'Kim Jae-hwan's unconventional deployment No. 2 → urgent meeting of director.' SSG, will it be hard to escape losing consecutive games come to fruition

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Director's emergency meeting call, Kim Jaehwan 2 full deployment

SSG Landers are struggling to escape the unexpected losing streak at the beginning of the season.

The game against the Doosan Bears at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 14th. There have been noticeable changes in the starting lineup announced ahead of the game. Kim Jae-hwan (38), who had been the fourth hitter all the time, was listed as the second hitter.

It was a desperate measure by SSG coach Lee Soo-yong (55). "After the game on Sunday (12th), I told the power analysis team leader and hitting coach Lim Hoon to use an order because I'll take a step away, but it became a bit of an unconventional lineup," coach Lee said. "I did it to change the atmosphere to break the losing streak, but he explained it (the reason) well."

This season, SSG got off to a good start with seven wins and one loss in the first eight games. However, he lost two consecutive games to Hanwha last week (one game was canceled due to rain) and gave up a shock sweep against LG at the weekend.

In order to escape the losing streak, the head coach also convened a team meeting himself. Coach Lee said, "I just told the players, 'Did you rest well?' and laughed and said, 'Let's stop playing pranks.' We showed everything we had to show, so let's play baseball now. We've prepared something, so I said it would be nice to trust each other and be comfortable," he said.

However, even this earnestness did not change the atmosphere at once. SSG lost 3-11 on the same day, losing 6-11 as starter Takeda collapsed early with 5 runs in 2 innings. The season's performance was 7 wins and 7 losses, barely keeping a winning percentage of 50%.

Kim Jae-hwan, who met his former team Doosan for the first time, only got one walk and was silent with no hits in three at-bats, including a straight hit by the second baseman, a fly by the third baseman, and a ground ball to the first base. It was comforting that Jihoon Choi hit a two-run home run and Park Sung-han hit a solo shot.

Coach Lee Sung-yong also said, "I will make a public apology for showing so much sorry to my fans." Choi Min-joon (27), who has one win and one loss with a 0 ERA (four runs not allowed) in two games this season, will start the game against Doosan on the 15th. Attention is focusing on when SSG's efforts to escape consecutive losses can bear fruit.

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