Why did you push ahead in the rain…Stopped 2 minutes after the start → It's raining again → Stopped 2 hours and 35 minutes, for whom did the game go ahead
Why did you push ahead in the rain…Stopped 2 minutes after the start → It's raining again → Stopped 2 hours and 35 minutes, for whom did the game go ahead
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The second game of the season between the LG Twins and the SSG Landers took place at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on Wednesday. Due to the volatile spring rain, the game was suspended twice in the first and fourth innings, and had to wait a total of 2 hours and 35 minutes.안전놀이터
18,727 spectators entered SSG Landers Field on the day. However, when the game resumed after more than two hours of waiting after the second suspension of rain, the outfield seats were almost empty. Many spectators also left the infield seats, and there were many empty seats everywhere.
Earlier at 2 p.m., amid pouring spring rain, the referee declared a play ball. Rain clouds suddenly appeared and disappeared, and the game started even in the capricious spring weather. The game supervisor believed only the weather forecast at the Korea Meteorological Administration, which had an agreement with the KBO, and just waited until 2 p.m. despite the rain. There was no attempt to delay the game due to the delayed start and watch the weather conditions. When the game begins, it is now in the hands of the judges.
With one out in the top of the first inning, LG's Moon Sung-joo picked a straight walk and walked out. However, the rain got thicker and the umpires declared a suspension of the game. The game was suspended two minutes after the start of the game. It was the aftermath of the game despite rain. Only the mound and home plate were covered with tarps.
After about 10 minutes, the umpires came out and removed the tarps that were covering the mound and home plate despite the steady rain. The game resumed at 2:18 p.m. Players from both teams began to play in the rain.
Afterwards, in the second and fourth innings, strong winds were blowing, which led to unusual scene of rain moving sideways. The infield ground was wet with rain, resulting in a puddle and it was squishy. Batters played hardball while wiping out the bat soaked in rain with their uniforms. Securing visibility of players is worrisome as well. There were concerns over possible injury if a defender or runner fell in a slippery infield, but the umpires did not think about stopping the game.
After one out in the second inning, Kim Hyun-soo got on base with a right-handed hit, and Park Hae-min walked with two outs and a runner on the first base to get on base. Koo Bon-hyuk hit a timely hit to the left that left the third period of time, bringing the runner on the second base home. Hong Chang-ki then hit a timely hit to go over the height of the second baseman in the full count to make it 2-0.
LG's leadoff hitter Park Hae-min reached base with a bunt hit on the third base in the fourth inning, and Hong Chang-ki walked with one out before getting on base. SSG replaced starter Song Young-jin with a relief pitcher with runners on the first and second bases with one out. At 3:21 p.m., the umpires stopped the game for the second time.
As the rain became a little thinner, 20 people, including ground keepers and team support staff, came out at around 3:50 p.m. to sponge off the water accumulated on the infield ground. It was then stopped at 4:25 p.m. while trying to spray new soil. Again, the mound and home plate were covered with tarps and waited. This is because the rain has become thicker again. It's raining, but spraying new soil doesn't work. When the rain stops, we decided to resume the cover-up work.
Time flew by. Players could change wet clothes and rest in the locker room, eat snacks to replenish their stamina, and practice lightly indoors.
When the rain got a little thinner, cover-up work began. It was around 5 p.m. A SSG official said, "The ground maintenance takes about 40 minutes. We decided to resume the game at 5:40 p.m." Finally, the game resumed at 5:40 p.m.
LG's left-hander ace Son Joo-young pitched a perfect pitch with one hit and five strikeouts in three innings, but he was no longer on the mound because the game was suspended for more than two hours. He put bullpen Lee Ji-gang as the second pitcher in the bottom of the fourth inning and used bullpen after bullpen.
As starter Moon Seung-won was left out of the starting rotation due to kidney stones, Song Young-jin took the mound as a temporary starter and was replaced in the fourth inning. Park Si-hoo, who warmed up and took the mound as the second pitcher, was able to throw the first ball only two hours and 19 minutes later after the game was suspended. He allowed a three-run home run to Austin with two outs and runners on the first and second bases.