Even Im Chan-gyu collapsed in Korea 3 runs in 3 innings against Dominican Republic
Even Im Chan-gyu collapsed in Korea 3 runs in 3 innings against Dominican Republic
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Chan-gyu Lim (LG Twins), who joined as a replacement player, was unable to complete his duties in the starting lineup.
Lim Chan-gyu appeared as a starting pitcher in the 4th match of Group B against the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 2024 held at the Taipei Tianmu Stadium in Taiwan on the 16th, and failed to do his part by allowing 5 hits, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts, and 3 runs in 3 innings.
Ahead of the game that day, national baseball team manager Ryu Joong-il said, "As our starting pitcher is quickly collapsing, the middle pitcher is overworked. Lim Chan-gyu needs to go long innings," but he ended up leaving the mound early again.
In Korea's match against Cuba, Kwak Bin (Doosan Bears), who started, pitched 4 scoreless innings, the longest innings among the starting pitchers.
Lim Chan-gyu was left out of the preliminary roster for this tournament, but suddenly joined the national team when Won Tae-in (Samsung Lions) was sidelined with a shoulder injury.
Lim Chan-gyu, who was the oldest pitcher and served as the clubhouse leader for the national team, was unable to overcome the Dominican Republic batters.
In the first inning, Chan-gyu Lim gave up an infield hit to leadoff hitter 파워볼 Ricardo Cespedes and a bunt infield hit to the next batter, Allen Hanson, leaving runners on first and second base with no outs.
After retiring Kelvin Gutierrez with a ground ball and allowing a stolen base, he faced a crisis with runners on second and third base and one out, then struck out Andretti Cordero and Reiner Nunez in succession.
Chan-gyu Lim, who had overcome a crisis of giving up a run in the first inning, ended up giving up the first run in the second inning.
With bases loaded and no outs after a single and back-to-back walks, he forced Michael De Leon into a double play to shortstop, trading two outs for a run.
Lim Chan-gyu, who got through the third inning easily by striking out three batters, ended up not making it past the fourth inning.
After allowing a double to leadoff hitter Nunez, he threw a curveball to Arismendy Alcantara, which resulted in a two-run home run.
In the end, Chan-gyu Lim handed over the mound to So Hyeong-jun (kt wiz) while falling behind 0-3.