"I'll treat Reyes to dinner."
Tucker Davidson, a foreign pitcher of the Lotte Giants, won his first game after three games and four games. He started the game against the NC Dinos at Sajik Stadium in Busan on Sunday, and pitched 101 pitches during six innings, allowing two hits, five walks, and seven strikeouts. The team won the game 2-0 in the eighth inning, securing its first win since its debut.
On this day, Davison cooked NC batters by playing up to 151 kilometers of four-seam fastballs (37), 34 sliders, 14 folk balls, 10 curves, and 6 sweepers.
In the first inning, he grounded out Kwon Hee-dong, the first batter, and Kim Joo-won grounded out to the second. With two outs and two outs, he sent out Son Ah-seop due to a catch error at the second base, but handled Davidson with a fly ball to the right field.
In the second inning, he handled leadoff hitter Park Hangyul with a fly ball to shortstop, and then struck out Kim Hui-jip. He allowed a walk to Oh Young-soo, who had two outs and a runner on first base, but stopped his attempt to steal second base to end the inning with three batters.
However, he was shaken from the third inning and caused a crisis in every inning. Kim Hyung-joon walked and Seo Ho-cheol hit a heavy ball, putting him on the verge of first and second bases with no outs. And luck followed in dealing with Kwon Hee-dong, a tricky hitter. He attempted a bunt, but ran to the first base and kicked the ball with his legs. He was out after the ball hit his body outside the batter's box. He became the first and second basemen with one out. He handled Kim Joo-won with a fly ball to the left field, and became the first and second basemen with two outs, but allowed Son A-seop to make an infield hit to the shortstop again, putting the batter on the verge of loading the bases with two outs. Against Davidson, who met again, he pitched three four-seam ball to induce a strikeout by swinging.
In the fourth inning, he also allowed leadoff hitter Park Hang-yeol to walk and even committed an error to check the first base. Kim Hui-jip also allowed a walk. However, he struck out Oh Young-soo and Kim Hyung-joon in succession, and managed to overcome the crisis by catching Seo Ho-cheol with a fly ball to the left field.
He slowly regained stability. He allowed a walk to leadoff hitter Kwon Hee-dong in the fifth inning. However, he struck out Kim Joo-won and removed the inning when he caught Son Ah-seop with a double play. He also struck out Davidson and Shin Jae-hwan in succession in the sixth inning, and Kim hit a fly ball to center field to complete his quality start pitching through the sixth inning.
As evidenced by the fact that he allowed five walks on the day, his ball control was all different from one another. However, he was able to force himself into every crisis and fulfill his winning requirements with the help of defense before leaving the mound.
After the game, Davison said, "I'm so happy that I got my first win. I'm so happy that I can check my first win in the KBO on my checklist now." He added, "The first wins and wins in all leagues are important, and it's the same for me to get my first win in the KBO. I'm so happy that I can follow in the footsteps I've been working hard on so far."
At the match against Incheon SSG on April 25, he made his debut safely by allowing three hits (one homer) with two strikeouts and one run in seven innings. On the 30th, he displayed quality pitching once again by allowing four hits, two walks, five strikeouts and two runs in six ⅓ innings against Sajik KT. However, none of them managed to secure victory. Then, at the match against Sajik Doosan Bears on the 6th, he collapsed sharply by allowing six hits, three walks, one strikeout and three runs in two ⅔ innings. He had to confirm his lack of experience and managerial ability.
He reflected on his last appearance against Doosan and took a lesson. "I'm trying to eat as much innings as possible, but in the case of the last Doosan match, I was sorry that it was replaced in the third inning and it seemed to put pressure on the bullpen at the time," he said. "I'm going to take this as a lesson and pay more attention to all the games in the future."
We talked a lot during the game to control our ball control. "I asked the coaching staff and catcher Cho In-geun to put on as many strikes as possible and play more aggressively as possible. Then, when the count is favorable, let's use more diverse pitching. We talked a lot about how we could handle the game." 카지노
Ryu`s victory was helped by defense. Notably, Victor Reyes, who started in left field, laid the groundwork for Davidson`s victory. He chased Kim to the end of the third inning when he hit a ball that seemed to split the left-center gap with runners on the first and second bases with one out, and allowed him to take a breather. Then, with runners on the first and second bases with two outs in the fourth inning, he sprinted forward to catch Seo Ho-cheol`s fly ball with a diving catch. Davidson lifted his arms wide and admired, welcoming Reyes. Reyes also had an additional RBI single in the fifth inning, helping Davidson in offense and defense.
"Without Victor (Reyes)'s super catch today, there would have been no victory today," Davison said, laughing, "I'll give Reyes a dinner," and laughing, "I'll express my gratitude to Reyes materially."
Davidson posted one win and two earned runs in four games (six earned runs in 22 innings) this season. Although he has 12 walks, it could be considered temporary for now. He displayed crisis management skills to play games and prop up the mound.
"It's good for me or for the team to take care of as many wins as possible. That's how I can go to fall baseball, so I try to throw as hard as I can in every game," he said.