Nails reminiscent of 'Sun Dong-yeol' in 1993, ERA 'Flame' in the 0-point range until his 6th appearance of the season
Nails reminiscent of 'Sun Dong-yeol' in 1993, ERA 'Flame' in the 0-point range until his 6th appearance of the season
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It doesn't collapse even if it shakes. Foreign pitcher James Nail (32) of the Kia Tigers maintained his ERA in the 0-point range until his sixth start of this season.
Nail started an away game against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Tuesday, and allowed eight hits and two runs in 5 2/3 innings. She had seven strikeouts, the most in an individual game this season, but allowed two walks. The game's hit rate was also somewhat high at 0.348 (23 batters). It was quite different from the previous game in which she had quality starts (more than six innings as a starter and less than three earned runs). However, she minimized lost points by banking on her excellent crisis management ability.안전놀이터
In the bottom of the first inning, Nail struck out Kim In-tae with runners on the first and third bases with two outs, and allowed no run in the second inning. In the bottom of the third inning, with runners on the second and second bases with two outs, Yang Seok-hwan was caught by a fly to the center field. In the bottom of the fourth inning, he allowed leadoff hitter Kim In-tae to walk, and after one out, he struck out Park Joon-young and Park Joon-soon.
He held on without losing a point in the bottom of the fifth inning, which was the biggest crisis. Due to consecutive hits by Cho and Jeong Su-bin, the team was placed at the first and second bases with no outs, and Jake Cave, a foreign hitter, was induced to hit a straight shot to the shortstop, increasing two out-counts in an instant. What was regrettable was that at the bottom of the sixth inning when the team was tying 0-0. With Yang Eui-ji's single hit and Yang Seok-hwan's double, he reached the second and third bases with no outs. He struck out Kim In-tae and Kang Seung-ho in succession, and did not seem to give up as he did at the bottom of the fourth inning. However, with two outs, he was replaced after Park Joon-young had a timely two-run hit. The number of pitches he pitched was 100 times. KIA's batting line reversed the score gap from 0-2 to 6-2 and blew up Nail's requirement to be a losing pitcher.
Nail's ERA, which had been lowered to the lowest of 0.25 during the game, rose slightly to 0.74 (36 1/2 innings and 3 runs). As of the 20th, Nail is the only one who maintains an ERA of 0 points among 29 starting pitchers who have filled the regular innings. The lowest ERA in a regular innings season was 0.78, achieved by Sun Dong-yeol (then Haitai Tigers) in 1993. "Nail played a very good role as a starting pitcher even though she took the mound twice a week," manager Lee Bum-ho said after the game. "I'm sorry that I didn't become a winning pitcher today's game."