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We're on the verge of losing.

Ryu started the game against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Stadium in Busan on Sunday, and had eight hits, seven strikeouts, and five runs in five innings. He could not endure the big innings due to his defense error in the fifth inning.

After overcoming two rain cancellations, he took the mound as the starting pitcher for the first time in eight days. At a match against SSG in Daejeon on June 30, he won the game by allowing seven hits, two walks, one strikeout and two runs (one earned run) in six innings. This was his second win of this season and his 100th career win.

Since then, his pitching has been postponed twice. He was scheduled to start in a match against Kia in Gwangju on Tuesday, but his pitching was canceled due to rain. He was also scheduled to start in a match against Lotte in Sajik on Thursday last week, but was canceled due to heavy rain once again.
After two rain cancellations, he took the mound again on the day. He could have had problems with his pitching routine. However, without showing any signs of such behavior, Ryu displayed strength and dominated Lotte batters with sharper ball control.

In the first inning, Ryu was hit back-to-back. He got consecutive hits by Yoon Dong-hee and Ko Seung-min in the first inning. They were not regular hits, but all resulted in hits thanks to the course's strength. Reyes grounded out to pitchers, but allowed runners to advance. With runners on the second and third bases with one out, Jeon grounded out to shortstop and exchanged for points. He allowed the first run. However, Ryu continued to pitch perfectly after the loss. After the loss, he struck out Na and completed the first inning.

In the second inning, Yoo Kang-nam, the leadoff hitter, gave a hit to the right-handed side. However, he struck out Kim Min-seok and Lee Ju-chan in a row. He continued perfect pitching by freely using both sides and body. He guided Park to a grounder to the second base, and finished the second inning.

Starting in the third inning, Ryu had a complete hit. He grounded leadoff hitter Yoon Dong-hee, hit a fly ball to left field, and struck out Reyes. In the fourth inning, Jeon grounded out to second base, Na Seung-yup to strike out, and Yoo Kang-nam to shortstop. He preoccupied the team with two strikes in favor of left-handed batters, and displayed robustness.

Ryu Hyun-jin struck out the first batter Kim Min-seok in the fifth inning. However, with one out, he gave up a hit to Lee Joo-chan in his favor with one ball and two strikes. It was a missed hit. Then, Park Seung-wook hit the ball again to the middle. The first baseman Lee Ju-chan ran to the third base. Then, center fielder Jung Eun-won made a catch error. Even batter Park Seung-wook was allowed to hit the second base. With one out, the batter was on the verge of hitting the second or third base. It was the beginning of a disaster.

The infielders displayed forward defense. However, they lost more points by giving up a sacrifice fly to the center fielder to Yoon Dong-hee. Ryu then fell out of control. He seemed impatient. He garnered two strikes against Ko Seung-min when he had two outs and a third base, but allowed a timely double to the left field in the showdown with the fastball in the middle of the third pitch. It did not stop there. He was hit by Reyes' timely hit, and allowed Jeon Jun-woo a timely triple to the right-center field. He allowed four runs in the fifth inning alone. He gave a strikeout to Na with a swing and miss, but Ryu had to leave the mound in a trudging manner.

It was Ryu who dedicated the big innings in the fifth inning. Ryu rushed to break the ice, with his pitching coach visiting and catcher Choi Jae-hoon taking the mound again, but failed to properly block the fifth inning. Errors and other errors failed to help Ryu. It only instilled pressure on Ryu, and he was on the verge of losing the game. 스포츠토토