Heavy rain stopped the Korea professional baseball league last week.All eight teams played last Tuesday but until Sunday only five of the scheduled 20 games progressed.
The unexpected break seems to have affected the teams differently.
Lotte Giants, six games behind the fourth-ranked LG Twins, has taken time to bounce back, especially in terms of their rotation.
Of the last 10 games the Giants have only won three, allowing an average of 7.3 runs in the seven lost games.
The Hanwha Eagles were glad of the rest after losing three times against the Samsung Lions.
New recruit Karim Garcia has lifted spirits with three home runs including two key homers for wins, to boost the Eagles.
The team’s star pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin also completed the game in a 2-1 win against the Doosan Bears to earn his 1000th strikeout in the KBO on June 19.
The team was widely tipped to finish at the bottom of the table at the beginning of the season could prove tougher opposition than some predicted.
But Eagles manager Han Dae-hwa was worried about his players suffering from fatigue before three straight defeats to the Lions last week.
The LG Twins are also beneficiaries of the rain break. The Seoul-based team is slightly behind the SK Wyverns, Lions and Tigers in fourth place and Park Hyun-joon, league leader in the most wins with eight has a chance to recharge his batteries.
The exhausted Twins ace is just 1-4 in his last six appearances since May 24.
Meanwhile, the Lions and Kia Tigers which have had the strongest rotations this far may be disappointed with the delay, as they look to build on their early season form.
With the arrival of the rainy season the players, especially the batters need to work hard to keep themselves in top shape.
“The rainy season is more helpful for pitchers. The batters find it hard to keep their condition,” former Korea team manager for the World Baseball Classic (WBC) Kim In-sik said.
To last until the playoff in the fall the squads need to prepare well. Big changes in the standings often occur after the rainy season.
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