Who would have predicted that it would be sluggish?”
Samsung Jose Pirella (34), who fell into a slump, has fully awakened. Park Jin-man (47), a player who missed the expectations of coach Park Jin-man. He had expectations, but he was strangely twisted. He definitely created an opportunity for a rebound.
Pirella started as the third hitter and left fielder in the last game of the 2023 KBO League regular season against Lotte on the weekend held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 16th, and flew wildly with 3 hits, 3 RBIs and 2 points, including the preemptive final two runs.
On this day, Samsung won a huge 9-1 victory. Pirella took the lead in the attack, and on the mound, Ace Won Tae-in led the team with a good pitching of 6.2 innings and 1 run. Thanks to this, he made his first winning series this season.
Pirella’s maengta is also nice to see. It has been strangely twisted this season. Until this day, he had a batting average of 0.186 in 11 games.
In particular, the injury suffered on the last 4 days was great. He played a game-ending defense against Hanwha, but after the catch, he hit the fence as it was. He did not wake up for a while, and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
He was diagnosed with a simple bruise, but the pain remained. It took a toll on his performance. On the 7th and 9th, he went 12 at-bats and had no hits in three consecutive matches with LG. His batting average went down to 0.087.
After that, it started to come alive little by little. Against SSG on the 11th, he shot 3 runs. And against Lotte on the 15th, he made 3 hits and 1 walk. On this day, he completely exploded with 3 hits and 3 RBIs, including a home run. The week of the 11th to the 16th is a batting average of 0.391 with 2 homers and 8 RBIs.
Ja-wook Koo is showing a good sense of hitting, and Jae-il Oh is also coming back to life. As Pirella regained his pace, the batting line was able to gain strength as a whole.
Pirella knows too. After the victory on the 16th “After the last injury, I am doing well in recovery training and reinforcement training. He is well supported by training coaches. Thanks to him, his physical condition is also improving. Recently, the batting pace has been rising,” he pointed out.
“I hit a home run today, and the result came out well. Not only me, but other hitters also showed good performances. I think there will be a synergy effect as much as the other line exploded,” he emphasized.
Last year, he had a batting average of 0.342, 28 homers, 109 RBIs, 15 stolen bases, an on-base percentage of 0.411, a slugging percentage of 0.565, and an OPS of 0.976. Naturally, I am looking forward to this season as well. While he was sluggish at the beginning of the season, manager Park Jin-man said, “This is an unexpected part. Who could have predicted that.”
now alive 3 hits in 2 games in a row. The pace is picking up as he recovers from his injury. Samsung is also getting stronger. The ‘two hit balance’ that coach Park Jin-man wanted is right. 토토사이트