Mipro Baseball Toronto's Hyun-jin Ryu bowed his head with his worst pitching in the most important game of the year.
Ryu Hyun-jin started in the 2nd leg of the American League Wild Card Series, played against the Tampa Bay race at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, and hit 8 hits including 2 home runs and 7 runs in 1⅔innings. I did.
Ryu Hyun-jin handed over the mound to Ross Stripling in 0-7 without even passing the second inning.
Toronto lost 2-8 after being blocked by Tampa Bay fast-ball pitcher Tyler Glasnow.
As a result, Toronto, who entered the postseason with the 8th seed in the American League, was eliminated by losing to Tampa Bay 2nd in a row without breaking the expectation that it would never be outnumbered.
Ryu Hyun-jin became a losing pitcher, but he started in 9 games in the postseason, leaving 3-3 and an average ERA of 4.54.
After four years, Toronto's fall baseball ended in just two games, and Ryu Hyun-jin's 2020 season ended alone.
After losing 1 to 3 in the first game yesterday, Toronto coach Charlie Monteyo and the Toronto club had high expectations, saying that ace Ryu Hyun-jin will appear in the second game.
However, Tampa Bay, which has conquered the American League East in 10 years and is considered a strong league champion this year, has never been an easy team.
The Tampa Bay hitting line was armed with a clear-cut swing, cut fastball, and a clear-targeted blow aimed at a changeup.
Because of that, Ryu Hyun-jin has made a new record of disgrace with the least innings and most runs in the postseason.
His worst pitching before was 3 innings and 5 runs in the 6th leg of the National League Championship Series in 2018 when he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and clashed against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Ryu Hyun-jin has not been able to pass the second inning since advancing to the big league, even in the regular league, only four times until this day.
Sudden injuries during the game were the main reason, not because of the poor pitching like this day.
Ryu Hyun-jin allowed a left-handed hit to lead Mike Broso in the first inning.
However, it was a phone call for Broso to be caught by the laser throw of left fielder Lourdes Guriel Jr. while playing at second base.
However, as Randi Arosarena and Brandon Rowe hits in a row, Ryu Hyun-jin was on the verge of conceding 1 company, 1st and 3rd base.
It seemed to take a sigh by striking out hitter 4, Yandi Dias, but gave a right-handed hit to Manuel Margo, who hit a two-point home run the day before.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who was faced with the risk of overrunning the second company due to a throwback by shortstop Bo Bisett, who caught the normal batted ball of Hunter Renfro, ended the first episode after cooking Willie Adames in strikeouts.
Tampa Bay other ships finally defeated Ryu Hyun-jin in the second inning.
Following Kevin Kiermeier's heavy hit, 9th Mike Junino scored 3-0 with a two-run arch over the left fence.
Junino did not miss the flat 142 km/h speedball that was driven into the middle.
That wasn't the end.
Arosarena's dominant double after the first match, and Visett’s decisive defensive error came from the second base, followed by Dias walking across one bridge.
Ryu Hyun-jin guided Margo to shortstop ground ball, but this time, Bissett couldn't catch it properly, saving both batters and runners.
At Manru again, Ryu Hyun-jin was hit by Renfro with a grand slam falling inside the left pole and eventually threw a towel.
Of the 7 runs, Hyunjin Ryu's own score was 3 points.
This is because B??'s decisive catching error from the situation where the innings had to be over led to a full home run.
Toronto only made up for two points with two solo homers from catcher Danny Janson.
Ryu Hyun-jin, who was wearing a Toronto uniform for four years at the end of last year, earned 80 million dollars for the first time in the regular league with a score of 5-2 and an ERA of 2.69 in the regular league.
However, not like a veteran, it collapsed early in the post-season game that determines the fate of the team this season, leaving a deep regret.
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