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5번의 타석에서 4차례나 출루하며 동점 득점과 역전 득점을 올려 텍사스 레인저스가 2014년 미국프로야구(MLB) 첫 승리를 신고하는 데 앞장선 추신수(32)는 "내 할 일을 다한 것 같아 기쁘다"고 소감을 밝혔다 .
추신수는 1일(현지시간) 미국 텍사스주 알링턴 글로브 라이프 파크에서 열린 필 라델피아와의 경기에서 2-2로 맞선 9회 선두 타자로 나와 볼넷으로 역전 득점의 발 판을 놓는 등 3타수 2안타를 치고 몸에 맞은 볼 1개, 볼넷 1개를 얻어내며 2득점을 수확했다.
추신수의 출루와 4번 타자 애드리안 벨트레의 동점타•굿바이 결승타에 힘입어 텍사스는 전날 패배(10-14)를 설욕하고 홈 팬에게 시즌 첫 승리를 선사했다.
경기 후 클럽하우스에 흥을 돋우는 댄스 음악이 흘러나오는 등 텍사스 구단은 첫 승리를 자축하는 분위기로 들썩였다.
전날 4타수 무안타의 부진을 하루만에 깨끗하게 씻어낸 추신수는 "어제 난타전 이었다면 오늘은 투수전으로 흘렀는데 팀 승리에 보탬이 돼서 좋다"고 입을 뗐다.
첫 타석에서 베테랑 우완 투수 A.J. 버넷의 빠른 볼을 노려 마수걸이 안타를 친 추신수는 "내셔널리그에서 뛴 지난해 버넷을 자주 상대했다"며 "자신감이 있었다기 보다 그의 투구 스타일을 알고 있었기에 안타가 가능했다"고 설명했다.
3회 왼쪽 발등에 볼을 맞고 출루한 추신수는 "크게 아프지 않다"고 말해 팬들을 안심시켰다.
1-2로 뒤진 7회 좌익수 앞으로 총알처럼 타고 흐르는 이날 두 번째 안타를 날린 그는 1사 2루 프린스 필더 타석에서 볼 카운트 1스트라이크에서 3루를 향해 냅다 뛰었다.
필더가 공에 방망이를 대 내야 땅볼로 아웃되면서 추신수의 도루는 기록되지 않았다.
이 상황에 대해 추신수는 "자발적으로 3루 도루를 감행했다"며 3루에 안착하면 필더의 외야 플라이로 동점을 이룰 수 있다는 생각에서 뛰었다고 덧붙였다.
2-2로 맞선 9회말 마지막 타석에서 필라델피아 벤치가 빅리그 경험이 없는 왼손 투수를 마운드에 올린 것을 두고 추신수는 "그 투수의 공이 나쁜 편이 아니었으나 우리 상위 타순을 상대로 던지는 것이었기에 상황이 좋지 않아 내게 볼넷을 준 것으 로 본다"며 상대를 배려했다.
추신수는 "내일도 이겨 2승 1패를 할 수 있도록 노력하겠다"고 인터뷰를 끝냈다.
론 워싱턴 텍사스 감독은 "추신수가 역전승을 거둘 수 있는 분위기를 만들었다"며 선두 타자로 나와 연속 출루로 밥상을 훌륭하게 차린 추신수를 수훈갑으로 평가했다.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
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Choo Shin-soo gets first two hits, scores winning run for Texas Rangers
Choo Shin-soo picked up his first two hits as a member of the Texas Rangers and scored the game-winning run in Arlington on Tuesday, a day after going hitless in his debut with the American League West club.
The South Korean outfielder went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, including the walk-off run in the bottom of the ninth, as the Rangers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2. Choo also drew a walk and was hit by a pitch, reaching the base four times in five plate appearances.
The Phillies took a 2-0 lead in the top sixth before the Rangers got one back in the bottom of the frame. Choo's first run of the game tied the score 2-2 in the seventh, and Adrian Beltre's walk-off single brought Choo home from second in the bottom of the ninth at Globe Life Park.
Choo, who spent 2013 with the Cincinnati Reds, got his second straight start at the top of the Rangers' order. He was 0-for-4 with a walk on Monday, but led off the game on Tuesday with a single off the Phillies starter, A.J. Burnett.
Choo advanced to third after a single and a wild pitch but was stranded there when Alex Rios flew out to right.
Choo was hit by a pitch in his next at-bat in the bottom third.Last season with the Reds, Choo got plunked by 26 pitches, the most in Major League Baseball (MLB).
He moved to third following a single and a fielder's choice, but Rios lined out to second with two outs, once again failing to drive Choo home.
After flying out to left in the fifth, Choo got his second single of the night in the seventh, driving a 2-0 pitch by southpaw reliever Jacob Diekman to left field.
Elvis Andrus sacrificed him over to second, and Choo went to third on a Prince Fielder groundout. Then Beltre, the Rangers cleanup, launched a double to deep right to knot the score at 2-2.
Choo led off the bottom of the ninth and drew a four-pitch walk against another left-handed reliever, Mario Hollands. Andrus put down another sacrifice bunt to move Choo to second. Hollands walked Fielder, and then the new pitcher, B.J. Rosenberg, gave up the walk-off single to Beltre.
Choo said afterward he was pleased that he did what he was supposed to do as the team's leadoff man.
"We had a slugfest yesterday (14-10 victory for the Phillies), and it was more of a pitching duel today," Choo said. "I am glad I was able to contribute to the victory."
Facing Hollands, making his big league debut in the ninth, Choo said he didn't want to be too aggressive.
"His stuff wasn't that bad," Choo said. "But it wasn't an easy situation for him because he was facing the top of our lineup, and I think that's why he walked me."
Ron Washington, the Rangers' manager, noted that Choo "set the tone" in the ninth by being patient at the plate against Hollands.
Choo joined the Rangers as a free agent on a seven-year, US$130 million contract. Last year, he ranked second in the National League in on-base percentage (.423), walks (112) and runs scored (107), and enjoyed his third 20-20 season with 21 home runs and 20 steals.
The Rangers are hoping Choo can fill their need in the leadoff spot and in left field. (Yonhap)
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