LG Ham Deok-joo recorded a save in 10-20 days. Ham Deok-joo said that he remembered his first save 8 years ago more, not his last save 3 years ago.
Ham Deok-joo took the mound in the ninth inning with a 5-3 lead against the NC Dinos held at NC Park in Changwon on the 2nd, and posted his first save of the season with one hit and no runs in one inning. The day before, while closer Go Woo-seok was canceled from the 1st team due to back pain, Ham Deok-joo was responsible for the back door of the first game without a closer. It is the first save in 1020 days since the SK (SSG) match on July 16, 2020, when he was a member of Doosan.
After the game, Ham Deok-joo said, “It was better to take on a new mission, a more nervous and nervous situation. I focused more. Since the team was in a difficult situation, I tried to focus more and throw it.”
After one out, runners gathered due to errors and hits allowed, and the pitching coach came up and set the mood. Regarding this moment, Ham Deok-joo said, “Because the ball is good, let’s stop here, he said something like that. I didn’t think my ball was bad either. I didn’t think 안전놀이터 I was a runner who was sent out because the ball was bad, so I tried to focus more on the next hitter.”
With Ko Woo-seok missing, LG plans to operate group finishing for the time being. Ham Deok-joo, who has experience in finishing, cut the first tape of the temporary finishing well. He recalled the moment he made his first save in his debut against kt on April 15, 2015.
Ham Deok-joo said, “The first time I made a save in Doosan, I went up in a situation that was not the finish. It seems that I threw with the same mind then, and I felt that way. He gave it to me, so I thought I should do well. I thought I had to show well today to throw in this situation again next time, so I focused more.”