Director Subero also conveyed his wish, saying, “I hope there is not a lot of bullpen consumption.” In other words, I wanted Nam Ji-min to take responsibility for as many innings as possible.
Could Nam Ji-min have the heart of director Subero? He achieved QS with 6 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts and 2 runs (2 earned) in 6 innings. It took only 82 balls to reach QS. It was also Hanwha’s third QS after Jang Min-jae and Moon Dong-ju.
It is true that I was anxious. Nam Ji-min played an active part in the KIA Tigers match, which was the first starting game of this season, with 3 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts and no runs in 5 innings. He played the role 100% as Birch Smith’s replacement starter. However, he collapsed with 0.1 innings, 7 hits, 1 walk and 7 runs (7 earned) against kt wiz.먹튀검증
Nam Ji-min had a lot of ups and downs in his performance, so he could not guarantee his performance in the difficult LG match. However, Nam Ji-min overcame the crisis in the 1st and 2nd episodes, continued his good fight from the 3rd episode, and eventually fought hard until the 6th episode.
Nam Ji-min faced a crisis with no bases loaded in the first inning. After being hit by Hong Chang-ki, he walked Moon Seong-joo and hit Kim Hyun-soo, putting him in danger of losing a lot of runs. However, he minimized his concessions with Ya Su-jin’s fee. He allowed one run on an infield hit by Joo-Hyun Jung, but struck out Austin Dean and hit both Bo-Kyung Moon and Dong-Won Park.
In the second inning, he was hit by lead batter Seo Geon-chang. Afterwards, he caught Park Hae-min with a fly ball, but was attacked again by Hong Chang-ki and Kim Hyun-soo and lost an extra point. Nam Ji-min threw 38 balls until the second inning, and the number of pitches was not small.
However, Nam Ji-min showed a different side from episode 3. He silenced everything except for a walk to lead batter Park Dong-won in the 4th inning. He did not receive a single hit.
His highest speed was 151 km and his average speed was 148 km. His fastball control was fantastic, and he threw a slider and a curveball in addition to cooking LG batters.
Hanwha was able to consume as few bullpen cards as possible thanks to Nam Ji-min’s performance. Only Kim Ki-joong, Kang Jae-min, and Kim Bum-soo came forward. With Monday’s break ahead, Sunday’s game allowed him to give his all.
The problem was the batter. They failed to score a single point and were blocked by the LG mound and lost 0-3. With Nam Ji-min’s performance and the bullpen’s good pitching, we were able to prepare for the game on the 23rd better than expected, but it was painful to allow the losing series.