"I'm playing baseball to repay the fans' support."

The LG Twins has established itself as a must-winner for the LG Twins this post season. Wearing an LG uniform as a substitute for Casey Kelly, he pitched in 11 games (nine starts) during the regular season, with three wins, two losses, one hold, one save, and 47 innings, 16 walks and 55 strikeouts with an ERA of 4.02.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop announced that he will use Hernandez as a resource for the bullpen in the postseason. Hernandez started pitching in relief from the semi-playoff against the KT Wiz.

It was a success. Hernandez took the mound in all five games for KT and its semi-playoff team. The record was 0 with five hits, three walks, and 10 strikeouts in seven ⅓ innings with one hold. The series MVP went to Lim Chan-kyu, but Hernandez also performed as MVP.토토사이트

Hernandez continued to display good pitching on the playoff stage with the Samsung Lions. After taking adequate rest after failing to play in the first and second games, he took the mound as relief pitcher at Game 3 held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Monday, and garnered two hits, one strikeout and five strikeouts during three ⅔ innings.

In the top of the seventh inning, he allowed a triple to Kim Young-woong after two outs, but he did not lose a point by catching Lee Jae-hyun with a fly ball to center field. In the top of the eighth inning, he allowed an infield hit to Kim Ji-chan after one out. He treated pinch hitter Kim Sung-yoon with a fly ball to shortstop to catch his breath and gave up a walk to Yoon Jeong-bin, but induced a ground ball to shortstop against Lewin Diaz to post the final out count.

Hernandez's pitch at the top of the ninth inning was overwhelming. He struck out Park Byung-ho and struck out both Lee Sung-kyu and Kim Young-woong, who are pinch hitters, to wrap up the game.

"Whenever I get on the mound, I always think that I should win," Hernandez said at an official press conference after the game. "When I thought I should win, I believed that I could display my best performance on the mound. I think that mindset leads to good results," he said. "I could have thrown more. If I had extended my stay, I would have left. I lost two games and it was a must-see game."

"I completely trusted Park Dong-won's signature and threw it. He is a veteran player who has played in the KBO for a long time and is a great player," Hernandez said, recalling the crisis with two outs and third base. "Everyone wanted to win. I think the desire to win will be the secret to overcome the crisis."

Hernandez has shown great fighting spirit this post season. He has even been nicknamed "El Dong-won." His name has been compared to legendary pitcher Choi Dong-won. "It's an honor. I play baseball because fans take care of us and the staff take care of us. I play baseball to repay their support. I think I can do it because I play baseball with that mindset."