Kelly's tearful greeting was finally blocked by heavy rain.

LG and the Doosan Bears played the 10th game of the season between the teams of the "2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League" at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Tuesday. LG had been leading 6-0 with two outs in the top of the third inning, but the game was suspended from 6:50 p.m. due to heavy rain. After waiting for nearly an hour for the rain to stop, the ground maintenance began under the judgment of the judges that there was no more rain forecast after 8 p.m. However, with the ground maintenance almost finished with the aim of starting the game at 8:35 p.m., heavy rain began again at around 8:22 p.m. The ground was covered with tarp again. Finally, at 8:39 p.m., the judges checked the ground conditions and declared no game.

Before starting the game against Doosan Bears in Jamsil on Tuesday, he was informed of his release from the team. After signing a contract with a new foreigner early Wednesday, the LG Twins announced Kelly's separation. The team left it up to Kelly to decide whether to take the mound in the game on Tuesday or to pack as it is, but Kelly has decided to have a farewell game.

"I signed a contract with a new foreign player early yesterday morning, and I was informed as soon as I arrived (at the stadium) in the morning," LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said ahead of the match on Tuesday. "I was not going to use Kelly as a starting pitcher on the day, but now that I think about it, she has been with me for more than five years anyway. I thought about how I should treat Kelly well at the end and discussed with the front desk. Wouldn't it be best to let her throw it in front of the fans if she has the intention instead of not throwing it? We gave Kelly authority because we were relaxed and confident. I explained everything to her and asked her, 'Do you want to say hello to fans in a cool way at the end? Do you want to play games?'" she told the story behind her. "She said she would discuss it with her family and told me until the end of the game yesterday."

"In fact, most of them don't use the replaced player (for the game). I don't use it because it's a little steamy, but I thought there would be some motivation to show my last appearance and go if I wanted to, so I discussed with the front desk and made that decision," he added.

Now that Kelly has promised to throw, the club has also decided to prepare as usual. "You can consider yourself a starting pitcher. I tried to keep Wontae on standby, but decided not to put him on standby. I will keep the game the same way until I give three to four points over six innings. I will make sure to make him throw the same way as I thought it would lose meaning to me if I change the score or two," Yeom said.

Yeom also stressed, "I think it's definitely different from just saying hello like foreign players in other teams and playing games. Maybe fielders will work really hard. Then Kelly will throw hard, and I think that motivation is there. I think Kelly will be able to go as good as he can go last."

Amid loud applause and loud cheers from fans, Kelly stood on the mound in the top of the first inning. Knowing the end with Kelly, fans cheered for her even louder, and it seemed that Kelly's heart was conveyed well. Kelly ended the first inning with three outs by turning leadoff hitter Jeong Su-bin to center field with a fly ball to center field, striking out Cho with a swing and miss, and treating Kang Seung-ho to a fly ball to second base.

Meanwhile, the batters made light work of Kelly's shoulders by tapping Doosan starter Jordan Balazovic. Austin Dean hit a superior two-run shot with one out and runners on the first base in the bottom of the first inning, and Moon Bo-kyung hit a back-to-back home run over the right-center fence, giving him a 3-0 lead.

Kelly continued his good pitching in the top of the second inning. He walked leadoff hitter Kim Jae-hwan, but turned the next batter, Yang Seok-hwan, into a fly ball to left field. As soon as he got a left-handed hit from Park Joon-young, Kim Ki-yeon was turned into a shortstop double play when he was on the first and second bases with one out. The shortstop tagged out second baseman Kim Jae-hwan and forced out first baseman Park Joon-young from second base.

LG's batters added additional points in the bottom of the second inning to give Kelly a boost. Oh Ji-hwan hit a timely hit to the right-center and Austin hit a timely two-run hit to left to right, widening the gap to 6-0.

As Kelly took the mound in the top of the third inning, the rain began to get thicker. It was raining once in the second inning, but this time it wasn't easy to stop. It rained so much that the entire stadium was flooded in an instant, and it was difficult to proceed with the game because it was accompanied by thunder and lightning.

After one out, Kelly had one out count to fill the third inning with Jeon Min-jae's hit to the right, and Jeong Su-bin, the next batter, grounded out to the third base well. Ahead of the match with Cho, the umpires declared a suspension of the match. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop was angry at the umpires' decision to suspend rain by making a gesture of "two out," but he had no choice but to accept the umpires' decision. Fans who were sitting in the stands with umbrellas eventually fled the stadium due to thunder, lightning, and strong winds that turned their umbrellas upside down.

Meanwhile, Kelly is currently the longest-serving foreign player to play in the KBO League. He started his career in Korea in 2019 by joining the LG Twins for the first time, and this year was his sixth year in the KBO League. Kelly's contract with LG totaled 1.5 million U.S. dollars this year. Although the contract was cut by 300,000 dollars from 1.8 million dollars that he received last year, he was still the highest paid foreign player in the KBO League.

Kelly already experienced a crisis of being released once last year, when he was in his fifth year in the KBO league. In 18 games in the first half, he had six wins and five losses, 107 ⅓ innings, and 4.44 ERA. Despite the assessment that Kelly's pitching capability is clearly deteriorating, LG gave him time to believe in it, and Kelly achieved his 10th win in this season by posting four wins and two losses, 71 ⅓ innings, and 2.90 ERA in 12 games in the second half.

Thanks to Kelly's performance in the second half of the season, LG was able to secure first place in the regular season at the end of the season and achieve an integrated championship by winning the Korean Series.

BY: 토토사이트 추천

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