Ryu Hyun-jin Leads Toronto to Fall Baseball Threshold

Ryu Hyun-jin Leads Toronto to 'Fall Baseball Threshold' on the 24th and Tries Again for 4th Win of the Season

Fierce 'AL Wild Card Battle'... Texas and Seattle must stop chasing each other

Ryu Hyun-jin (36, Toronto Blue Jays), who has shown sharp control and excellent crisis management skills since returning to the mound in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB), will again challenge for his fourth win of the season. 바카라사이트

The Toronto team announced on the 22nd that Ryu Hyun-jin will appear as a starting pitcher in the visiting game against the Tampa Bay Rays to be held at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA at 5:10 a.m. on the 24th (Korean time).

Ryu Hyun-jin, who has 3 wins, 3 losses, and an average ERA of 2.62 in 44⅔ innings in 9 appearances this season, has 2 losses and an ERA of 3.05 in 4 starts this month.

In the game against the Texas Rangers on the 13th, he succeeded in his first quality start (within 3 earned runs over 6 innings as a starter) after returning with 5 hits and 3 runs in 6 innings, but did not get a win because he did not receive help from the batting line, and in the game against the Boston Red Sox on the 17th, he pitched 4⅔ innings and gave up 6 runs. The fifth inning was not completed due to no hits and no runs.

Toronto lost all four consecutive games from the 12th to the 15th against Texas, a competing team for the American League (AL) wild card rankings, putting a cloud over the 'fall baseball' front.

However, the mood turned around with 5 consecutive wins from the game against Boston on the 16th to the game against the New York Yankees on the 21st.

Toronto is in second place until the 21st in the AL wild card race, where the top three can advance to the postseason.

They are one game ahead of the Seattle Mariners and Texas, who are tied for third place, so we cannot be at ease.

If Ryu Hyun-jin pitches well against Tampa Bay and gets his fourth win of the season, Toronto will be able to get closer to the postseason threshold.

Toronto faced Tampa Bay this season and fell behind with 3 wins and 4 losses.

Ryu Hyun-jin, who last stood on the mound at Tropicana Field on May 15 last year, just before undergoing elbow ligament fusion (Tommy John) surgery, stands in the same place for the first time in 498 days.

At the time, when he was already feeling severe elbow pain, he endured the game relatively well, allowing 4 hits and 1 run over 4⅔ innings.

Ryu Hyun-jin appeared in a total of 5 games against Tampa Bay and pitched well with an ERA of 2.55, but did not leave any wins or losses.

If they get one win against Tampa Bay, they will become the 24th club to win in the big league.

For Ryu Hyun-jin, this is an opportunity to erase the past of suffering a loss in the second game of the wild card against Tampa Bay in 2020, when he collapsed with 7 runs (3 earned runs) in 1⅔ innings.

Among all 30 major league teams, Ryu Hyun-jin has only two teams in which he has no pitching experience: his former home team, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Kansas City Royals.

In addition to Tampa Bay, Dodgers, and Kansas City, there are seven teams that did not win: the Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, and Seattle Mariners.

The pitcher who will face Ryu Hyun-jin is right-hander Jack Littel (27), who has been working as a starter and bullpen this season and has 3 wins, 6 losses, and an average ERA of 3.94.