"Otani is not coming out"...The Dodgers' bullpen game is so bad that the U.S. media found "Two Tani" again
"Otani is not coming out"...The Dodgers' bullpen game is so bad that the U.S. media found "Two Tani" again
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"Otani doesn't come out."
The Dodgers, which leads the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets with a 3-2 record. While playing the series with three starting pitchers – Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Jack Flaherty, and Walker Buehler – had no choice but to play a bullpen game in fall baseball. The success rate was 50 percent.
He led his team to an 8-0 complete victory over the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of the Division Series. With one win and two losses in the series, he revived as a bullpen game after facing elimination. Eight bullpen pitchers, including Ryan Brazier, Anthony Banda, Michael Kopek, Alex Vesia, Evan Phillips, Daniel Hudson-Blake Treyng, and Landon Ngak, completed a perfect game. The Dodgers, which tied the series with two wins and two losses, advanced to the Championship Series as Yamamoto allowed five scoreless innings in Game 5.
However, the bullpen game did not work in Game 2 of the Championship Series. Zack Flaherty's seven scoreless innings in Game 1 gave him a 9-0 complete victory, gaining the upper hand. In Game 2, he had to play the bullpen game again. However, it was a failure this time. Although he pitched as the first pitcher like in the Division Series, he got a leadoff home run from Francisco Lindor in the first inning and lost one run. Then, the second pitcher Ngak gave up the game early on by allowing five runs in two innings. Mark Vientos hit a grand slam and gave up the game. Considering the entire series, the Dodgers was unable to replace Ngak quickly, but they gave up the game as it was.
He left New York from one win and one loss, and had two wins and one loss in three games, but failed to end the series due to Flaherty's collapse in Game 5. He made three wins and two losses, returned to LA and has to play bullpen games again.
In Game 5 on Sunday, Flaherty's starting pitcher collapsed by allowing eight hits (one homer) and four walks in three innings. He was 1-3 before the start of the third inning, but allowed five runs in the second inning, further tilting the game. Manager Dave Roberts did not replace Flaherty until the fourth inning. The gap was 1-8.
"Ben Kasparius and Edgardo Enriquez were out of form," Roberts said. "So I couldn't cover the game with five important innings and a 1-3 deficit. After giving up a walk to Starling Marte in the third inning, he hoped to hold on until the seventh inning. When Starling Marte was pulled to 1-5 after giving up a double, he was thankful that there were more series left, and did not assign pitchers to the winning team. These were thoughts that passed through my mind." 스포츠토토
In the end, the Dodgers saved Brent Honeywell Jr. by allowing four runs in four ⅔ innings after Flaherty. Roberts said, "We have to be firm in winning four games out of seven. The important thing is that if we become careless in a long series, we will reveal everything. I didn't want to give responsibility to the winning team, which was led by Treinen and Phillips," adding, "Honeywell did a fantastic job knowing that there was a Game 6 bullpen game."