However, in the second game of the three consecutive weekend series against the KIA Tigers on the 6th, pinch hitter Kim Hun-gon’s timely hit made the team win 7-4 and escaped from its initial eight consecutive losses. As commentator Yang Joon-hyuk’s losing streak ended after running to Gwangju KIA Champions Field on the first day of the three consecutive weekend series and meeting with his old teammates, Samsung can take a breather and promise its next time. 안전놀이터
Prior to this, commentator Yang Joon-hyuk gave a cold-headed evaluation on his YouTube channel, while regretting his hometown team’s consecutive losses. “Samsung needs to stop losing consecutive games one way or another. You have to use everything you can,” Yang Joon-hyuk said. He told them to do anything they can inside and outside of baseball. The reason was that they had to put all their energy into it and stop losing consecutive games first to promise a next time. Although he hated that it was a way for the coach to come forward and strongly complain to the referee even if he was prepared to leave, Yang added, “I’m very careful that if I say this, it might seem like an old senior’s useless interference.”
The most serious thing is the batting lineup. During the losing streak, none of the batters hit more than a quarter of a percentage point from No. 1 to No. 9. Koo Ja-wook (0.279), Kim Young-woong (0.250), and Kim Ji-chan (0.250) who fought hard through two consecutive away games in Gwangju only hit a batting average of more than a quarter of a percent, while Kim Hyun-joon (0.212), Kang Min-ho (0.171), and Oh Jae-il (0.167) are moving around a quarter of a percent. In fact, the only foreign hitter who is listed in the top 30 hitters is David McKinnon, who is currently on maternity leave. Since there is no batter who can raise an RBI, there is no one who can serve as a troubleshooter in the batting lineup. Yang Joon-hyuk, the commentator, was right when he said, “Nothing is working right now.”
Fortunately, the team ended losing consecutive games, but commentator Yang Joon-hyuk properly analyzed the characteristics of the team that is losing consecutive games. He went on to say, “If the atmosphere is not good, I feel anxious even if I am winning, and I think I will overturn. If I am ahead, I feel even more anxious. As a result, strange things like this head play will happen. At times like this, my seniors should step up and do something for me,” he said, stressing that we should not fall into losing consecutive games.
He also pointed out Samsung’s weak-depth history and said, “We have to keep using hitters who are not being hit. If you have a batting average of around 10% in 10 games, you should actually let him rest, but there is no player to let him go. So we have to keep expecting from a player who is performing poorly, and the player who received such expectations will play again and repeat the situation of being sluggish.” He analyzed the current situation of Samsung’s batting lineup in a cool-headed manner, such as Mobius’ Chinese zodiac sign.
Finally, while visiting KIA Champions Field in Gwangju, Yang Joon-hyuk promised to inspire his juniors, saying, “If you break the losing streak, please think it’s my fault.” Sumseong lost the game on the 6th, when Yang Joon-hyuk made his first visit, but won the game on the 7th, breaking its eight-game losing streak.