LG Twins coach Yeom Kyung-yeop looked back at the bench clearing that occurred in the game against the Lotte Giants on the 18th.
Coach Yeom said ahead of the 2024 Shinhan Solbank KBO League match against SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 19th, “Everyone was angry that Seongbin Hwang came back slowly after hitting a foul, which led to the bench clearing.”
The first bench clearing of the season occurred in the game between LG and Lotte held at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th.
Immediately after Lotte's attack ended in the top of the third inning when Lotte was ahead 2-0, LG starting pitcher Casey Kelly looked angry and said a few words to Lotte Hwang Seong-bin, who was out on base with a runner on base.
Lotte captain Jeon Jun-woo responded to this and stepped forward, and immediately players from both teams poured onto the ground. When LG veteran catcher Heo Do-hwan got very excited, LG players tried to stop him.
Manager Yeom explained that Kelly was angry when Hwang Seong-bin thought a foul hit was a hit, ran to first base, and then slowly returned to the plate.
Seongbin Hwang, who came to the plate in the top of the third inning with one out and no runner on base, hit a foul ball and quickly ran to first base. After the foul was called, he slowly returned to the plate, and the umpire declared a violation of the pitch clock (limitation on pitching and batting preparation time). Coach Yeom said, “In fact, it looked like a clear foul hit. “Of course, running on such a batted ball is also playing your own game, so you can do that,” he said. “But he was angry because he was slowly coming back to the plate while everyone was waiting.” “This led to bench clearing,” he explained. After finishing the game the previous day, Lotte Jeon Jun-woo said about bench clearing, “It can happen during a game. “This can happen if misunderstandings build up between us,” he said. “We can be sensitive to each other during the game, and we may have been more sensitive because we were in the middle of a losing streak. “We talked to each other and resolved it well,” he said. 토토