Doosan Bears outfielder Song Seung-hwan suffered an injury from being hit in the face by a batted ball during training and was taken to the hospital.
Song Seung-hwan was scheduled to start as the 7th hitter and right fielder in the 5th game of the season against the Lotte Giants in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League to be held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 11th.
However, he was immediately taken to a nearby hospital after being hit in the left eye by a colleague’s batting ball during training in the outfield. Doosan hastily changed the lineup because of this, and Jo Soo-haeng was selected as the starting right fielder.
Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop said, “Song Seung-hwan 토토사이트 was directly hit by a ball above his eye. He will be taken to the hospital for an examination.”
After Song Seung-hwan was registered for the first team entry after the opening on the 8th of last month, he was being used as an outfield backup and right-handed pinch hitter. He has a batting average of 0.209 (9 hits in 43 at-bats) in 17 games.
After the match against SSG Landers on the 29th of last month, he got a chance to start in about two weeks, but suffered an unexpected injury about two hours before the start of the game.
On the other hand, Doosan played Su-Bin Jung (center fielder) – Soo-Haeng Jo (right fielder) – Eui-Ji Yang (catcher) – Jae-Hwan Kim (designated hitter) – Seok-Hwan Yang (1st baseman) – Gyeong-Min Heo (3rd baseman) – Rojas (left fielder) – Seung-Ho Kang (2nd baseman) -The batting order leading to Park Gye-beom (shortstop) faces Lotte native ace Na Kyun-an. The starting pitcher will be Dylan Pyle on the mound.
Doosan was blocked by Lotte foreign pitcher Charlie Barnes’ good pitch the day before and knelt down 0-3. On this day, a fierce bloody battle is expected over the winning series of three consecutive matches during the week with Lotte.