Once a killer, always a killer. This time around, the bear hunter showed off his skills and led the team to a winning series. The star of the show was LG's Plutko.
In the seventh game of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League against Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on April 18, Plutko pitched seven innings of seven-hit ball, striking out nine and giving up one run (one earned) to lead the team to a 14-3 victory.
After starting the inning with a triple, Plutko ran into his first trouble in the second. With two on and two out, he gave up a single to Park Kye-beom to cut the lead to 2-1. However, he got the next batter, Heo Kyung-min, to fly out to center field to end the inning without further damage.
After an uneventful sixth inning, Plutko ran into trouble again in the seventh. He gave up a leadoff double to Kang Seung-ho and quickly surrendered a scoring position. He got Lee Yoo-chan to fly out to right field, but gave up a single to Heo Kyung-min to put runners on first and third.
But this is where Plutko showed off his crisis management skills. He struck out Kwon Min-seok with three sliders, and then got Kim Dae-woo to ground out to end the inning without a run. The roar after striking out Kim Dae-hyun was especially loud.
Plutko was replaced by Jung Woo-young in the eighth inning and executed his duties flawlessly. Jung Woo-young (two runs in one inning) and Choi Dong-hwan (one run in one inning) came on to close out the eighth and ninth innings, respectively, to secure the win for Plutko and the team.
At the plate, LG's bats came alive early on, 안전놀이터 with all of its starters hitting for extra bases and scoring 15 runs on 19 hits and six walks.
Plutko, who was 8-0 with a 1.82 ERA in 13 games prior to this outing, lowered his ERA to 1.78 and picked up his ninth win of the season. He also remained the only pitcher to complete a full game of regulation innings.
He also continued his reputation as a Doosan killer. After going 2-0 with a 2.55 ERA in three games against Doosan before this game, Plutko lowered his ERA to 2.19 and won three straight games against Doosan.
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