Ryu Hyun-jin Season Ends with Toronto Post Season

Ryu Hyun-jin Season Ends with Toronto Post Season Being Eliminated… Division Series Matchup Confirmed

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AL Minnesota, Texas, NL Philadelphia, Arizona advance to division series with 2 wins

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The Toronto Blue Jays of the American Major League Baseball (MLB) ended the postseason in vain.

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Toronto lost 0-2 in the second game of the 2023 MLB American League (AL) Wild Card Series (best of 3) held at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA on the 5th (Korean time).

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Toronto, which lost 1-3 in the first game held the previous day, was eliminated as the batting line was frozen with a total of 1 run in 2 games.

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Toronto made a strong move by bringing in Yusei Kikuchi when starter Jose Berrios walked leadoff hitter Royce Lewis in the 4th inning when the game was tied 0-0.

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In the end, this was a defeat.

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Kikuchi had the bases loaded due to a single and a walk, and was hit by Carlos Correa with an RBI.

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With the bases loaded and no outs, Willi Castro was caught in a double play, but the runner on third base hit home, giving up the second run.

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Toronto's batting line had 9 hits, more than Minnesota's (7 hits), but was unable to break through Minnesota's pitching staff, which was pitched by 6 pitchers, and ended up scoring no points.

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Minnesota, which broke its 18-game postseason losing streak dating back to 2004 with a win the day before, easily passes the wild card and enters the American League Division Series (ALDS, 3 wins out of 5) starting on the 8th with the Houston Astros.

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It has been 21 years since Minnesota passed the postseason round, beating the Oakland Athletics 3-2 in the 2002 Division Series.

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Ryu Hyun-jin (36), who was excluded from the wild card list, ended his four-year association with Toronto without receiving an additional opportunity to pitch.

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Ryu Hyun-jin, who returned in August of this year after undergoing elbow ligament fusion (Tommy John) surgery last year and rehabbing for 14 months, left with 3 wins, 3 losses, and an average ERA of 3.46 in 11 games.

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Since many starting pitchers are not needed in the postseason, Ryu Hyun-jin, who was eliminated from this wild card entry, could only expect to play if Toronto moved up to a higher level.

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But with the team packing up early, his contract with Toronto officially expired.

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It is unlikely that Toronto will extend a contract with Ryu Hyun-jin, and it is expected that multiple clubs in the United States will propose a short-term contract of 1 to 2 years.

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Meanwhile, in another AL wild card series held earlier, the Texas Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 7-1 and earned a ticket to the division series with a series record of 2 wins and no losses.

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Texas' division series opponent is the Baltimore Orioles, who ranked first in overall winning percentage in the American League.

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It has been 7 years since Texas advanced to the division series in 2016, when Choo Shin-soo (41, SSG Landers) was active. ++바카라사이트++

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In the National League, the team that won the first game of the wild card series also won the second game, completing the division series bracket.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks, who came from behind to win 6-3 against Milwaukee the previous day, were down 0-2 again on this day in a visiting game against the Milwaukee Brewers, but came from behind to win 5-2.

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Arizona, which was trailing 1-2, scored 4 runs in the 6th inning to win with Ketel Marte's 2 RBI hit, a wild pitch from the opponent, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr.'s 1 RBI hit.

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Arizona will play a division series against its district rival, the Los Angeles Dodgers, starting on the 8th.

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The Philadelphia Phillies won 7-1 over the Miami Marlins thanks to Bryson Scott's grand slam, finally securing a ticket to the Division Series.

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Philadelphia's opponent in the division series is the Atlanta Braves, which ranks first in winning percentage in the National League.