Can Ace regain his dignity?

Lotte Giants foreign pitcher Dan Strayley pitched 3 innings and was demolished. On the 26th, he started against the Hanwha Eagles in Busan and passed the mound to Han Hyun-hee in the 4th inning. 50 pitches.

He gave up one home run and allowed one run through the third inning. After two deaths in the top of the first inning, a changeup in the middle of the strike zone thrown to Roh Si-hwan led to a home run. He struck out 3 against 12 batters, but got 2 balls. After one death in the top of the second inning, Choi Jae-hoon and Oh Seon-jin, the lead batter in the top of the third, were sent to the sand dunes. Revealed the problem in the ninth.

Lotte manager Larry Sutton said in an interview before the game that Han Hyun-hee, who was scheduled to start the day before, is waiting to start. The previous day’s game was canceled due to rain, but Strayley played as scheduled according to the starting rotation. Manager Sutton quickly took out a replacement card. If the pitch had been stable, it could have been dragged further. Even if it’s better than before, it’s still hard to see it as normal.

Director Sutton said, “We have a lot of conversations with Strayley about changing pitches.”

The slump continued from the beginning of the season.

2 losses in 4 games from the opening game against the Doosan Bears on the 1st to the KIA Tigers on the 20th, average ERA

It scored 6.27.안전놀이터

In the previous game, against KIA on the 20th, he was beaten after giving up 3 runs in 3 innings. It is pitching 3 innings in 2 consecutive games. On the 14th, against the Samsung Lions, he came down the mound with 4 runs (3 ERA) in 4⅔ innings. He was substituted before the fifth inning in three consecutive games.

There is no quality start (6 or more starting innings, 3 earned runs or less) in 5 games this season. The only game with 6 innings was against KT Wiz on the 8th.