Li Haoyu's artistic defense for two consecutive days was highly praised by the US media
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- In the game against the White Sox, the Tigers' Taiwanese player Li Haoyu performed superb fielding for two consecutive days.
- Snowden, the writer of the American media "Just Baseball", affirmed that he has made progress in defense and hitting, and is moving in the right direction.
- Although Li Haoyu had no hits in 4 games, his defensive performance still attracted attention.
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Li Haoyu. (File photo, AFP)
[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Tigers' Taiwanese monster man Li Haoyu once again served as the seventh starting second baseman against the White Sox today. Although he did not make any achievements on the offensive end today, his technical and defensive performance for two consecutive days was also praised by the American media.
In the 2nd game yesterday, Li Haoyu hit a difficult shot near the outfield against Edgar Quero. He quickly retreated and caught the ball steadily, completing a wonderful defense. In today's 6th inning, Li Haoyu faced Andrew Benintendi's powerful 103.6-mile ground ball. He swooped in to intercept it and then quickly got up and passed to first base to complete the assassination, performing a five-star feat.
Li Haoyu's technical fielding performance for two consecutive days was also affirmed by Clay Snowden, a tiger writer of the American media "Just Baseball": "Li Haoyu has performed very well on the defensive end recently. Although fielding is not his strong point, his performance on the field is better than I expected, and his hitting is getting better and better. Although there is still a long way to go, he is heading in the right direction."
The Tigers defeated the White Sox 4:1 today, ending their second consecutive victory. Li Haoyu hit outfield fly balls in all 4 at-bats today. In the last at bat of the 8th inning, Li Haoyu hit a powerful center field fly ball 98.2 miles (approximately 158 kilometers). Unfortunately, the elevation angle was as high as 50 degrees, and in the end he only flew 301 feet. Li Haoyu had 4 hits and 0 hits in this campaign. After the game, his batting average was 0.225 and his attack index was 0.598.
