It really was. In Game 2 of the Korean Series (KS) on the 8th, LG moved faster than ever. Not only did Choi Won-tae, who was selected as a key player, be replaced in the first inning, but all the replacement timing was a beat faster afterwards. He utilized 200% of the bullpen, which boasts the strongest depth, and allowed eight scoreless innings from the second to the ninth inning after allowing four runs in the first inning.

The team's color was not revealed only in pitcher replacement. He chased the opponent with a home run on the first pitch, raised the mood, and turned the game around with a home run on the first pitch again. From pitcher replacement in the first inning to winning home run, it was a great reversal made by LG's unique baseball. The second round of KS was analyzed, which abbreviated what he showed in 144 games of pennant race to one game.

42nd regular season and 43rd come-from-behind victory this year

He is a master at turning the tables. In the regular season, LG turned nearly half of its overall win into a come-from-behind victory. The season's total was 86 wins, 56 losses, and two draws. Of the 86 wins, 42 were from behind.

It's not just a number that can come out. This is the result of harmony between the bullpen and the batting line. The players' posture was also different. Coach Yeom said, "I did my best in all games this season. Among 144 games, the case of giving up the game by using a chasing group is really one of the best," he said. "I've always tried to win, but the players are also very strong. Even if all of our players lose, they shout "You can do it," "You can catch it," "You only have to draw one point," and "Let's do one." At first, I seemed to be the only one who was motivated, but the players seem more motivated than me," he said with a smile.

Ham Deok-ju, the first winning pitcher of the regular season and the first winning pitcher of the KS

The opening game of the regular season and the KS opponent are the same. LG also faced KT in the opening two consecutive games. LG's starting pitcher for the opening game on April 1 was also Casey Kelly, the same as Game 1 of the KS. Like the first round of the KS, the opening game result was a loss. They lost their first game of the season, 6-11, and the next game on April 2 was a come-from-behind victory.

Ham Deok-ju was the main player who made his first regular season victory with a come-from-behind victory. Standing on the mound in the 10th inning of extra time, Ham Deok-ju announced his revival with two perfect innings of pitching. LG's batters targeted Park Young-hyun and Ko Young-pyo in the top of the 11th inning. Ham Deok-ju became LG's first winning pitcher in the regular season.

The same is true for the second round of the KS. Ham Deok-ju, who took the mound in the eighth inning, completed his task with one perfect inning of pitching. And in the bottom of the eighth inning, Park Dong-won's two-run shot in the upset final made him a winning pitcher. Like the second game of the regular season, Ham Deok-ju, a winning pitcher in Game 2 of the KS, and Park Young-hyun, a losing pitcher.

In the 11th inning of the regular season's bullpen pitcher or more, a strategy prepared at any time

On Apr. 2, when LG and Ham won their first victory of 2023, LG deployed a total of eight middle pitchers. In Game 2 of the KS, seven middle pitchers took the mound, and 11 times LG had more than seven pitchers in the regular season bullpen. They prepared to push ahead with tactics at any time due to bullpen day, and pitchers are no stranger to bullpen day.

The postseason is an extension of the regular season. You can't suddenly do what you didn't do in the regular season in the postseason. This is also the reason for the success of the bullpen day in Game 2 of the KS. In the regular season, the bullpen door opens every inning, and as if checking attendance, all middle pitchers have been mobilized. As a result, in the second round of KS, Lee Jung-yong, Jung Woo-young, Kim Jin-sung, Baek Seung-hyun, Yoo Young-chan, Ham Deok-ju, and Ko Woo-suk made a scoreless joint of 8.2 innings.

In Game 2 of the 2022 playoffs, the timing of replacement of starting pitcher Adam Plutko was delayed and suffered a narrow defeat. LG erased the pain of that time with the second round of the KS.

The first pitch, which he has always emphasized, came out with the best result.

Yeom encourages batters to hit the first pitch. It was the same when he was manager of Nexen and SK. It is believed that hitting a first-pitch strike thrown inertially by the opposing pitcher increases the probability of hitting. Without aggression, including first-pitch attacks, batters often raise their voices saying that they cannot beat pitchers. So I order not to hesitate to swing on the ball count 3-0.

In the regular season, LG was the most skilled team in targeting first pitches. Of the total 1,364 hits, 217 were made as first pitches. The team's batting average is 0.279, and the team's batting average is also first with 0.367 when attacking first pitches. Leadoff Hong Chang-ki's rebound is also due to his first pitch. Hong Chang-ki, who had a strong image of getting on base with a walk by carefully selecting the ball, made 22 hits with a batting average of 0.400 in the first pitch of the regular season.

Coach Yeom's emphasis ahead of the second round of the KS was also a first-pitch target. Coach Yeom applauded Hong Chang-ki's first-pitch attack in the first inning of the first round of the KS game, hoping to maintain that position in the second round. Although the ball was formed in front of the center fielder and retired as a poor hitter, the quality of the ball was good.

Director Yeom said, "I told Chang-ki to keep doing the same thing. Today, you have to drop when you get a good ball to hit on the first pitch. The first pitch is more twisted if you do it in a way that you wait unconditionally," he said. Hong Chang-ki did not get the desired result in the second round of KS. Still, the quality of the ball is good. The ball he fired in his last at-bat was a right-handed hit if it wasn't for Oh Yoon-seok's good defense.

The result of the first pitch attack was made by Oh Ji-hwan and Park Dong-won. Oh Ji-hwan hit William Cuevas' first cut fastball in the bottom of the sixth inning to become the first KS home run hero. He narrowed the gap to 2-4, creating the starting point for LG's pursuit. Park Dong-won's winning two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth inning, which exploded the entire Jamsil Stadium like lava, was the first pitch. With one out and runners on second base, Park Dong-won fired a cannon over the left-center fence on Park Young-hyun's first changeup. Park Dong-won hit a left-handed hit in the bottom of the sixth inning, the previous at-bat, and hit the first pitch in all four at-bats on the day.

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