Kim Jong-guk on the head… KIA Pinch-Hitting Success Rate '0.529' Since Late August

The professional baseball KIA Tigers are showing a steep upward curve at the end of the season with a truly mind-blowing pinch hit success rate.

In the second game of the double header played against the LG Twins on the 9th, KIA achieved a thrilling comeback victory and dominated the double header thanks to the success of the pinch-hit strategy. 카지노사이트

When the score was tied at 3-5 in the fifth inning with three hits in a row and an opportunity to load the bases with no outs, KIA manager Kim Jong-guk hired left-handed hitter Ko Jong-wook as a pinch hitter instead of Lee Woo-sung.

Ko Jong-wook set off the overture by hitting LG sidearm relief pitcher Park Myung-geun with a timely hit that fell in front of center field.

With the bases loaded, Manager Kim again substituted Choi Hyeong-woo as a pinch hitter instead of Hwang Dae-in, and when Park Myung-geun's fast ball entered the center of the strike zone, Choi Hyeong-woo responded with a grand slam that went over the right fence by coolly kicking it up.

KIA Tigers, who regained control by going 8-5, added four runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to win 12-7, dropping SSG Landers to 5th place and rising to 4th place.

If you look at the pinch-hitting success rate for more than 15 days since August 24th, when KIA started its nine-game winning streak, it ranks first overall with a whopping 0.529.

Thanks to the pinch hitters meeting the bench's expectations with timely hitting in the game, the scoring average during this period also rose to 0.396, the highest among the 10 teams.

Coach Kim Jong-guk, who is in his second year at the helm of KIA, has actively utilized pinch-hitting strategies to utilize the abundant fielding resources since the end of June when two players, Na Seong-beom and Kim Do-young, returned from injuries.

As a result, the pinch-hitting success rate, which was only 0.200 until the end of June, rose vertically to 0.370 since July, and for the entire season, it was 0.274, advancing to second place after the Lotte Giants (0.276).

When veteran Go Jong-wook appeared as a substitute as a pinch hitter, he sparked the 'pinch hitter legend' with a batting average of 0.302 and 12 RBIs.

Lee Woo-sung, who easily filled a spot in the KIA outfield with flawless performance in offense and defense in the absence of Na Seong-beom, also played as a substitute and hit a batting average of 0.391, contributing greatly to improving the team's scoring route.

KIA's offensive baseball blossomed as coach Kim Jong-guk's confidence in using reliable pinch hitters at the right time and the pinch hitters' hard hitting, who did not miss opportunities and scored runs, were combined.