Doosan Yang Seok-hwan (32) fired a cannon ball and gave the team victory. The pace sank slightly, but picked up again in September. This is where the entire team can gain momentum. And there is something that shines beyond home runs. It is the ‘spirit of partnership’.
Seok-Hwan Yang produced 2 hits, 3 RBIs, 2 runs, and 1 stolen base, including a 3-point home run, in the final game of the 2023 KBO League regular season four-game series against Samsung on the weekend held at Jamsil Stadium on the 10th.
Thanks to Yang Seok-hwan’s performance, Doosan also achieved an 8-2 victory. Starting pitcher Raul Alcantara pitched well, allowing 1 run (unearned) in 6 innings, earning his 12th win of the season, and in addition to Yang Seok-hwan, Kang Seung-ho, Jose Rojas, and Kim Jae-hwan played an active role and succeeded in scoring multiple runs.메이저사이트
On this day, Yang Seok-hwan hit a 3-run home run to the left in the bottom of the 5th inning with a 3-0 lead, instantly making it 6-0. A score of 3 could be slightly unsettling. Point 6 is a different story. Doosan was able to relax a lot.
It was the 19th home run of the season. On the 7th, three days after the Jamsil KIA battle, cannon fire was fired again. After hitting his 17th home run of the season against Hanwha in Daejeon on August 13, he hit his 18th home run in 25 days. Issue 19 exploded much earlier.
Including this, the bat is hot in September. He has a batting average of 0.379, 2 home runs, 7 RBI, 0.419 on-base percentage, 0.690 slugging percentage, and 1.109 OPS in 8 games.
August performance is 23 games, batting average of 0.241, 3 home runs, 18 RBI, on-base percentage of 0.317, slugging percentage of 0.414, and OPS of 0.731. This figure has clearly changed. Thanks to this, Doosan is also continuing its efforts to enter the final five.
Yang Seok-hwan, whom we met after the game, said, “There is a cycle during the season. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s not. It continued to be bad. I think we are now in the zone of a good cycle. “There is no reason,” he calmly explained.
Regarding home runs, “You have to hit 20 home runs in the end to hit it. I am a player who has to hit 20 home runs to be of any merit. There is nothing special. “I think you should always hit at least 20,” he said.
He continued, “I think home runs are very important for the team to win a lot. I have to hit a lot, but I can’t do it as I want. It took more than 3 weeks to go from No. 17 to No. 18. When home runs are made, they tend to come out often. If it doesn’t come out, it won’t come out again for a while. “I’m thinking it might come out when the time comes,” he said.
Aside from his grades, he also showed impressive performance in other areas as well. He did so on defense in the top of the fourth inning with a 3-0 lead. With two outs and no runners, the game was paused for a moment. Seok-Hwan Yang continued to step on first base with his mitt off.
The base, which was supposed to be firmly fixed, shook. The referees came and checked the situation, and Yang Seok-hwan pulled out the base and held it high. The steel structure supporting the inside of the base was seen to be bent.
I replaced the base right away. Seok-Hwan Yang and the referees checked the situation by stepping on it with their feet. After it was confirmed that there was no problem, the game resumed.
Yang Seok-hwan said, “When he stepped on first base in the previous at-bat (bottom of the third inning), he felt strange. This is a sensitive time for injuries. You might get hurt because of the bass. “Wouldn’t it be unfair if someone got hurt because of a structural problem?” he explained.
Also, “The batter runs to first base after hitting, and I also cover first base. Couldn’t the pitcher come in to cover? “He requested a replacement because he felt he needed to prevent injuries in advance,” he added.
I didn’t just think about our team. Even the opposing team was taken into consideration. A batter or runner can also get injured if the base comes off while stepping on or sliding into the base. The same thing can happen during the defense process.
Elements of anxiety must be eliminated. In the end, the opposing team is also a baseball player. Although we meet as enemies, in the grand scheme of things, we are all colleagues. It is the ‘spirit of partnership’. It is Yang Seok-hwan’s ‘heart’ that shines beyond wins and losses.