well-hit ball extended into the outfield.
As soon as Kim Sang-soo on the mound turned his eyes to the flying ball, center fielder Kim Min-seok captured the ball into his glove. If it had been omitted, it could have led to a loss.
Kim Sang-soo, who prevented the crisis without losing a point with center fielder Kim Min-seok’s good defense, smiled broadly as he came down from the mound.
Before the game, Kim Sang-soo pitched in 21 games in the second half of the year with a 1.08 ERA in 16.2 innings and a 1 win and 6 holds ERA in the last 10 games.
Kim Sang-soo, who also held the game against Doosan the previous day with 1.1 innings of scoreless pitching, did not hesitate to pitch consecutively. Kim Sang-soo, who blocked the crisis with two outs and runners on first and second base in the seventh inning and took the mound in the eighth inning and handled Oh Jae-il with an infield grounder, handed the mound to Jin Seung-hyun.
Jin Seung-hyun was responsible for the remaining five outcounts, and Lotte won 10-3.
Kim Sang-soo, who was selected as the best player, said, “I’m glad I won Ulsan. “I threw the strongest at the moment of crisis,” he said, expressing his feelings of victory. Regarding his junior Jin Seung-hyun, who wrapped up the game, he said, “It’s still a long way to go. He joked, saying, “I’m throwing too well and I think he’s a player who can grow more.”
Finally, Kim Sang-soo said, “I always believe in miracles. “I’ll do my best to throw every game,” he said, expressing his willingness to play baseball in the fall.