Perhaps it is because he became more sensitive in the face of competition. Foreign players' sensitive response to the pitch clock led to bench clearing.안전놀이터

The match between KT Wiz and SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 4th. Bench clearing occurred in the bottom of the third inning. In fact, it was an emotional battle between Guillermo Herredia and William Cuevas, the key pitchers of both teams.

A strange war of nerves occurred from the first confrontation of the two players in the first inning. After watching the first pitch at bat in the bottom of the first inning, SSG's third hitter Herredia spent a long time applying a grip stick to his bat ahead of the second pitch. In fact, it is not a common scene to apply a grip stick during the at-bat. It is a sensitive issue that the tempo may get tangled for a pitcher who is waiting for a batter. When Herredia went back to the batter's box after spending a long time, Cuevas was seen throwing the pitch clock away before throwing the next ball. KT manager Lee Kang-chul also came out on the ground looking angry and protested.

Afterwards, Herredia, who was caught on an infield fly, hit the bat and looked already excited.

And an incident broke out in Herredia's second at-bat in the bottom of the third inning. Eredia prepared to hit at the plate with five seconds left for a pitch clock violation in 2S, and Cuevas ran out of time in a brief period and received one ball for a pitch clock violation.

Coach Lee Kang-chul came out again to protest, and a short time later, even SSG coach Lee Soo-yong protested.

Afterwards, Eredia got a walk, and as she walked to the first base, she looked at Cuevas and shouted something as if she were screaming. Cuevas also looked at her with a puzzled look on her face this time. The game was temporarily suspended due to a war of words between the two.

Players from both teams immediately poured onto the ground to dry the two. SSG's best outfielder Jihoon Choi and captain Kim Kwang-hyun came out first to persuade Eredia, while KT's Mel Rojas Jr. and veteran players also patted Cuevas. Bench clearing ended quickly without any physical conflict.

In fact, Eredia and Cuevas are so close that they meet in private and eat together. During the game, a war of nerves about the match led to a real war of nerves.

"It was part of the game. Cuevas did it as well as Herredia did it wisely in her own way. It is an invisible war of nerves, but it seems to be part of the game. That happens when you are immersed in a game at some point," Lee said. "Since pitch clock was created to speed up the game, that part (deliberate delay) was also mentioned at the manager's meeting. Probably, the two will start chatting again when they meet today."

However, coach Lee Kang-chul said, "We talked about it all at the supervisor's meeting right before the opening, not to deliberately delay each other. If you decide not to do it, you should not do it. Don't waste time and wait on purpose. Didn't we already talk about it at the exhibition game?" and asked the players to comply with the rules more carefully.

It was a bench clearing close to happening as they focused on each other's victory, but in fact, the emotional war of nerves was not beautiful to see. It is necessary to remove unnecessary misunderstandings and focus on the game itself.