"I felt comfortable." Doosan, where no one was "checking in,"...Lee Seung-yeop sharpened the 'knife' and proved to be '11 consecutive wins'
"I think it's okay to show that the evaluation around me is wrong
The Doosan Bears made a "new history" by winning 8-5 in the home game of Game 8 of the season against the Lotte Giants in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 25th.
There are two histories written by Doosan on this day. Starting with Lotte at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 1st, Doosan, which has won 11 consecutive games, has created a new record of the most consecutive wins in its foundation. This is the first time in 5,284 games. The most recent 11 consecutive wins in the KBO League were the NC Dinos (Sajik Lotte Doubleheader Game 1 on September 20, 2020 to Changwon SK Wyverns on October 1, 2020), and Doosan won 11 consecutive wins in the league in 1,027 days.
There is one more record. It is about Lee Seung-yeop. Coach Lee Seung-yeop created the "new history" for the most consecutive wins in his first season as a Korean coach in KBO history, and if he expands the scope to foreign coaches, Jerry Royster (former Lotte, 11 consecutive wins in 2008) and "tie" records. It was the moment when Lee Seung-yeop won 11 consecutive games in his first season in 5,439 days since the game against the LG Twins in Sajik on September 2, 2008, when Royster's 11 consecutive wins were made.
Doosan beat the Lotte mound from the beginning of the game. Doosan succeeded in taking the lead 4-0, starting with Huh Kyung-min's first run in the bottom of the third inning, Kim Jae-hwan's two-run home run and Jose Rojas' timely hit to run away. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Yang Seok-hwan's hit and Lotte left fielder Shin Yoon-hoo's two errors overlapped in the scoring chance made by Huh Kyung-min and Kim Jae-hwan, and Heo Kyung-min scored an RBI once again in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Lotte, which had been hit all the time, narrowed the gap by Nico Goodrum bringing both runners home in the second and third base chances made by Kim Min-seok's hit and Yoon Dong-hee's walk in the top of the seventh inning. However, Doosan widened the gap again in the bottom of the seventh inning when Yang Seok-hwan hit a solo home run. Lotte, whose bat began to burst late, chased Doosan by scoring three points in the attack in the top of the ninth inning, but there was no big variable in the victory. Doosan finally completed its 11th consecutive victory with an 8-5 victory. 토토
The head coach enjoyed the joy of winning 11 consecutive games with the players after the game. However, he was surprisingly calm in interviews with reporters. Coach Lee Seung-yeop said, "When I saw the electronic display, I realized that the Doosan Bears won 11 consecutive games for the first time. "I didn't think much when I played or when it was over, but when I went to high-five, I felt good thinking, 'I won 11 consecutive games,'" he said with a happy smile.
Coach Lee Seung-yeop has a lot of stories with Lotte. When he played for the Samsung Lions, he scored 56 home runs in the "first" Asian professional baseball league as well as KBO against former Lotte Lee Jung-min, and built a gold tower of 400 home runs against Koo Seung-min, who is active. And he won his first win in his debut against Lotte after taking the helm, and all new records from the start of this consecutive victory were made into wins against Lotte.
The head coach said, "I think I was a little strong against Lotte during my active duty, but in fact, I think the players' condition is more important because the players are playing," adding, "The coach didn't think about (Lotte) at all because he only judges the players' condition."
Until the middle and second half of the game, Doosan seemed to have a "complete victory," but it struggled quite a bit at the end of the game. Coach Lee Seung-yeop said, "If we were in a must-win group, Kim Myung-shin, Park Chi-guk, Jung Chul-won, and Hong Gun-hee should have been connected, but there was a score difference today. Therefore, he said, "Let's go more" with the pitching coach, but there was a little problem in the second inning. "It would be best if I won neatly, but I will supplement and reinforce that and organize how the pitcher will perform best next time," he explained.
Doosan did not choose all nine team coaches as candidates for the semifinals at the "Media Day" held ahead of this season. At that time, coach Lee Seung-yeop left a meaningful word, saying, "Thank you for the cold evaluation," and the evaluation gave birth to the current Doosan. Coach Lee Seung-yeop said, "I think I felt more comfortable because people around me didn't select me to the semifinals. In baseball, I always thought, "It's okay to show that the evaluation around me is wrong," he said, adding, "I think preparing to do my best in every game led to good results."
[Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop is making a high five with Jung Soo-bin, who scored the first run on Huh Kyung-min's timely hit in the bottom of the third inning of the "2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League" game against Lotte at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the afternoon of the 25th.