Even Seung-hwan Oh is a ‘water Buddha’ when he meets Ferrazza… He allowed hits in all three encounters, and those were either game-winning hits or long hits [어제의 프로야구]

2024-07-25 22:29:25

Hanwha players celebrate with Peraza after he hit the game-winning hit in the game on the 24th. Courtesy of Hanwha

Hanwha Peraza (26) once again made Samsung’s ‘Stone Buddha’ Oh Seung-hwan (42) cry.

In a professional baseball home game held at Daejeon Stadium on the 24th, Ferrazza came to the plate in the bottom of the 9th inning with the score tied 2-2 and a runner on third base and hit a walk-off right-field hit.

Ferrazza, who had hit a comeback hit in the bottom of the 8th the day before, was named the game-winning hitter for two consecutive days.

Ferrazza has faced Seung-hwan Oh three times so far, recording three hits and three RBIs in three at-bats.

Ferrazza hit a double against Seung-hwan Oh in Daegu on May 17.

Ferrazza taking a photo with fans after the game on the 23rd. Courtesy of Hanwha

Ferrazza led the Hanwha offense with a batting average of .324 (10th), 15 home runs (2nd), and 42 RBIs (tied for 7th) in 54 games through May 31.

The OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) of 1.021 was the best record in the entire league.

However, after colliding with the outfield wall during defense in the bottom of the 6th inning of the Daegu Samsung game on the last day of May, he began to suffer aftereffects.

Ferrazza, who was taken off the field in an ambulance, only recorded an OPS of 0.651 after returning to the first team.

Then, he met Samsung again and raised the stakes.

KIA’s Aldred throws a 5-inning shutout. Courtesy of KIA

The home team won all the remaining matches.

In Gwangju, the leading KIA defeated NC 7-0 in five innings to extend their winning streak to eight.

A heavy rain poured down ahead of the NC attack in the top of the 6th inning, and a rain-related call game was declared.

KIA’s replacement foreign pitcher Aldred (28) recorded a shutout win by striking out 7 batters in 5 innings and holding the NC batting line scoreless.

According to psodds.com, which calculates the probability of each team advancing to the postseason through a ‘Monte Carlo simulation’, KIA’s win today gave them a 100% chance of advancing to the ‘fall baseball’.

Jang Seong-woo hits a comeback hit in the bottom of the 7th inning of the Suwon game. Courtesy of KIA

In Suwon, KT won a 5-3 comeback victory over SSG and rose to a joint 5th place.

This is the first time that KT, which started the season with four consecutive losses, has finished in 5th place, the dividing line for advancing to the postseason.

In Jamsil, 4th place Doosan defeated last place Kiwoom 7-4.

The Sajik match between LG and Lotte was not held due to ground conditions.

▽Starting pitcher on the 25th △Jamsil: Kiwoom Kim Yoon-ha-Doosan Sarakawa △Sajik: LG Choi Won-tae-Lotte Kim Jin-wook △Gwangju: NC Hart-KIA Kim Do-hyeon △Suwon: SSG Oh Won-seok-KT Go Young-pyo △Daejeon: Samsung Baek Jeong-hyeon-Hanwha Moon Dong-ju

Reporter Hwang Gyu-in [email protected]

2024-07-25 22:29:25