Bad news for the Samsung Lions.
Outfielder Denny Reyes was placed on the disabled list after spraining his ankle while pitching.
Reyes was cruising through the fifth inning of his start against the KIA Tigers at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on Nov. 11, allowing three runs on seven hits with no walks and four strikeouts. He threw just 62 pitches through the fifth inning in an aggressive, no-ball game.
In the top of the sixth inning with a 4-3 lead, Kim felt something was wrong.
After two foul balls and a three-pitch slider, he abruptly called the trainer to the dugout. He pointed to his left foot, which is his stepping foot, and complained of discomfort. After consulting with the pitching coach and trainer, he left the mound.
With the count 1B2S, right-hander Lee Seung-hyun was quickly brought in to face Kim Do-young.
Reyes, who was matched up against Kia’s newest starter, Eric Lauer, showed his comparative advantage and gave his team the lead. Lauer gave up four runs in three and a third innings before being pulled, but Reyes held on to a 4-3 lead and lasted five innings. He got off to a shaky start with three runs in the first inning, 파워볼실시간 but settled down quickly with the help of his bats. With two outs in the first, he was hit by a leadoff double by Na Sung-beom. An error by Socrates and an RBI single by Kim Sun-bin scored the third run.
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Samsung settled down in the top of the second inning as Kang Min-ho’s solo shot, Park Byung-ho’s RBI double, and Lee Sung-gyu’s lucky RBI single tied the game at 3-3. Back-to-back triple plays in the second and third innings. In the fourth inning, he gave up an infield single to Kim Sun-bin with one out.
In the fifth inning, with runners on first and third, he induced a grounder to Choi Won-joon to end the inning with the runner at third.
A Samsung representative said, “Reyes suffered pain when his left ankle folded inward during the pitching process. He is currently undergoing medical treatment to check his condition.”