Moon Bo-kyung's advice, "The worse your condition, the better your bat is."
Moon Bo-kyung (23) is one of the main players of the LG Twins' five-game winning streak. He had hits in the last six consecutive games, and all of his four consecutive wins until the 30th were multi-hits. In particular, in the match against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 27th, he became a troubleshooter by hitting a final two-run double that made the first run from the first inning and became the hero of the final hit for two consecutive games with a solo shot in the third inning against the Kiwoom Heroes on the 1st.
Moon Bo-kyung, who is in his third year as a professional, has already grown into the third baseman of the first division last year. He had a batting average of 0.315 with 9 home runs and 56 RBIs last year. The third base defense was also excellent. This year, he will also participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games to be held in September.
However, this year's performance falls short of last year. His batting average also decreased to 0.287 this season, and his slugging percentage also fell from 0.451 to 0.405. One of the reasons for the change is the batting approach. Last year, the first swing ratio was 35.2%, but this year it decreased to 31.6%. The swing ratio itself also decreased from 45.3% to 42.1%. As a result, the ratio of home runs per at-bat, which was 1.93% last year, fell below 1%, but recently recovered to 1.33% due to a hard hit. The strikeout rate per batter increased from 12% to 15.9%. Both last year (0.471, 2nd overall) and this year (0.467 and 5th overall) were not good changes for him, who had a high batting average at the first pitch.
Recently, aggressive swings are noticeable. It is often a quick count and a long hit. In the match against the KT Wiz on the 27th of last month, he hit the first pitch changeup thrown by William Cuevas in the third inning and fired a superior two-run shot. In the game against Doosan on the 29th, he came out as the leadoff hitter in the ninth inning and hit Jung Chul-won's first fastball to make a double. The final double against Doosan on the 30th was also the result of Brandon Waddell's two-ball fastball.
Moon Bo-kyung, who met after the game on the 30th of last month, said, "I think I played more actively." Coach Lee Ho-joon didn't say anything in particular (to fix it), but he said, "The worse my condition is, the better I have to get a bat and get the timing to regain my sense of hitting quickly." He said, "I think I got a good result by actively hitting it." 토토
Moon Bo-kyung said, "I think I was passive at-bat without realizing it because the results didn't come out," adding, "I think I hit boldly last year when it was good, but I couldn't do it this year." He said, "We are actively hitting the bat and getting the timing to hit."
Moon Bo-kyung is not the only one who survived. LG, which had been shaken by five consecutive losses since the end of the second half, regained its atmosphere with four consecutive wins. It is also an important season for Moon Bo-kyung, who has not yet had much stage experience in his third year as a professional. "Even when I lost consecutive games, the team's atmosphere wasn't that bad," he said. "On the contrary, my seniors said good things and led the atmosphere, so I was able to escape the losing streak well." He said, "(Kim) Hyun-soo said a lot of good things, and (Oh) Ji-hwan also led me well by setting an example as a captain. He said, "Let's not let the atmosphere go down just because it's a losing streak," and "Let's be brighter the more we're losing."