Ricardo Sanchez, who was the ‘victory fairy’ of the Hanwha Eagles, took his first loss with the worst pitch of the season. The team held on to the opponent until the end, but it was difficult to overcome the 8-point difference.
Sanchez started as a starting pitcher in the home game against SSG Landers in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League held at Daejeon Hanwha Life Insurance Eagles Park on the 8th. Sanchez, who was recruited as a substitute for Birch Smith, played 48⅔ innings in 9 games before the game, recording an ERA of 1.48 without a loss. Sanchez, of course, on the day Sanchez started, the team was also undefeated with 8 wins and 1 draw.
However, on this day, the pendulum of the game turned sharply from the start of the game. Sanchez caught Choo Shin-soo with a grounder to second baseman in the first inning, but allowed a right-handed hit and a stolen base to Choi Ji-hoon, struck out Kim Kang-min, and then allowed a run on a right-handed hit by Heredia again.
In the second inning, he lost three more points due to an error by a fielder. Kang Jin-seong, left fielder, hit Seong-hyeon Kim with a double, and Min-sik Kim and Sang-hyeon Ahn allowed consecutive hits. When Ahn Sang-hyun hit, right fielder Lee Jin-young’s throwing error came out, and Kim Min-sik home, Ahn Sang-hyun advanced to third base.토토사이트주소
Then, in the process of handling Choo Shin-soo’s ground ball, first baseman Chae Eun-seong and Sanchez, who entered the base cover, did not match, resulting in an infield hit. Afterwards, Sanchez was driven to first and second bases after Choi Ji-hoon’s grounder and Kim Kang-min’s walk, but Heredia caught second baseman’s grounder and ended the inning.
However, in the top of the 3rd inning, he gave up 4 points. Sanchez allowed hits to Kang Jin-seong and Kim Seong-hyun and a walk to Ahn Sang-hyun, and was driven to full base, and lost three more runs after being hit by a sweeping double by Choo Shin-soo. Choo Shin-soo came in and conceded an additional run on Choi Ji-hoon’s double. Sanchez finished the inning only after striking out Kim Kang-min, and handed the mound to Yoon Dae-gyeong from the beginning of the 4th inning.
On this day, Sanchez threw 83 pitches in 3 innings and recorded 10 hits, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts and 8 runs (7 earned runs), digesting fewer innings than in the first appearance, which had a pitch limit, and recording the most runs and earned runs. Hanwha caught up from 0-8 to 7-9, but was unable to overturn the score and eventually lost, and Sanchez also had a record of losing for the first time that day.