74.2 billion won. Ball, ball, wild pitch, wild pitch... I screwed up Kershaw's Comeback
The Los Angeles Dodgers in the Major League (MLB) quickly put in finishing pitchers to chase. However, instead of putting out the fire, he threw only the ball and was kicked out of the mound.
The Dodgers lost 2-3 in the 2022 Major League away game against San Francisco at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, on the 12th (Korea Standard Time). The Dodgers have lost two consecutive games.
The game was an important game for the Dodgers. It was because it was the day when the undisputed ace Clayton Kershaw returned in a month. Since taking the mound on the 8th of last month, he has been on the injured list (IL) due to asthma, which is where the hip and hip bones meet in the pelvis, and he started as a starting pitcher on the same day.
However, Kershaw allowed two runs in the bottom of the second inning while giving up a solo shot to Tyro Estrada, and overall, he failed to make a clean throw. In the end, with three hits (one home run) and two walks, four strikeouts and two runs in four innings, he went down the mound with the start of the fifth inning (71) when the number of pitches exceeded 70.
Since then, the Dodgers, which had been silent, have chased Cody Bellinger's one-run double in the top of the eighth inning with one out and runners on first and third bases. The Dodgers then put closer Craig Kimbull, who made 11 saves this season, on the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning. At the top of the ninth inning, the Dodgers seemed to have a chance of winning because they were in the batting order starting with the second batter.
But Kimbrel simply showed his worst pitch. He was hit hard by leadoff hitter Zac Pederson, and since then, he has rarely hit a strike. After giving up a walk to Wilmer Flores, he threw four balls to Estrada, causing the bases to be loaded with no outs. In the process, he also advanced runners with wild pitches.
Kimball, who faced Brandon Crawford, threw a knuckle curve toward his body on a walk and one strike to induce a swing. However, as the ball flowed sideways again, all the runners advanced one base at a time. Having given a point, he managed to strike out Crawford. However, the Dodgers immediately knocked Kimball off the mound.
Evan Phillips, who took the mound afterwards, struck out both of the follow-up batters, and Kimbrel allowed one hit, two walks, and one strikeout in innings. Eleven of the 18 pitches came into the ball, and two wild pitches were also committed, shaking the control.
What was more painful for the Dodgers was that he actually hit a solo home run by Freddie Freeman in the top of the ninth inning. There is no if in baseball, but the Dodgers could have tied the game without Kimbrel's loss.
Since 2011, when he was in Atlanta, Kimbrel has been the top player in the league for four consecutive years. After going through San Diego and Boston, he signed a four-year, $58 million contract with the Chicago Cubs during the 2019 season. However, he has been sluggish with a 6.00 ERA for two seasons, and he will wear a Dodgers uniform this season after playing for the Chicago White Sox last year.
Kimball, who had maintained his ERA in the one-point range until mid-May, began to beat him on the 17th of last month (two hits and two runs in one inning). 사설토토 The ERA, which fell to 1.04, soared to 4.42, as of the 12th. He is a player who only gave up outfielder AJ Pollock without much bleeding, but he cannot hide his bitterness.
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